Eight years ago we sold our cabin near Linville, and began renting a different cabin for a week, twice each year. We’ve found some very enjoyable places, and thoroughly enjoyed ourselves.
This cabin met every specification that we wanted: quietness (except for July 4 & 5 fireworks), privacy, cleanliness, communications with the owner, and watching wildlife - even deer and a bear - from our porch as we read our books.
We wanted to book it for the same week (our anniversary) in 2025, but it is already reserved for all of July and August. That’s a testament to its popularity.
It is a wee over eight miles into West Jefferson, and a little longer to Boone, but was much less crowded than the Boone/Linville/Banner Elk area.
The nearby New River was always peacefully flowing by as we watched from the high porch as kayakers, canoeists, and tubers occasionally floated downstream with the current