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Sweets River Nest-riverfront/tube/hot tub/log cabin-fishing- Valle Crucis/App ST

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A two-story wooden cabin with a porch and a small front yard.
A two-story log cabin with a balcony, outdoor seating, and a covered patio area.
A cabin-themed sign with a house and trees illustration, placed on a stand with mulch and a small coniferous tree beside it.
A two-story log cabin with a balcony, a staircase, and a covered outdoor seating area.
A bedroom with a bed, a desk, a chair, a TV on a stand, and a ceiling fan.

Reviews

10 out of 10
Exceptional

Highlights

  • The great outdoors
    Guests love the outdoor space here.
  • Beach equipment
    A rare find — beach equipment ready to go for your days by the sea.
  • Centrally-located
    You're never far from where you need to be with this convenient location.
  • Discover nearby landmarks
    Near Watauga River
3 bedrooms3+ bathroomsSleeps 12

Popular amenities

  • Balcony
  • Hot tub on site
  • Toys
  • Barbecue grill
  • Free WiFi
  • Air conditioning

Explore the area

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Banner Elk, NC
  • Place, Watauga River
    ‪1 min walk‬
  • Place, Alta Vista Gallery and B & B
    ‪1 min drive‬
  • Place, Appalachian State University
    ‪14 min drive‬

Rooms & beds

3 bedrooms (sleeps 12)

Bedroom 2

1 King Bed and 1 Twin Bed

Bedroom 3

1 King Bed and 1 Twin Bed

master

1 King Bed

3 bathrooms, 1 half bathroom

Bathroom 4

Bathtub or shower · Toilet

master bath

Toilet · Shower only

powder

Toilet

upstairs

Bathtub or shower · Toilet

Spaces

Deck or patio
Porch or lanai
Kitchen
Balcony
Outdoor play area
Garden
Dining area

About this property

Sweets River Nest-riverfront/tube/hot tub/log cabin-fishing- Valle Crucis/App ST

Enjoy the peaceful sound of the Watauga River-best trout fishing in area- in backyard of our log cabin. All the luxuries of home- centrally located in historic Valle Crucis. Perfect for 2 families or just your own! Sit by firepit & roast smores while you listen to the soothing sound of the river! Soak in the hit tub! In summer throw your tube in & float down to Valle Crucis Park! So much to do in the area or this cabin is so awesome you don't have to go anywhere! Close to all slopes & winter activities! Due to severe owner allergies & construction of cabin absolutely NO pets including service animals. Check out our other listings at vrbo/2178171 or 2723072 for pet friendly options or on facebook at Sweets Vacation Rentals
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House Rules

Check in after 4:00 PM
Minimum age to rent: 28
Check out before 10:00 AM
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Children

Children allowed: ages 0-17
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Events

No events allowed
Ask owner for details
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Pets

No pets allowed
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Smoking

Smoking is not permitted
Outside smoking ok do not discard in yard

Check-out instructions

The host requires you complete the following before checking out:
Load and start the dishwasher
Strip any used beds and gather used towels
Remove personal items, remove leftover food and drinks, and take out the trash
Turn off the lights and lock the doors
Failure to complete these may result in a negative review from the host.
Do not show up to property before 4pm w/o owner consent- early/late checkin could apply

Important information

You need to know

Property # 2174001
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
Onsite parties or group events are strictly prohibited
Note from host: ask owner for details
Host has indicated there is a carbon monoxide detector on the property
Host has indicated there is a smoke detector on the property
Safety features at this property include a fire extinguisher, a first aid kit, and a deadbolt lock

About the neighborhood

Vilas

Located in Vilas, this cabin is in the mountains and on the waterfront. Appalachian Ski Mountain and Hawksnest Tubing Park are worth checking out if an activity is on the agenda, while those wishing to experience the area's natural beauty can explore Pisgah National Forest and Grandfather Mountain. Consider The Mill at Rock Creek for a night out or Tweetsie Railroad if you're traveling with kids. Take in the nearby slopes with snowboarding and skiing, or check out other outdoor activities such as ice skating and sledding.
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Map
Banner Elk, NC

