From the ancient forested peaks of Blue Ridge Mountains to the Rocky Mountain ski country and the rugged Sierra Nevada range of California and Nevada, PrivateCommunities.com presents an extensive inventory of luxury homes, townhomes and condos in gated and master planned mountain communities throughout the United States. Featured properties include upscale golf, equestrian, vacation and retirement communities with tennis courts, stocked fishing lakes and other resort-like amenities in popular vacation and retirement destinations such as North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Wyoming and Utah.
With a strong commitment to sustainable development, Keswick Hills is an intimate, private gated community located in Asheville, North Carolina on the south slope of Merrill Mountain in the famed Blue Ridge Mountains. Featuring gorgeous mountain scenery and elevations up to 2,950 feet, the atmosphere at Keswick Hills is tranquil and feels remote, yet it’s only two miles to major shopping and fine dining. Plus, the airport, downtown Asheville and the best public and private schools in Asheville are only minutes away. Offering the best in North Carolina mountain real estate, beautiful wooded and mountain-view homesites are priced from the $99,000's to the $500,000's. Cottages begin in the $490,000’s and fine luxury homes begin in the $700,000’s to over $2 million. For a limited time, Keswick Hills is offering a 30% discount on all homesites purchased before December 30, 2009. Call today to schedule your private tour.
Perched along the highest range in the Blue Ridge Mountains in Banner Elk, North Carolina, the Lodges at Eagles Nest is a private mountain community offering residents all the sophistication of an upscale gated community combined with a "summer-camp” inspired lifestyle. Year-round recreational amenities and activities include a summer spa in an authentic Tee Pee village, fine dining, swimming pools, tennis courts, an outdoor amphitheater and a 500-acre equestrian center. 1 to ten-acre homesites with fantastic long-range views priced from $200,000 to $1 million; Custom-designed mountain homes priced from $750,000 to $5 million. Rentals and Vacation Partnerships are also available.
Choose from an extraordinary selection of custom homesites and developer-built residences at this acclaimed mountaintop golf community, one of the most visually compelling golf course communities in the U.S., just 35 minutes from Asheville. Amenities include a rugged mountain golf course, first-class recreational facilities and fly-in access via a private paved runway. Lots priced from $145,000; Homes, cabins, condos, and villas priced from $245,000 to $2 million+.
Live amid the splendor of North Carolina's beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains at this low-density gated community, which offers spacious private homesites in an old-growth forest setting only 25 minutes from downtown Asheville. Lots range from 1 to over 7 acres, priced from $129,000 to $650,000.
Bordered by the French Broad River, Seven Falls is Western North Carolina's only private golf and river club. Located in the Blue Ridge Mountains near Hendersonville and Asheville, planned amenities will include an Arnold Palmer Premier Golf Course, a River Lodge, stocked lake, tennis facility, wellness center, amphitheater, Town Village, and miles of trails. Homesites priced from the $300,000's.
Southcliff is a unique gated mountain community located 20 minutes from downtown Asheville, North Carolina on the south face of Cedar Cliff Mountain. With elevations reaching up to 3,495 feet, buyers will relish the spectacular panoramic Blue Ridge Mountains views. Amenities include over 6 miles of hiking trails, a Family Camp, 10 acres of neighborhood parks and more than 175 acres of natural, undisturbed areas. In addition, Southcliff Village will offer residents the convenience of working, shopping and dining all within walking distance of their homes. Estate Homesites priced from the upper $100,000's; Townhome Lodges priced from the $400,000's; Home Packages priced from the mid $400,000's.
Set within the majestic Blue Ridge Mountains, SweetGrass, in Blowing Rock, North Carolina, is a mountain lake community framed by amazing views of Grandfather Mountain, the famous Blue Ridge Parkway and Julian Price Memorial Park. Along with The Lake House and a North Carolina protected trout stream, outdoor pursuits include canoeing, kayaking, fitness, hiking, fishing and boating, with easy access to golf nearby. Cozy mountain homes with panoramic mountain views priced from $475,000; One to three-acre estate homesites priced from $175,000 to $1 million.
With altitudes topping 4,500 feet, The Divide at Bald Rock features amazing long range mountain views, lush foliage, cascading waterfalls, and extraordinary panoramas of sheer rock cliffs and sylvan valleys. All Divide property owners are members in the Sapphire Valley resort, and have access to numerous recreational amenities including an 18-hole championship mountain golf course, indoor/outdoor swimming pools, tennis center, exercise facilities, miniature golf, boat rentals on 55-acre Lake Fairfield and winter skiing. Large estate homesites priced from $159,000 to $550,000.
The Preserve at Little Pine is an award winning private community located in the pristine mountain wilderness of Western North Carolina with over 75% of the land protected through conservation. Convenient to the historic Appalachian towns of Asheville, Weaverville, and Hot Springs, amenities include a community lodge with fitness center, an astronomy observatory center, a fully staffed equestrian facility and numerous picnic and camping spots throughout the community. Homesites priced from $89,000 to over $1 million.
A private, gated, mountain top community nestled in the scenic Blue Ridge Mountains, the Preserve at Wolf Laurel is the ideal master planned community in western North Carolina for a weekend retreat, retirement home or year round living. Elevations over 4,800 feet provide for dramatic long-range mountain views and a near perfect climate, plus 25% of its 1,300 acres has been set aside for greenways, parks and wildlife corridors. Here residents have access to numerous recreational amenities including equestrian facilities, tennis courts, a heated swimming pool, an outdoor pavilion, a fully stocked trout pond, miles of hiking trails, and access to the Wolf Ridge Ski Resort. Also available with membership at the Wolf Laurel Country Club is a beautiful mountain top clubhouse and an 18-hole championship golf course-the second highest golf course in the eastern United States. Homesites priced from $80,000 to $350,000.
