Highlands Area Neighborhoods

Highlands Area have neighborhoods too numerous to mention and each year new neighborhoods are announced. The following are a list of some of Highlands more established neighborhoods.

· Blue Valley Estates - off Hwy 106 near   Turtle Pond-Boasts wonderful views.

· Bowery - Main Street,  Highlands towards Horse Cove - Great views and expensive prices

· Brushy Face Estates - Gated Community of fabulous view estates  located off Hwy. 28

· Cold Springs - A wonderful year round  community off Shortoff Road featuring  tennis, equestrian, fishing on three acre lake

· Cotswold’s - Big View estates situated on  the mountain between Flat Mountain and Webbmont.

· Cowee Ridge - Gated community off Hwy 64  East across from Wildcat Cliffs Country Club.

· Holt Knob - Diversified homes and cross the board pricing in this in-town mountain top community close to Main St. Highlands.

· Mirror Lake - off Hwy 64 (Franklin Rd) is one of Highlands’ oldest and most established communities. Diversified housing at every price point. Mirror Mont, Webbmont and Billy Cabin are areas of Mirror Lake.

· Norton Community - Beautiful rolling hills and Christmas tree farm community off Hwy 64 between Highlands and Cashiers. Area includes the Oaks and Yellow Mt. Road. Diversified housing at every price point.

· Ravenel - Extremely upscale big view estates in this gated community within walking distance to Main Street Highlands.

Shortoff Mountain

Other Highlands Plateau Golf Facilities

Highlands Cove
is a gated golf community but is not a country club. The community completed in 1998 offers an 18 hole Tom Jackson designed course featuring 9 holes mountain and 9 holes valley, har-tru tennis courts and a clubhouse /restaurant. The Club is a pay to play course. Home choices include town homes, condominiums, homes and estates. Price range is between $500,000 - 6 million.

High Hampton Inn, Cashiers
This wonderful, old historic inn, now open year round offers and 18 hole George Cobb golf course.

Sapphire Mountain
In Sapphire Valley three miles east of Cashiers also offers a great golf, tennis, fitness (indoor heated pool) and club house. The golf course surrounds residential areas offering a wonderful assortment of recently built mountain style homes in the $300,000-million dollar range.

Sky Valley
In 2007 opened its totally renovated 18 hole golf course. A new clubhouse with dining and lounge facility should open in 2008. Club memberships are initially being offered for an initiation fee of $6500 plus monthly dues of approximately $265.00. Social memberships include discounted golf, tennis, swim, fitness and social are $1000 with a $50 per month dues.
 

Highlands Area
Neighborhoods continued

· River Walk - New upscale community off  Cullasaja Drive. Lots start at  $400,000.

· Satulah Mountain - Old, established Highlands at its finest with large old, big view estates within walking distance of  Highlands.

· Satulah Ridge - Established  Highlands  year round Community  featuring diversified housing across  most price points.

· Shelby Place - Newer, but  established year round community off Hwy 28 approximately ¾ miles from the  Highlands Post Office.  Townhouses and homes beginning in the high 300,000’s. Tennis also  available,

· Shortoff Mountain - Diversified  residential areas at all price points off Buck Creek  Road.

· Turtle Pond Area - halfway between  Highlands and Scaly Mountain and  eastward to Highway 64. Close to  Cliffside Recreation Park. Farmland  and mountain cabins in this back to nature area.  Diversified housing at  most price points.

· Webbmont - (see Mirror Lake area)

· Wildwood - Established year round community with diversified housing and  price points $300,000+ off Hwy 64 across from Wildcat Cliffs Country Club.

Call me to find out more about any of these neighborhoods

Nancy Plate 828.526.4218
 

Mirror Lake

Tennis Only

Those who enjoy tennis but don’t care about country club living will enjoy Mountain Laurel Tennis Club located in-town Highlands on Dillard Road, Hwy 106 about three miles from Main St. Highlands. The club boasts both indoor and outdoor courts, a fitness facility and a great social agenda. Equity memberships can be purchased beginning at approximately $10,000.

In Cashiers Cedar Mt. Racquet Club offers both tennis and social/dining memberships.
 

The Village of Cashiers

Located in neighboring Jackson County 10 miles across the mountain, Cashiers offers an equally wonderful, but slightly different lifestyle.

