Editing Lake Junaluska, North Carolina (section)

==Geography==
[[Image:15 19 0262 junaluska dam.jpg|thumb|Lake Junaluska dam]]
The community of Lake Junaluska is located in central Haywood County just east of the artificial lake of the same name. The lake was formed by damming Richland Creek (a tributary to the Pigeon River) which flows northwest of the community.<ref>''Clyde, NC,'' 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1967 (1979 rev.)</ref> Haywood County has 18 mountain peaks over {{Convert|6000|ft}}, more than any other county east of the [[Mississippi River]]. The closest high summits are {{convert|4228|ft|adj=on}} High Top on Utah Mountain, {{convert|2|mi|0}} to the north; and {{convert|5071|ft|adj=on}} North Eaglenest Mountain (formerly Mount Junaluska), {{convert|4|mi|0}} to the southwest.
[[Image:Lake Junaluska, North Carolina.jpg|thumb|left|[[North Eaglenest Mountain]], formerly called Mount Junaluska]]

The community is bordered by [[Waynesville, North Carolina|Waynesville]], the Haywood [[county seat]], to the south; [[Maggie Valley, North Carolina|Maggie Valley]] to the west, and [[Clyde, North Carolina|Clyde]] to the east. U.S. Routes [[U.S. Route 19 in North Carolina|19]], [[U.S. Route 23 in North Carolina|23]], [[U.S. Route 74 in North Carolina|74]], and [[U.S. Route 276|276]] all pass through the community. [[Interstate 40 in North Carolina|Interstate 40]] passes just northeast of the community, with access from Exits 24 and 27.

[[Asheville, North Carolina|Asheville]], the major city in the region, is {{convert|27|mi}} to the east via I-40 or by Routes 19, 23, and 74. Route 19 leads west {{convert|25|mi}} to [[Cherokee, North Carolina|Cherokee]], base on the [[Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians]] and near the south entrance to Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Routes 23 and 74, the [[Great Smoky Mountains Expressway]], leads southwest {{Convert|22|mi}} to [[Sylva, North Carolina|Sylva]], and US 276 leads southeast through Waynesville and {{convert|41|mi}} to [[Brevard, North Carolina|Brevard]].

According to the [[U.S. Census Bureau]], the Lake Junaluska CDP has a total area of {{convert|14.6|sqkm|order=flip}}, of which {{convert|13.8|sqkm|order=flip}} are land and {{convert|0.8|sqkm|order=flip|1}}, or 5.53%, are water.<ref name="Census 2010"/>