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Beech Mountain, North Carolina · 4,330 ft

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Un refuge confortable pour la famille et les amis.

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4Chambres

2Salles de bain

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Deer Trail Lodge

Beech Mountain, North Carolina

A dog-friendly log cabin on Beech Mountain, North Carolina, cared for by owners who stay here too. © SLRC Holdings LLC.

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The highest town in the East

Four thousand three hundred and thirty feet above the heat.

Beech Mountain sits higher than any other town east of the Mississippi, so summer here averages seventy degrees and winter brings real snow. Deer Trail Lodge is a remodelled log cabin near the middle of town, between two creeks, two miles from the lifts.

Rustic outside. Spotless within.

The lodge

Rustic outside. Spotless within.

Log siding, tongue-and-groove vaulted ceilings and a deck across the front; inside, natural hickory floors throughout, all-new furniture, a Frigidaire kitchen and central heat and air. The owners remodelled every room through 2025 and still stay here themselves, which is why guests keep using the same word in their reviews: clean. Four bedrooms, two and a half baths and 2,039 square feet for up to eight.

Inside the lodge

By the numbers

Why guests return

Winter

Snow on the roof, skis by the door

The resort is two miles away, the town sledding hill is up the road (the sleds are in the house), and there are boot and glove dryers for when you come in.

After dark

Every evening concludes at the fire pit

A stone circle in the back yard, Adirondack chairs, firewood stacked and a cooler for drinks. On a clear night at this altitude, the stars come all the way down to the trees.

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Inside

Room by room

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Équipements et caractéristiques

Pour 8 voyageurs

4Chambres

5Lits

2Salles de bain

Wifi

Cuisine

Climatisation

Téléviseur

Lave-linge

Chauffage

Sèche-linge

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Guest stories

We never travel without ours.

Bring the dog

We never travel without ours.

Up to two well-groomed indoor dogs under 30 pounds are welcome, with no pet fee. The back yard is flat and grassed, the king suite’s deck opens straight onto it, and there is a crate in the house. Send us a note before you book so we can confirm.

Lora Williams

From the owners

Why we made it this way

In more than thirty years of travelling we rented dozens of homes on Vrbo and Airbnb, and found very few we would have rented twice. We carried our own pillows, our own dog crate and boxes of cookware. Not one of those houses had a crockpot, a waffle maker or a crate. Windows had no blinds, neighbours kept us awake, doors didn’t latch, and every house lacked the attention of an owner who actually stayed there.

So when we closed on Deer Trail Lodge in July 2021, we set out to make it the house we had been looking for: comfortable beds, clean from floor to ceiling, a kitchen with everything in it, room-darkening blinds, gas fireplaces, central air for the rare warm day, a yard where a dog can run, and a creek on either side. We have spent hours cleaning, remodelling and reworking every corner of it, through 2025, and we stay here ourselves.

If anything is amiss while you are here, call, text or email and we will see to it straight away. We love this place, and we hope you will too.

Lora Williams

Owner, Deer Trail Lodge

Filmed at the lodge

Who else visits

Deer most mornings, a black bear twice in one week, fawns on the road. Our own footage, plus a few slow clips of the house. Follow @beechmountainvacationrental for more.

A buck at the fire pit

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A Christmas village in winter, a cool escape in July

Beech Mountain

A Christmas village in winter, a cool escape in July

Skiing and tubing at the resort, trout at Lake Coffey, pickleball and kayaks at Buckeye, waterfalls along the town trails, the Land of Oz in autumn. Down the mountain: Banner Elk, Sugar Mountain, Grandfather Mountain, Valle Crucis and Blowing Rock. Fans of the area come back every year and never run out of things to do.

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The lodge, inside and out

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Deer Trail Lodge

Getting here

Near the center of Beech Mountain

On a newly paved road, two miles from the resort and 8.5 from Banner Elk. Tri-Cities Airport is about 60 miles away, Asheville 94 and Charlotte 112. In winter you will need four-wheel or all-wheel drive.

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Tell us when you would like to come and who is coming (dogs included). Lora will reply with availability and a quote.

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Notes from the mountain

Trails, wildlife and new things to do, since our first summer.

How Deer Trail Lodge got its name

How Deer Trail Lodge got its name

We closed on the home the first week of July 2021, and in our very first week there we discovered that deer were literally everywhere. They were not shy and would graze right in fr

Par Lora Williams · 18 juillet 2021

Overlook Park Trail, a short drive from the lodge

Overlook Park Trail, a short drive from the lodge

Not far from the home is a lovely overlook and a moderately strenuous half-mile trail that begins with a picnic area and a waterfall.

Par Lora Williams · 18 juillet 2021

Trails just minutes from the lodge

Trails just minutes from the lodge

We found so many lovely trails just minutes from the home. This is Upper Pond Creek Trail.

Par Lora Williams · 20 juillet 2021

Banner Elk’s newest attraction: the Alpine Coaster

Banner Elk’s newest attraction: the Alpine Coaster

The alpine coaster in Banner Elk was a lot of fun. We filmed a full ride; you can watch it on the Beech Mountain page.

Par Lora Williams · 29 juillet 2021

You don’t see this every day.

You don’t see this every day.

This was sent to us by one of our guests, Tanya, during a family outing. When you are a hungry fawn, it does not matter that the world must stop for you!

Par Lora Williams · 18 août 2021

A second sighting this week of this fuzzy fellow

A second sighting this week of this fuzzy fellow

For the second time this week, a black bear wandered across the property at Deer Trail Lodge, down by the creek. Please use the bear-proof bin at the street.

Par Lora Williams · 21 août 2021

The Shane Outpost is great

The Shane Outpost is great

The Shane Outpost is a new campsite area at the far end of Buckeye Lake, and it is not just for campers. There are nice public bathrooms that stay open when the Buckeye Recreation

Par Lora Williams · 29 septembre 2021

Buckeye Recreation Center launches a frisbee golf course

Buckeye Recreation Center launches a frisbee golf course

I have recently taken an interest in frisbee golf. We tried the course at the ski resort a few years ago but found the grass too high at times and hard to navigate, so I was happy

Par Lora Williams · 23 septembre 2024