· Village of Cashiers consists of drive in and out of shopping areas with wonderful boutiques, art and antiques.

· Cashiers has several excellent restaurants to include “The Orchard,” and Horatios. The nearby Sapphire area has several wonderful  restaurants including The Library and Oasis-

· Cashiers is the home of world renown   High Hampton Inn. Also several additional inns - including  Laurelwood Mountain Inn, Innisfree Inn By- The-Lake, and the new Hampton Inn in  Sapphire Valley.

· Ingles grocery facility is located in town.

· Most churches represented. The Catholic Church is in Sapphire.

· Area served by Blue Ridge School (K-12) and Summit Charter School (K-8).

· Medical annex of Highlands/Cashiers  Hospital is under construction. The main Hospital is 7 miles west on Hwy 64.

· Lake Glenville (Thorpe Reservoir) is 3 miles north of Cashiers on 107 N. with 26 miles of shoreline

· Chattooga Club - High end conclave of  mostly summer homes. Chattooga Club  offers croquet, relaxation and fine dining.

· Mountain Club - Newly developed country club community between Norton and Cashiers.

· River Rock - Newest country club  development launched in 2006. Various  communities located on 107 N of Cashiers.
A Phil Mickelson golf course is planned.

· Sapphire Valley - Cashiers' old established country club, recently renovated. The entrance is off 64 East of Cashiers in Sapphire.

· Trillium - Family oriented country club with 18 hole golf course and marina on Lake Glenville offering condominium, townhouses and private home and estates with mountain, lake or golf course views.

· Wade Hampton - High-end golf course  community located on US 107 South of  Cashiers.
 The Tom Fazio course is rated #15 in United States

The Scaly Mountain, Sky Valley, and Rabin County areas are definitely places to consider should you want to get the “Biggest bang for buck”.

These are just some of the choices one has when looking for real estate on the Highlands Plateau. It is also the reason that making a real estate choice sometimes becomes long and cumbersome.

For further information and the latest Buyers Guide just contact me, Nancy Plate',  at nplate@alltel.net
 

Lake Sequoyah in Highlands, NC

Highlands

Lake Sequoyah is the largest body of water in Highlands and serves as Highlands’ water supply. Canoeing and kayaking is permitted on the lake. There are some, but few, lakefront residential possibilities beginning at approximately
$1 million.

Mirror Lake

Mirror Lake is a smaller body of water located off Hwy 64 (Franklin Road). The lake is picturesque and conducive to row boats and canoes. The Mirror Lake community serves a predominant role in the residential evolution of Highlands. The neighborhood was where many summer people built a seasonal community of lodge/camp type homes. Many of the original homes were not winterized and therefore not conducive to the longer Highlands season. Many were purchased and renovated in the past ten years. Homes in this area begin around $300,000.

Lake Osage

Is located in Rocky Knob, a gated community, seven plus miles from Highlands in the Scaly Mt. area. The lake is approximately 16 acres and offers swimming and boating with non-motor boat.

Lake Osseroga

Located on Cashiers Hwy 64 adjacent to the Cullasaja Club offer lake front or view homes.
The lake is small but peaceful and serene

Cashiers Lake Living

Morning mist on Lake Glenville

Glenville Lake

The highest lake east of the Rockies is the area’s only navigable lake. The lake has 26 miles of shoreline and offers a wide array of housing possibilities including Trillium Club. The breast of Glenville dam is approximately 6 miles from Cashiers and 16 miles from Highlands.

Other Great Areas to Consider

Neighborhoods to include: Rocky Knob, King Mt. Heatherstone Tops, (gated communities) and Heatherstone at Ford Mountain Lakes, Highlands Gap, Thomas Knob and Sky Valley

· Scaly Mt. is seven miles from Main Street Highlands and the same distance from Dillard, GA.

· Area borders Rabun County, GA also on the Highlands Plateau at an elevation of 3600 feet.

· Area is rural and mountainous with great long range mountain views and pristine lakes providing great fishing.

· Lifestyles include residential homes with mountain lake views, golf course or great mountain views ranging between $250,000
to $1 million with the average cost of a home several hundred thousand less than Highlands for comparable homes.