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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 people come back

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 ends 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

A log cabin, remodelled top to bottom

Four bedrooms, two and a half baths and 2,039 square feet, with a creek on either side.

Vaulted, open and warm

Inside

Vaulted, open and warm

The living room opens to the kitchen and dining table under a tongue-and-groove ceiling, with the loft looking down from above. Natural hickory floors run through every room (there is no carpet in the house), the leather sofas face the stone fireplace, and the walls carry local pottery, photographs and art, some of it taken by the owners.

Where everyone sleeps

Four bedrooms for eight

Every bedroom has a large closet. The king suite is on the main floor; the other three share the upstairs with a full bathroom.

The bedrooms

Thought of

Everything we used to pack ourselves

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Outside

Two decks, two creeks, one fire

The covered front deck runs the width of the house with the Weber grill; the back yard is flat and grassed, with the stone fire pit, cornhole and a frisbee golf goal. Under the deck there is a covered patio with a picnic table.

Dog friendly

The dog policy

Send a note before you book so we can approve your dog.

Arriving and parking

Good to know

Arriving and parking

Check-in is at 4 pm and check-out at 11 am; ask about same-day early check-in or a late check-out, which we can often arrange. The smart lock code is the last four digits of your phone number. There is lower and upper parking on the gravel drive (the lower is flatter, for two cars; the upper takes one), each with stairs to the house. Four-wheel or all-wheel drive is needed in winter, and the stairs make the house hard going for anyone with limited mobility.