Community Living

Laurel Ridge is quiet sophistication situated in the beautiful Great Smoky Mountains of Western North Carolina. Waynesville and Laurel Ridge are the core of great mountain living. Downtown Waynesville, a delightful and charming tourist destination, offers unique shopping along with a great deal of activities for local artists to show their work. Many shops display stained glass, pottery, jewelry, and paintings of local artisans.

The Biltmore House, America's largest home, is located in Asheville only 30 minute away. With resort towns like Gatlinburg and Cherokee nearby, along with I-40 and the Great Smoky Mountain Parkway just a few miles away, everything you may need is right at your fingertips. Larger cities like Atlanta, Charlotte, Knoxville and Winston-Salem are all within driving distance.

More about Waynesville

While you are enjoying the peaceful serenity of the mountains, other conveniences need not be sacrificed. Waynesville offers excellent water and sewer services as well as a highly trained police and fire department. Here you'll find state-of-the-art medical facilities, fine restaurants, exciting shopping and a blossoming arts community. The Haywood County Hospital is only 6 miles away, and its accompanying state of the art health and fitness center provides health care at its finest.

Art and Leisure is thriving in Waynesville. It is the birthplace of the internationally renowned Folkmoot Festival where people from all over the world share their culture. The Tourism Society has named Folkmoot as one of America's outstanding annual festivals because of the expansion and increasing attendance of the attraction. The performing arts theater (HART) also brings people from miles around for their enticing shows. The theater also proudly presents the Atlanta Ballet every summer. Downtown Waynesville offers a great deal of activities for local artists to show their work. Many shops display stain glass, pottery and jewelry of local artisans.

As the golfing population of the Waynesville area rapidly grows, Laurel Ridge, Haywood County's only private country club, will become ever more enticing to the avid golfer.