Tusquittee Landing Airport Home for Sale: 63-Acre Mountain Estate with Two Homes, Creek Frontage, and Three Landing Rights at NC08
Fly in. Walk home. Stay for the mountains. That is not marketing language for the Serenity Lane estate at Tusquittee Landing Airport (NC08) in Hayesville, North Carolina. It is a literal description of daily life at one of the most beautifully situated aviation properties in the American Southeast. Offered at $1,995,000, this eight-parcel estate spanning 63.48 acres in the scenic Tusquittee Valley includes two separate homes totaling six bedrooms and four baths, three landing rights at the private community airstrip, three leased hangar lots with potential for custom aircraft hangar construction, over 1,600 feet of Tusquittee Creek frontage, a secluded pond, wooded acreage, walking trails, and long-range mountain views in every direction.
Two Homes, One Extraordinary Setting
The estate encompasses two separate addresses that together form a complete mountain compound. The main residence at 360 Serenity Lane is a spacious three-bedroom, two-and-a-half bath home with a two-car garage.
The guest home at 306 Serenity Lane offers three bedrooms and two full baths, ideally suited for extended family, visiting pilots, vacation rental potential, or a private mountain retreat completely separate from the primary living space. Both homes sit on a relatively level homesite accessed by a paved, dead-end road, an uncommon convenience in the Western North Carolina mountains where steep ridgeline drives are the norm rather than the exception. The views from the property are spectacular in every direction without requiring the compromise of a difficult approach.
Outside the doors of either home, the natural environment delivers immediately. Tusquittee Creek runs along more than 1,600 feet of the property’s boundary, its sound a constant presence through open windows and on the porches. Walk out the back door to fish the creek. Walk out the front door to explore the wooded acreage and trail network that winds through the property. White-tailed deer, wild turkeys, black bears, and bobcats are all familiar visitors to the landscape, reflecting the genuine wildness of the Nantahala National Forest surrounding this corner of Clay County.
Tusquittee Landing Airport Home for Sale: Three Landing Rights and Three Hangar Lots
This Tusquittee Landing Airport home for sale comes with three landing rights at NC08, a privately owned and maintained community airstrip operated by the Tusquittee Landing Flyers Association and situated five nautical miles northeast of Hayesville at 2,000 feet MSL. The runway, 10/28, measures 2,700 feet by 50 feet on a turf surface with a standard right traffic pattern on runway 28. The airstrip is listed on FAA charts and ForeFlight, operates on CTAF 122.75, and is managed as a private-use field serving the Tusquittee Landing residential community. AWOS weather is available via the station at Western Carolina Regional Airport (KRHP) approximately nine nautical miles to the northwest. The airport has been in continuous operation since November 1986, anchoring an active flying community in one of the most scenic mountain airspaces in the Southeast.
Three leased hangar lots are included with the estate, providing the opportunity to build custom aircraft hangars on the property subject to approval from the Tusquittee Landing Flyers Association. For pilots who want dedicated enclosed aircraft storage within walking distance of their front door, these lots represent a meaningful and uncommon piece of the property’s total aviation value.
The Tusquittee Valley and Western North Carolina Mountains
The name Tusquittee comes from the Cherokee, meaning “where the water dogs laughed,” reflecting the deep indigenous heritage of this valley and the region surrounding it. The Tusquittee Valley sits within the Nantahala National Forest in Clay County, one of the least densely populated counties in North Carolina, surrounded by mountain ridgelines and creek drainages that have been relatively untouched by development. Tusquittee Bald rises to 5,240 feet at the head of the valley, and the broader Tusquittee Mountain range frames the eastern skyline with the kind of layered, misty Blue Ridge profile that defines the visual character of this corner of Appalachia.
Fires Creek Recreation Area, just minutes from the property, encompasses 14,000 acres within the Nantahala National Forest and serves as a designated wildlife sanctuary and backcountry recreation destination. The Fires Creek Rim Trail runs 25 miles along the ridge surrounding the wildlife management area, and the Chunky Gal Trail and Bald Springs Trail provide additional hiking routes through old-growth forest and mountain meadows. Trout fishing in Fires Creek draws fly fishermen from across the Southeast, and the creek’s native brook trout population makes it one of the more productive wild trout streams accessible by road in Western North Carolina.
Lake Chatuge, a 7,200-acre TVA reservoir shared between North Carolina and Georgia, lies just minutes from the property and provides the primary water recreation anchor for the entire Clay County region. Its 132 miles of shoreline are framed by the Tusquittee Mountains and what the Cherokee called the Great Blue Hills of God, the Blue Ridge range to the south and east. The lake supports outstanding fishing for smallmouth bass, largemouth bass, spotted bass, crappie, sunfish, and white bass across 32 documented species. The Jackrabbit Mountain Recreation Area on the North Carolina shore offers a 100-site campground, a swimming beach, hiking and biking trails, boat ramps, and picnic areas directly on the lake, and the Gibson Cove Campground and Clay County Recreation Park provide additional public lake access. Kayaking, stand-up paddleboarding, pontoon boating, and water skiing are all popular summer activities on Chatuge’s calm, scenic coves.
Mountain Harbour Golf Club, an 18-hole championship course in the Blue Ridge Mountains with 62 bunkers, five sets of tees, and water features throughout, serves the Clay County golf community alongside the Chatuge Shores course with its signature eighth hole directly on the lake. Eagle Fork Vineyards in the Hayesville area brings a wine country dimension to the local lifestyle. The historic downtown Hayesville square, anchored by the 1888 Clay County Courthouse now serving as the Beal Center for outdoor summer concerts and community events, the Clay County Barn Quilt Trail, the Old Jail Museum, and the Cherokee Homestead Exhibit all reflect the deep cultural and historical character of a community that has preserved its identity while welcoming those who come seeking exactly this kind of mountain life.
Asheville, North Carolina, is approximately two hours to the northeast, offering a world-class culinary, arts, and music scene alongside Biltmore Estate, the Blue Ridge Parkway, and the full range of Western North Carolina’s mountain tourism infrastructure. Atlanta is approximately two hours to the south, providing international air connections, major medical facilities, and metropolitan amenities via Hartsfield-Jackson for the occasions when the mountains call for a change of pace. Chattanooga and Knoxville are each within roughly two hours as well, placing the Serenity Lane estate at a genuinely central position within the broader Southern Appalachian region.
For pilots who have spent years searching for a mountain retreat where the airstrip is walkable from the front door, the creek is fishable from the back yard, the wildlife is real, the views are long, and the community is genuine, Serenity Lane at Tusquittee Landing Airport is as close to that ideal as exists anywhere in Western North Carolina.
Contact Karyn Woody with Mountain Sotheby’s International Realty at 706-897-0956 or karynwoody@mountainsir.com for showings and more details.
Disclaimer: Runway lengths, aviation details, and airstrip information are deemed reliable but not guaranteed and should be independently verified with the FAA.
