$489,000
About this home
32.26 Acres — Mackey Creek Rd & Lake Esterena Dr, Old Fort, NC No zoning. No restrictions. Rare find in McDowell County. 10 min to downtown Old Fort | 20 min to Black Mountain | 30 min to Asheville 500+ ft of level, flat frontage on paved, state-maintained Mackey Creek Road, plus creek frontage. Perfect for your farm, development, investment or private estate. This blank canvas is ready for you. Electricity onsite. 1,800+ ft of wooded frontage on Lake Esterena Drive (private, gravel). City water available in this area but call county to confirm. Existing barn — suited to studio, farmers market, or ag use but not suitable for a primary residence. Contact the county with building questions. Views from this property include the 27,845-acre Pisgah National Forest. 5 minutes from Old Fort's trail network and 11,728 acres of adjacent game lands (biking, hiking, fishing, hunting). No zoning or deed restrictions mean flexibility for residential, agricultural, or commercial use — contact McDowell County for guidance on your specific plans. AS-IS/ WHERE-IS. Buyers are responsible for any permits, inspections and other due diligence. There is a recorded survey on file.
Property details
- MLS
- Canopy MLS
- MLS #
- CAR4425783
- Property type
- Acreage
- Subdivision
- NONE
- Status
- Active
- Days on market
- N/A
- On market date
- September 19, 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
- 296
- Student:teacher ratio
- 12.3:1
- 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
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Data source: Listing information provided by Canopy MLS (carolina) via Trestle/CoreLogic. Last updated September 19, 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.