Places to stay near attractions in Murphy

Murphy, North Carolina is the seat of Cherokee County and the westernmost town of any size in the state, sitting at the confluence of the Hiwassee and Valley rivers just 3 miles from the Tennessee state line and 12 miles from Georgia. Its 1926 Regal blue-marble courthouse (built from local Murphy Marble) anchors a compact historic downtown, and the town is one of two Cherokee County anchors of the Eastern Band's western reach.

Murphy is home to Harrah's Cherokee Valley River Casino & Hotel, the smaller sister property to Harrah's Cherokee on the Qualla Boundary. Outdoors, the town is bracketed by the Nantahala and Chattahoochee National Forests, with Fields of the Wood biblical park (Fields of the Wood claims the world's largest Ten Commandments hillside), the John C. Campbell Folk School in nearby Brasstown — one of the country's oldest folk arts and craft schools since 1925 — and Lake Hiwassee for boating and striper fishing.

Murphy is the natural crossroads town for travelers connecting the Ocoee River, Cherohala Skyway, and the Nantahala Gorge, and it pairs closely with Hayesville, NC and Hiawassee, GA around Lake Chatuge.