What's nearby

  • Watauga River - 1 min walk - 0.1 km
  • Alta Vista Gallery and B & B - 1 min drive - 0.7 km
  • Kidd Brewer Stadium - 13 min drive - 12.1 km
  • Appalachian State University - 14 min drive - 12.7 km
  • Sugar Mountain Resort - 23 min drive - 25.3 km

Getting around

  • Tri-Cities, TN (TRI-Tri-Cities Regional) - 92 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪Rivers Street Ale House - ‬13 min drive
  • ‪Taqueria La Monarca - ‬11 min drive
  • ‪Boone Saloon - ‬13 min drive
  • ‪Lost Province Brewing Company - ‬13 min drive
  • ‪South End Brewing - Boone - ‬13 min drive

Frequently asked questions

Is Sweets River Nest-riverfront/tube/hot tub/log cabin-fishing- Valle Crucis/App ST pet-friendly?

No, pets are not allowed at this property.

How much does it cost to stay at Sweets River Nest-riverfront/tube/hot tub/log cabin-fishing- Valle Crucis/App ST?

As of Oct 18, 2026, prices found for a 1-night stay for 2 adults at Sweets River Nest-riverfront/tube/hot tub/log cabin-fishing- Valle Crucis/App ST on Nov 3, 2026 start from $563, including taxes and fees. This price is based on the lowest nightly price found in the last 24 hours for stays in the next 30 days. Prices are subject to change. Choose your dates for more accurate prices.

How much is parking?

Onsite parking is available at the property.

What time is check-in at Sweets River Nest-riverfront/tube/hot tub/log cabin-fishing- Valle Crucis/App ST?

Check-in begins at 4:00 PM.

What time is check-out at Sweets River Nest-riverfront/tube/hot tub/log cabin-fishing- Valle Crucis/App ST?

Check-out is at 10:00 AM.

Where is Sweets River Nest-riverfront/tube/hot tub/log cabin-fishing- Valle Crucis/App ST located?

This family-friendly Vilas cabin is located on the waterfront, within 1 mi (2 km) of Watauga River and Alta Vista Gallery and B & B. Foggy Mountain Gem Mine and The Greater Foscoe Mining Co. are also within 6 mi (10 km).

Reviews

10

Exceptional

Reviews are presented in chronological order, subject to a moderation process, and verified unless otherwise labeled.
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Rating 10 - Excellent. 28 out of 30 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 2 out of 30 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 0 out of 30 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 0 out of 30 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 0 out of 30 reviews

10/10

Cleanliness

10/10

Check-in

10/10

Communication

10/10

Location

10/10

Listing accuracy

Reviews

Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
Awesome place, we were very happy with our choice. Definitely look forward to staying again.!!
Stayed 6 nights in Jul 2026
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
Absolutely beautiful place to stay! Our family throughly enjoyed it! From fishing in the river, to the campfire roasting marshmallows to seating on the back porch enjoying the crisp mountain air.
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2025
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
This is the second time we’ve stayed at this great cabin and will absolutely be back. We love the amenities and the riverfront. It’s very easy to relax and unwind which is just what we needed.
Stayed 4 nights in Sep 2025
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great spot on the river

Our stay was wonderful! Property and location were great, the host was responsive, the space was accomodating, and the additional items provided were convenient. Overall a great stay!
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2024
Response from VrboOwner on Jul 31, 2024
Thank you Erin!! So glad you enjoyed my cabin!!! Hope you can visit again soon!!!
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Easter weekend getaway

This place was great! Right on the river and easy to get to. Had everything you need and so nice! We hope to come back during the summer!
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2025
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
This cabin was perfect for a couple families to have a summer vacation! Great amenities for any age. Very impressed with Lisa and her communication with us. We would definitely stay again!
Stayed 4 nights in Jul 2025
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
This cabin has everything you need and more! Endless things to do! Right in the middle of all the best skiing and snowboarding. Lots of room for the entire family. Enjoy a cup of coffee on the patio and listen to the river in the morning and enjoy the peacefulness!
Stayed 5 nights in Dec 2025
Response from VrboOwner on Feb 9, 2026
Thank you so much! THis is an awesome place to come in the summer too!!! Hope you can visit again!!!
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
Absolutely Amazing! We had a wonderful stay enjoying family fun, fishing, mini-golf & great local food. Lisa is the best! The house was spotless and equipped with everything needed and more. We can't wait to return!
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2025
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Awesome Mountain Getaway

