| Western North Carolina’s mountains boast some | | | | walking and hiking trails, a natural swimming hole, horse |
| of the finest locations in which to live. NC mountain | | | | stables, trails, a nature cabin with organic cooking, art |
| homes utilize to the utmost this excellent region, | | | | classes, mountaintop wedding chapel, fitness center, |
| providing a quality of life that’s difficult to match. | | | | spa facilities, fly fishing, classes, kayaking, canoeing, |
| Balsam Mountain Preserve community is positioned on | | | | organic orchards and garden, meeting facilities, the |
| the boundaries of the Great Smoky Mountains National | | | | River House dining and banquet room and outdoor |
| Park, close to Waynesville and Sylva. It has an 18-hole | | | | barbeques. In the community they in addition have |
| golf course designed by Arnold Palmer, tennis, hiking | | | | necessary groceries and an outfitters post with |
| and biking trails, horse-riding, fly fishing, pool, sauna and | | | | equipment and clothes for the outdoors. Be it |
| steam room, gym, drawing room, library, watering hole | | | | retirement or relocation, Cold Mountain is definitely one |
| and café. A sanctuary for nature, pastoral cottages | | | | of the most excellent spots. |
| on 2 camping grounds, a recycling center, common | | | | Just around 5 miles from Brevard, Straus Park |
| garden, a pavilion and hot showers, talks and tutorials | | | | squeezes a lot into its 300 acres. Situated high up in |
| (a lot of them concentrate on the character of the | | | | the mountains, Straus Park has single family homes, |
| locality), and an artist in residence program. This is a | | | | town homes and condos priced from around $250,000 |
| reasonably priced community to resettle in or to retire | | | | up to one and a half million dollars. Amenities include |
| to. | | | | gazebo for angling, a couple of tennis courts, fresh |
| Preserve at Little Pine is approximately twelve miles | | | | water lake with dock, a club house where food can be |
| outside of Marshall, and 30 miles from Asheville. The | | | | served, pool outside, paddling and swimming, retail and |
| Little Pine community has a size of one thousand eight | | | | office space, dinners with a fixed fare, book and card |
| hundred acres with 140 residences planned and eighty | | | | clubs, dentist, bank, optician, grocery, an attorney and a |
| percent a preservation run by the Smoky Mountain | | | | market with farm produce. |
| National Land Trust. Inhabitants can benefit from | | | | If you’re hoping to get away from it all, visit Mystic |
| kayaking, canoeing, twenty miles of bicycle and nature | | | | Forest. In the middle of the Nantahala National Forest, |
| trails, fishing, white water rafting and groomed | | | | around eighty odd miles west of Asheville and south |
| campsites. The philosophy of the Preserve is to | | | | of Knoxville, Tennessee, the community resides on the |
| protect the land and present a beautiful setting for our | | | | banks of the Nantahala River. Mystic Forest is one |
| descendants. | | | | hundred twenty acres in size and has 42 house plots |
| One of the finest locations for reasonably priced realty | | | | with 10 miles of trails beside the river, equestrian facility |
| in North Carolina Mountain Living is the Cold Mountain | | | | and horses for resident’s use, a lake for angling, |
| community. Situated about half an hour from Asheville, | | | | paddle boats and an outdoor pavilion with grills and |
| and 12 miles from Waynesville, Cold Mountain offers | | | | tables. If you love nature and desire tranquility, Mystic |
| facilities at cheap rates. You’ll get a beach area, | | | | River is the best place to stay. |