South Carolina Mountain Homes: Enjoy Your Old Age In One

High up in the mountains of South Carolina, bordered by forests, lakes, rolling hills and mountain ranges are lovely and inexpensive mountain communities.

The Montebello community near Greenville South Carolina reflects ideals of “New Urbanism.” With public zones, it received inspiration from the Tuscan hills of Italy. The Blue Ridge Mountains and Greenville skyline that can be seen are fairly close by. Amenities at this Carolina mountain estate include canoeing and kayaking in Lake Como, clubhouse, warm water pool and tennis. There are undeveloped, single family, town homes, and condo real estate available. Situated in the Greenville, Spartanburg corridor, this Carolina mountain home community is a great choice for retired people or relocation.

A true mountain community, Keowee Key, in the northwestern portion of South Carolina, beside the 18,000 acre Lake Keowee, is nearly an hour from Greenville and twice that from Atlanta, Georgia and Charlotte, North Carolina. The community provides single family, town homes, condo and undeveloped homesites costing from around $120K. This Carolina mountain homes community has indoor racquetball, an 18 hole golf course, tennis courts, shuffleboard, gym, marina, pool, community garden, paved and lighted trails. At Keowee Key, you’ll be staying in one of the finest locations, in one of the most unsullied corners. The Reserve at Lake Keowee is a wonderful choice for mountain living in South Carolina. Located beyond Sunset in the northwestern part of South Carolina, the community is three thousand acres; with 1,250 homes proposed to be built. Available are thirty miles of shoreline along Lake Keowee, mountain views, kayaks, marina, 18-hole course, pro-shop, a driving range along with a putting green. Four hundred acres are meant for conservation with trails, a couple of clubhouses with dining, Har-Tru tennis courts, racquet, and adult and kiddie pools with fountains, grottos, grills and waterfalls.

A “Village Center” that has a meeting house, post office, general store, and work and living spaces. Woodside Plantation is situated at the boundaries of the mountains, barely outside of Aiken, in an area known for horse riding and is one of my picks for finest locations for South Carolina mountain homes. Residing near Aiken provides you access to the coastline and the mountains, with Columbia South Carolina and Augusta, Georgia under an hour away by car. The 2,300 acres is a bluebird sanctuary, with hiking and walking trails, common garden, nature preserves, kayaking, canoeing, twenty acres of parkland, seven stocked lakes to fish in, tennis courts, 4 golf courses, a croquet court, clubhouses, restaurants, pubs, and meeting rooms for card games, luaus, holiday parties, and charity events.

The Lake Shore on Lake Wylie community on the banks of the 12,000 acre Lake Wylie, off Fort Mill South Carolina is positioned in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Rock Hill is 5 miles away, Charlotte, North Carolina is nearly fifteen miles away, Greenville, Spartanburg and Columbia South Carolina are just a little more than an hour drive. Having a size of 544 acres, its 1,200 planned homes contain town and single family homes. This community of Carolina mountain homes has parks, playgrounds, gazebos, sandy beach swimming area, picnic areas, horseshoe pits, baseball fields, basketball courts, soccer fields with a concession stand, boat ramps, fishing, docks and piers.

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