Absolutely beautiful home in a great location. The pictures doesn’t do justice for this house. It was very clean and fully stocked with everything you need. We enjoyed our weekend here and would love to stay again.
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2023
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Enjoyed Every Minute

Time with family is a priceless gift. We enjoyed every minute of our stay at Sweets River Nest. The weather was absolutely perfect. We enjoyed s'mores at the fire pit, and the fishing was amazing.Thanks to Lisa for being the perfect Host. We can't wait to return!
Stayed 3 nights in May 2025
Response from VrboOwner on Jun 6, 2025
Thanks Christy! I love hosting your family!!! Look forward to your next visit!!
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Absolutely Love Staying at Sweets River Nest

We absolutely love staying at Swèets River Nest.Lisa is the perfect host. We always leavewishing our stay could be longer. The cabin is well appointed & feels like home. The area is breathtaking, and our family enjoys fishing in the river & enjoying time in Boone, Blowing Rock & Banner Elk. Can't wait to return!
Stayed 8 nights in Mar 2025
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Annual Ski Trip (2nd time at Sweets River Nest)

Amazing property. The three levels gives everyone their own space with plenty of room and the space to all gather to enjoy each other. The house has everything you need and extra touches to anticipate other needs. We will be back next year!
Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2025
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Beautiful River Home

This is a beautiful home in a beautiful location. We spent our vacation playing in the river and hiking. We really appreciated all the extra touches and the host responded immediately whenever we had a question. Overall, great home and great host. We'd love to come back.
Stayed 5 nights in Jun 2022
Response from VrboOwner on Jul 13, 2022
Thank you so much for the kind words! We would love to host you again anytime! Summer is such a fun time there- but Fall is pretty awesome too! Hope you can visit again soon! Lisa
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great Mountain Getaway!

Wow... what a beautiful home! It was incredibly clean, very well stocked, and Lisa was super communicative. We loved that a s'mores kit was left for us to use-- how thoughtful! We typically come to the mountains in the winter to see some snow, but would love to come back in the summer and go tubing in the river. Thanks for a great stay!
Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2022
Response from VrboOwner on Feb 3, 2022
Thank you so much!! It is pretty awesome in the summer!! Hope you can make it to try it out!!! THanks for staying!!
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Annual Ski trip with the "kids"

This house checked all the boxes! The kitchen was fully equipped, sleeping options were comfortable, the grill deck was very nice, and the hot tub and pool table kept everyone busy before and after the slopes. The river and fire pit were also nice bonuses. This home is beautiful with plenty of great amenities and room for 12.
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2024
Response from VrboOwner on Feb 14, 2024
Thank you so much! Hope you can visit again! Summer is awesome here as well!!
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Beautiful mountain home on a river

House was spotless and brand new and well appointed. Great for a party as small as two or as Large as a family reunion. All bedrooms are very large and the house was well laid out so that everyone has ample space and privacy. The house was divided such that families could stay on each floor or the kids could be put downstairs and the adults upstairs and everybody could have their time space and privacy. Real bonus to have the master bedroom suite on the first floor. Another positive feature was barbecue area both on the upper deck and on the ground level. Fire. pit down by the river was a bonus as well. hard to find any negatives but one thing worth mentioning is lighting on the main floor, though full of gorgeous fixtures, was very dim and sometimes made it difficult to cook or read. The living room with the fireplace was extremely cozy and nice
Stayed 4 nights in Apr 2021
Response from VrboOwner on Apr 26, 2021
Thanks so much!! So glad you enjoyed your time!! I agree the lights are dim & I am working on trying to fix this!! Hope you can stay again soon!!!
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
The host was great with communication. The cabin is beautiful, the pictures do not do justice online! The river access is awesome and has steps down. Up the river is a nice small waterfall with large rocks and area to put a chair and enjoy. There are tubes and kayaks to enjoy and the property is perfectly between the water falls and bridge allowing kids to walk/swim/fish/tube and kayak on their own. We tubed down to the valle cruis park several times. Minutes away from the park and mast general store. Perfect location from blowing rock and Boone. Will be back!!
Stayed 4 nights in Jun 2026
Response from VrboOwner on Jun 27, 2026
Thank you Emily! So glad you enjoyed your stay! Look forward to hosting you again!
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Perfect vacation spot for our family!

