Forested Land in Transylvania County, NC

Transylvania County may be the most forested county in WNC. Pisgah National Forest covers the northern third, and the private land throughout the county is overwhelmingly wooded — cove hardwoods in the sheltered valleys, oak-hickory on the ridges, and hemlock and rhododendron along the streams. Some of the finest remaining old-growth forest in the southern Appalachians grows here. PerfectPlace maps forest cover percentage from NLCD satellite data on every parcel.