Rachel WavraSilver Creek Real Estate Group
Rachel WavraSilver Creek Real Estate Group
Bigger lots, longer views, and a quieter register than Highlands.
Cashiers is about 15 minutes from Highlands, close enough for dinner but far enough that it feels like its own thing. The lots are bigger, the views tend to run longer, and the whole town has a quieter register than Highlands even at the height of summer.
It's also where the clubs get more exclusive. Wade Hampton Golf Club and High Hampton draw buyers who want a resort-style membership as much as a house, and Mountaintop Golf and Lake Club bridges Cashiers toward the Glenville side with golf and lake access in the same membership.
Cashiers generally runs higher than Highlands on price, and the gap has only gotten more noticeable in recent years as the biggest estate lots have traded. The honest tradeoff nobody mentions upfront: less walkability. You're driving to dinner, and in winter, on roads that see less traffic than Highlands' more central ones.
One of the most recognized private clubs on the Plateau, built around a course with a serious golf pedigree.
A historic resort-and-club property with golf, lake access, and a slower, old-mountain-summer feel.
A 211-acre retreat built more around dining, wellness, and family time than golf — no course here, but a strong social and event calendar.
A family-oriented racquet and social club on its own private lake, tucked into the Nantahala National Forest — tennis, pickleball, croquet, and swimming rather than golf.
Bridges Cashiers and the Glenville side, pairing golf with Lake Glenville access in one membership.
Highlands is about 15 minutes away on NC-64. Sapphire and the Lake Glenville area run roughly 15 to 30 minutes further east, depending on which part you're headed to.
If privacy, acreage, and a specific club are part of the picture, I can help you figure out which side of Cashiers actually fits.
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