We had a great time at Sweetsrivernest! This was a great home base for hiking 🥾 waterfalls, or visiting Boone, Blowing Rock or Valle Crucis. This home had all the things. Plenty of kitchen items, river items, and a sweet s’more gift upon arrival. We sat chairs in the river and enjoyed time in the sun, tubed around the areas of deeper water, and had some great family time around the fire. Lisa was very responsive to questions and left great local suggestions as well. The nearby Crab Orchard Falls has been a favorite for years and always try to find a place to stay nearby. We will definitely rebook.
Stayed 7 nights in Jul 2022
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Summer Oasis!

Of all the years of traveling to the mountains, this was the VERY BEST mountain vacation ever. Perfect home with your every need provided. Great location on the Watauga River minutes to Valle Crucis Community Park with fun Friday night free concerts (summer months), Mast General Store, Mast Farm Inn Tavern & Barnyard Tavern. So much to do or just relax on the back porch and watch the glistening river and occasional deer meander by. There’s not enough we can say about how perfect our stay and host Lisa was. We loved it and hope to visit again. Thank you Lisa!
Stayed 14 nights in Jul 2022
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Family Snow Trip

Amazing family snow trip getaway. This was the first time for my friends and family to see snow and ski. The location was amazing, literally 10-15 min drive from everything needed to accommodate our stay. The kids had a ball! We loved the fact it started snowing soon as we was leaving. The kids didn’t want to leave the cabin at all. But we was on a mission to see what sugar mountain had in store for us. Thank you so much for the amazing stay.
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2022
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Quaint and cozy

Home was awesome, super clean, next to a brook. The small details were thoughtful -kitchen was fully stocked for cooking and entertaining. We stay in cabins all the time and this one was one of our best stays.
Stayed 6 nights in Dec 2021
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great property at a beautiful location

Enjoyed our holiday week at this property. We were able to do some fly fishing and the pool table was a bonus.
Stayed 5 nights in Nov 2021
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Sweet River Nest

Was wonderful, family enjoyed. The one problem we had was disposal of our trash. We left on Labor Day and the convenience site was closed which was on a Monday and they were closed on the Sunday before. There were 12 of us and we did a lot of cooking as well. Otherwise we will return and recommend, it was perfect for our family.
Stayed 4 nights in Sep 2021
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Best house and location EVER!

I cannot say enough good things about this property. The house is spectacular and has everything we could have ever needed. The kitchen is fully equipped to cook every meal. The location is what really was the best for us. We LOVE Valle Crucis and being right on the river and close to the park was amazing. We would book this house again!
Stayed 7 nights in Jun 2021
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Beautiful Home

Beautiful house convenient to many things to do. Kitchen is well stocked, bedrooms spacious and outdoor area is great. Will rent again. Thanks to the owners for their eye for detail.
Stayed 4 nights in May 2021

About the host

Hosted by Lisa Mahan

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My husband & I have loved this area for many years now. We were married ( 2008) at the Chetola in Blowing Rock so we have many precious memories here! We currently live in the Lake Wylie SC area, but hope to retire in the High Country at some point! I have been in Real Estate since 1996 & I am excited to add vacation rental properties to my list! We currently have 5 vacation rentals in the area- Check out our other listings at vrbo/2178171 vrbo/7254386; vrbo/2211334; vrbo/2174001

Why they chose this property

We built this cabin from the ground up & put lots of love in it! We hope you enjoy it as much as we do!

What makes this property unique

Large waterfront lot to enjoy the river!

Languages:

English

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