Granite City
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Granite City

Granite City is what I guess you'd call an "unsanctioned" area in the Nantahala National Forest south of the Highlands-Cashiers area. The collection of outcroppings and slot canyons lies at the top of a hill, necessitating a very steep but short climb to get to it. Granite City
Chris in slot canyon at Granite City Chris and Tim in slot canyon at Granite City Tim in slot canyon at Granite City
I've not seen Granite City in any Forest Service publications, but we found it in a book my sister-in-law Tara bought in Black Mountain. It is apparently well known to climbers and cavers; one cavers' group newsletter cites a pair of caves at Granite City (page 8), but we must have overlooked them.

Chris at Granite City We weren't there for any serious climbing or caving on my visit with Tara and my brother Tim early in August 2008, but we did enjoy tramping around the rocks. Tara at Granite City
Tim in another slot canyon at Granite City Trail along ridge at Granite City
Granite City is 1.7 miles south of Cashiers off N.C. 107 on Whiteside Cove Road, according to the Highland Hiker site. (We came in from Bull Pen Road.) The trailhead is 6.6 miles down Whiteside Cove, on the right, where there is room for two cars to park.

Cashiers is in Jackson County.