Nantahala Balds

… grassy areas in the Nantahala Mountain Range, which see, of W Macon County. Wayah Bald is the most prominent of these areas. Named for the Cherokee word Nan-toh-ee-yah-heh-lih (sun in the middle; noonday), as Indian runners between Valley River crossed it at midday on their way to Oconaluftee or Soco in Swain County.