Balsam Mountain Preserve

The lowest density private Club community in the North Carolina mountains, Balsam Mountain Preserve offers a way of life that is authentic, family focused, and conservation centered. Only 354 homesites will nestle into this high elevation 4,400-acre private community, an average of one home for every 12 acres. Created with a commitment to preserve its natural surroundings, 3,000 acres, or 68% of the community, has been placed in a permanent conservation easement, ensuring it will never be developed and will always remain for future generations in its present park-like state. Homesites average 1.5 to 2 acres, and all touch a portion of the 3,000 acre Preserve, offering a level of privacy and seclusion that residents in other communities can only imagine. In addition to all the wonders of nature, Club Members enjoy a nationally acclaimed Arnold Palmer Signature golf course, an Equestrian Center, a heated junior Olympic pool, soft surface tennis courts, a fitness center and family pavilion, fine dining, 34 miles of private trails, 38 miles of streams (including a Class ” A” North Carolina trout stream for fishing), a private family campground, a 24 hour staffed gatehouse, and a working Nature Center staffed by full-time, on-site naturalists. The selection of real estate offerings include dramatic mountain view homesites with elevations up to 4,700 feet, a special collection of Featured Builder and private resale homes, and a very unique Residence Club ownership opportunity that is available to only 40 families. Balsam Mountain Preserve is located just off the Great Smoky Mountain Expressway, affording residents quick and easy access to the charming mountain towns of Sylva and Waynesville. Grocery stores, movie theaters, hospitals, and restaurants are all just ten to fifteen minutes from the main gatehouse, and Asheville, renowned for its cultural and entertainment scene is less than forty highway minutes away.