More about Cherokee Cherokee is a town in Swain County, North Carolina. It is the headquarters for the Eastern Band of the Cherokee Indians. It is also a tourist-oriented area, located at the entrance to Great Smoky Mountains National Park and the southern end of the Blue Ridge Parkway, and the site of a Harrahs casino. It is located in western North Carolina on the Oconaluftee River and the Qualla Reservation, and on U.S. Highway 441. An outdoor drama depicting the Eastern Bands story, Unto These Hills, is presented annually during the tourist season. Cherokee Demographics Tonight...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers with a slight chance of thunderstorms. Areas of fog after midnight. Lows in the lower 60s. West winds around 5 mph this evening...Becoming light and variable. Chance of rain 50 percent. Thursday...Areas of fog in the morning. Partly sunny with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 70s. Northwest winds around 5 mph. Chance of rain 40 percent. Thursday Night...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening. Lows around 60. Northwest winds around 5 mph in the evening...Becoming light and variable. Chance of rain 30 percent. Friday...Mostly sunny in the morning...Then partly sunny with a chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 70s. Light and variable winds...Becoming northwest around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain 40 percent. Friday Night...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 60s. Northwest winds around 5 mph in the evening...Becoming light and variable. Chance of rain 40 percent. Saturday...Partly sunny with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs around 80. Chance of rain 30 percent. Saturday Night...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening...Then partly cloudy after midnight. Lows in the upper 50s. Chance of rain 30 percent. Sunday...Partly cloudy. Highs in the lower 80s. Lows in the upper 50s. Sunday Night...Partly cloudy. Highs in the lower 80s. Lows in the upper 50s. Labor Day...Mostly clear. Highs in the lower 80s. Lows in the upper 50s. Tuesday...Mostly clear. Highs in the lower 80s. Lows in the upper 50s. Wednesday...Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. Powered by HAMweather Copyright © 2003 HAMweather, LLC, all rights reserved.

