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City Lights Bookstore is in Sylva, North Carolina, a small Main Street town tucked in the heart of the Great Smoky Mountains. Our goal is to share the literature of the Southern Appalachian region with the world, and the world of books with our community.

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email: more@citylightsnc.com

3 East Jackson Street

Sylva, North Carolina 28779 USA

PHONE: 828-586-9499

TOLL-FREE: 888-853-6298

FAX: 828-586-9466

We are located at the corner of Spring and Jackson Streets in downtown Sylva, North Carolina where we're open 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Mon.-Sat. and 10-3 on Sun. To get to our store from Hwy. 74/23, take Exit 83 onto Grindstaff Cove Road. Follow this about a quarter mile into the town of Sylva. Cross the train tracks, Mill Street, and Main Street, then take a left at the T-intersection at Schulman Street (extension of Grindstaff Cove Rd.), and Jackson Street. The bookstore is two blocks east where Jackson Street makes a little jog left, and becomes East Jackson Street at its intersection with Spring Street. -- Long.: -83.223345 / Lat.: 35.37294

City Lights Bookstore in downtown Sylva, North Carolina