Highland Lake Inn

Lodging, Resort, Conference Center, Restaurant, Organic Garden, and Yoga Studio

Highland Lake Inn is a haven of hospitality, elegance, and unspoiled beauty in a country farm setting. This is an ideal location for almost anything you can think of, including corporate retreats, conferences, training sessions, weddings and receptions, family getaways and reunions, and romantic weekends.

Highland Lake Inn consists of an exquisite inn, cozy cabin rooms, family cottages, and an historic lodge. The elegant rooms in the inn feature whirlpool tubs, wet bars, fireplaces, and patios. All rooms are individually decorated and in exquisite condition. The lodge has 20 freshly renovated rooms, each with private bath, to restore the condition of the early 1900's vintage building. Seventeen family-style cottages come equipped with virtually everything -- you provide the family. Or choose one of 10 rustic cabin rooms, some with fireplaces. All accommodations have telephones and cable TV.

Highland Lake Inn's award-winning restaurant is famous in the area. The produce that is used in the gourmet creations served at the restaurant comes from the Inn's own organic herb and vegetable garden. Enjoy a complimentary Southern breakfast with each night's lodging (except for Cottages, which have full kitchens). Enjoy fresh muffins, hot biscuits and gravy, eggs and omelets, apple-smoked bacon, sausage, waffles, pancakes, grits (of course!), fresh fruit, and all the fixin's.

Highland Lake Inn is not only a perfect place for the family to get away from it all, but is also a meeting, banquet, and retreat facility to meet your specific needs. The Lodge is the consummate meeting facility for small groups who enjoy a warm lobby with oak supports and river rock fireplaces. Kudzu Cottage, an historic "camp" building, has appealing rooms for medium-sized groups. The Grand Ole Hall is a fantastic facility in which large crowds can mingle and dance across its ancient oak floor, making it ideal for your executive conference, banquet feast, wedding reception, benefit, rally, or reunion.

You will be enchanted with the rustic charm, up-to-date everything, plus a romantic setting. Stroll the garden lanes, talk to the critters, enjoy fresh and vibrant dining, and bask in attentive care.

Your stay at Highland Lake Inn also includes an abundance of fun and activities. The facility boasts a yoga studio (with yoga classes available) and a swimming pool. You and your friends or family are also sure to enjoy the farm animals, swings, and hammocks as well as tennis, volleyball, horseshoes, wooded trails, bikes, canoeing, paddle boating, and fishing. Several wonderful golf courses are nearby.

The surrounding scenery of the Blue Ridge Mountains, many waterfalls, and the colors of every season is a unique experience. Historic Hendersonville and its many shops, the scenic Blue Ridge Parkway, Flat Rock Playhouse, Carl Sandburg's home, and nearby Asheville with the famous Biltmore Estate are all must-sees.