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Farm Stay Cabin: Hot Tub, Creek, Animals & Zipline
Private Farm Stay 🐐🐖🐎🐇🦆🐓 where kids explore, parents relax, and everyone reconnects — animals, creek, zipline, and hot tub included. Designed for families/couples who want space, adventure & something truly different. 🌄 Choose the EXPERIENCE ✔ Private Petting Zoo & Pickleball ✔ Hot Tub & Fire Pit ✔ Ziplines, Huge Slide & Axe Toss ✔ Stocked trout creek ✔ Bird Aviary, Ponds & Hiking ✔ Fishing, Tubing & Trampoline ✔ Family-friendly and/or Romantic stay Only 20-25 mins to downtown Boone!

Our mountain sanctuary
Come relax and play in the great outdoors. Our area is abundant with lakes, rivers, waterfalls and hiking (the Appalachian trail is just a mile away). Our rustic cabin is built from 1875 hand hewn logs and is located on Spivey Creek in Unicoi County Tennessee. The towns of Erwin TN and Burnsville NC are just down the mountain for shopping convenience. For the arts, entertainment and airport convenience Asheville NC and Johnson City TN are less than an hour away. Come stay in our lovely cabin.

REELaxed on Watauga River, Fishing, Family Fun!
Welcome to REELaxed on Watauga River 🎣 Walk straight out your back door and fish anytime—no driving, no crowds. With over 1200 feet of private river frontage, nestled in the city of Elizabethton, this is one of the most unique locations. Recently renovated and designed for comfort, our home gives you the perfect mix of relaxation and adventure. Whether you’re casting a line, enjoying the fire pit, or just taking in the river views, you’ll feel completely REELaxed from the moment you arrive.

Fluffy Bottom Farm’s Serenity Cabin
The Serenity Cabin offers a 1100sq ft cabin on 70 acres. 1 master bedroom and pull out couch. Best copper bathtub and view around ! Exterior decks on both levels. “Expertly Designed “ TVs . WiFi Gated entrance , long secluded and private driveway . Mountaintop 360* views . Walk , hike , bring your dogs . Access to entire property. Grazing 🦙 🐖 🐐 🐓 from our mini farm next door . We are dog friendly and also offer guests private river access to the Watuaga River 1/2 mile down the road

The Trout House
Spacious, river-front home right on Watauga River! Large private pier right on the water with space to fish or put in your own kayak. Open kitchen/living room floor plan. Comfortably sleeps 8 with 2 bedrooms with queen beds, a couch- bed in the living room, and twin bunk beds in the bonus room. 65-in Roku TV in main living space with 2 additional smart TVs in bedrooms. Free parking in front of and behind the house. Perfect for a family vacation, guys' fishing weekend, or romantic getaway!

Moss Creek Waterfront Cabin Boone Perfect Location
LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION...CREEKSIDE RELAXATION! One mile to Hound Ears Golf Club! Moss Creek cabin sits next to a gently flowing creek. Enjoy your early mornings or late evenings next to the fire overlooking the water. A peaceful getaway that is incredibly convenient to the top High Country attractions. Only 5 miles to Blowing Rock, 8 miles to Boone, and 12 miles to Banner Elk. Moss Creek is the perfect location for shopping, dining, skiing, biking, hiking & beautiful family parks.

This is where you exhale. Peaceful Tiny Near Boone
Welcome to Wildflower Mountain, where you can truly reconnect with nature and rejuvenate your spirit, finding solace away from the chaos of daily life. Mountain High Aster is the perfect place for your escape. As you stroll along the path to the door, the breathtaking mountain view instantly envelops you in a sense of peace and calm. It’s spacious enough for the family, yet just cozy enough to wrap you in warmth and comfort. Located 10miles from Mnt City, TN & 18miles from Boone

Watauga River Cottage in Johnson City, TN
Make some memories at this unique and family-friendly water front river cottage (Approximately 1,700sf)! Bring your fishing pole and relax! We have Kayaks and life jackets available upon request at no charge (life jackets required!). Enjoy some time on the hammocks by the river or step into the hot tub on the deck over looking the river. Please note we do have a video camera overlooking the driveway as well as overlooking the stairway and river bank below the river cottage.

Hot Tub, Fire Pit, Ping-pong, Mt. View , & Privacy
Welcome to Stoney Creek Cabin! Enjoy a peaceful, private, and relaxing stay in our newly (2024) built cabin. We cut and milled the trees and built this cabin on our 50 acre farm and want you to enjoy it. It features a hot tub, ping-pong, foosball, porch swing, and firepit. Whether it is a family vacation or a romantic getaway this cabin will provide the opportunity to reconnect with the ones you love. 8mi to Elizabethton, 16mi to Johnson City and Bristol. Book your stay today!

Country Cottage
Country Cottage gives you the chance to relax with the whole family at this peaceful place to stay with great mountain views. We are also pet friendly, with plenty of yard to let them play while you enjoy the mountain scenery! The living room has a couch with a queen pull out bed, and the back room also has a pull out futon bed for more guests! The master bathroom has a walk in shower. There is a carport outside of the house that will hold up to 2 cars. We hope you enjoy! :)

* Spectacular *
Nestled less than a mile from the South Holston River, renowned for its superb trout fishing, and just a stone's throw away from the electrifying Bristol Motor Speedway. (Also less then a mile away) Step onto our rooftop deck, Challenge your friends to a game of ping pong, soak away your worries in the hot tub, or enjoy the oversized versions of Connect 4, Corn Hole, Checkers, and Jenga. Practice your putting skills on our small green while soaking in panoramic views.

Fishing Cottage on Watauga river with hottub
Enjoy the lovely setting of this rustic and romantic spot in nature. Our fishing cottage is located on our 40 acres farm with 800 ft of Watauga riverfront access. Paved driveways to cottage and river. Home is recently renovated with all new furniture, beds, appliances and more. Linens, paper products, and toiletries provided. Everything you need to enjoy a fishing trip or romantic getaway. This home is on a working farm. Expect contact with animals.
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