NC Gazetteer

Winding Stairs

A transportation-related place in Macon County
… section of road in NW Macon County between Queens Creek and the Macon-Swain county line; winds about 5 mi. down a ½ mi. drop and gives the appearance of winding stairs. Present road laid out about 1923 along a pioneer or Indian trail that, before the Civil War, was sometimes referred to as the Cat's Stairs.