$19,999
About this home
Seller just dropped the price and is waiting for your offer. Paved road frontage at one of the best locations around! Build your dream home in Gateway Mountain. This beautiful 3.3-acre lot is ready for construction with a completed survey, septic permit, and well permit—valid through 2028. Located just inside the gate on Crimson Drive, the property offers paved road frontage, a gentle creek, and a serene hardwood forest surrounding the ideal building site. Gateway Mountain has a vibrant mountain community offering TGIF weekly from April-October and several activity groups throughout the year. As an added bonus the seller will cover the home owners association dues for the year. Gateway Mountain is an established, private mountain community, and opportunities like this don’t come along every day. Enjoy the peace, beauty, and complete mountain ambience on your very own piece of Western North Carolina. Gateway Mountain offers over 3,000 acres of mountain paradise. There are currently over 200 homes with a combination of full and part time owners. Short term rentals are allowed. The minimum square footage is 1275. No manufactured or mobile homes are permitted. Crimson Drive is just minutes to downtown Old Fort and all the popular biking and hiking trails. Don't miss this opportunity to be a part of the birth of the most amazing places on the East Coast to enjoy the outdoors and unique dining opportunities from Hillmans, The Modern Alchemist, Foothills Watershed and more.
Property details
- MLS
- Canopy MLS
- MLS #
- CAR4325261
- Property type
- Lot
- Subdivision
- Gateway Mountain
- Status
- Active
- Days on market
- 225
- On market date
- November 24, 2025
- Stories
- N/A
- Total bathrooms
- N/A
- Garage spaces
- N/A
- Parking spaces
- N/A
- Lot size
- N/A
Location
Get directions →Nearby schools
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
- 312
- Student:teacher ratio
- 13.6:1
- District
- McDowell County Schools
- Enrollment
- 648
- Student:teacher ratio
- 15.8:1
- District
- McDowell County Schools
- Enrollment
- 254
- Student:teacher ratio
- 23.1:1
- District
- McDowell County Schools
Walkability
Blended score for Old Fort'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).
Market position
How this listing compares to current activity in Old Fort, from live MLS data.
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Data source: Listing information provided by Canopy MLS (carolina) via Trestle/CoreLogic. Last updated July 7, 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.