$36,000
About this home
Mountain Views + Gated Community + Buildable 1.07-Acre Homesite! Discover an affordable opportunity to build your mountain getaway or full-time home in Cataloochee Ranch Estates. This 1.07-acre wooded lot offers a gently sloping building area, long-range mountain view potential and a peaceful cul-de-sac setting near the end of Lasso Lane. With only one vacant lot beyond this property, traffic is minimal and privacy is a real benefit. The property sits at approximately 3,500–3,600 feet elevation in a gated mountain community with well-maintained private roads, a community pond, picnic area and charming donkey pasture near the entrance. Power is available at the roadside. A well and septic system will be needed. The minimum home size is 1,200 square feet; modular homes are permitted, while mobile/manufactured homes are not. The location is a major plus: convenient to Hwy 276 and I-40, with easy access to Waynesville, Maggie Valley, the Blue Ridge Parkway, Great Smoky Mountains National Park and Cherokee. Enjoy hiking, fishing, rafting, skiing, horseback riding and other mountain recreation within the surrounding area, while Asheville is an easy drive for shopping, dining, medical care and airport access. No city taxes and a low HOA fee of only $400/year, which covers road maintenance and gate. If you've been looking for an affordable mountain homesite where you can build and enjoy the privacy and beauty of Western North Carolina, this property deserves a closer look. --- 1.07 acres | Gated community | Long-range mountain view potential | Cul-de-sac | Gently sloping | Power at roadside | Well needed | Septic needed | 1,200 SF minimum | Modular homes allowed | $400/year HOA | No city taxes
Property details
- MLS
- Canopy MLS
- MLS #
- CAR4342283
- Property type
- Lot
- Subdivision
- Cataloochee Ranch Estates
- Status
- Active
- Days on market
- 222
- On market date
- January 30, 2026
- Stories
- N/A
- Total bathrooms
- N/A
- Garage spaces
- N/A
- Parking spaces
- N/A
- Lot size
- N/A
Location
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Within 10 miles. School directory data from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), accessed via the Urban Institute Education Data API. Local Score is calculated by INNOVATE Real Estate; where a state rating is shown, it comes from that state's own official school report card.
- Enrollment
- 397
- Student:teacher ratio
- 14.2:1
- District
- Haywood County Schools
- Enrollment
- 767
- Student:teacher ratio
- 14.5:1
- District
- Haywood County Schools
- Enrollment
- 191
- Student:teacher ratio
- 23.9:1
- District
- Haywood County Schools
Walkability
Blended score for Waynesville's center, calculated by INNOVATE Real Estate from two sources: the EPA's National Walkability Index (street network, transit, land-use mix) and Google Places amenity data (what's actually reachable on foot from this point). 60% EPA National Walkability Index + 40% nearby-amenity density (Google Places).
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Data source: Listing information provided by Canopy MLS (carolina) via Trestle/CoreLogic. Last updated September 9, 2026.
Information herein deemed reliable but not guaranteed; all measurements, school assignments, HOA fees, taxes, and feature lists are approximate and should be independently verified. Equal Housing Opportunity.