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Lake front cottage with private dock & 4 kayaks

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A covered deck with a view of a lake and forest.
A spacious living room with a sofa, armchair, and a coffee table. A kitchen with white cabinets and a refrigerator is visible in the background.
A two-story house with a balcony, a covered porch, and a number '1259' on the side.
A lakeside property with a dock, a wooden deck, and a view of the lake and forest.
A bedroom with a bed, two bedside tables, a nightstand, a lamp, and a window with blinds.

Reviews

10 out of 10, Loved by Guests
Top 10% of guest reviews in this area

Highlights

  • The great outdoors
    Guests love the outdoor space here.
  • Discover nearby landmarks
    Close to Santeetlah Lake
2 bedrooms1+ bathroomSleeps 6

Popular amenities

  • Dog-friendly
  • Barbecue grill
  • Air conditioning
  • Refrigerator
  • Internet
  • Onsite parking available

Explore the area

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Robbinsville, NC
  • Place, Nantahala National Forest
    ‪1 min walk‬
  • Place, Santeetlah Lake
    ‪1 min walk‬
  • Place, Great Smoky Mountains National Park
    ‪50 min drive‬

Rooms & beds

2 bedrooms (sleeps 6)

Bedroom 1

1 Queen Bed

Bedroom 2

1 Queen Bed

Living Room 1

2 Twin Beds

1 bathroom, 1 half bathroom

Half Bath

Towels provided · Toilet · Shower only

Shared Bathroom

Soap · Towels provided · Bathtub or shower · Toilet · Hair dryer

Spaces

Porch or lanai
Kitchen
Number of living rooms

About this property

Lake front cottage with private dock & 4 kayaks

Note: This older home doesn't not have an interior staircase that allows access to the levels. To enter the lower living & laundry rooms, you will need to walk outside of the house.

The Space
Welcome to Sunset Cottage, a serene waterfront retreat directly on the shores of Lake Santeetlah. Tucked into the Nantahala National Forest, this cottage offers a combination of waterfront access and mountain views—ideal for family vacations, water sports enthusiasts, or quiet getaways.

At a Glance
Location: Lakefront on Lake Santeetlah
Water Access: Private dock with included kayaks (4)
Outdoor Living: Covered deck overlooking the lake, outdoor seating, and grill
Comforts: Air conditioning, washer/dryer, high-speed Wi-Fi, and parking
Pet Policy: Pet-friendly (dogs welcome, please include in booking)

Detailed Highlights

Waterfront & Outdoors
Step straight out to your private dock for swimming, fishing, or launching watercraft.

Kayaks included for guest use throughout your stay.

Relax on the covered upper deck with uninterrupted views of the water and surrounding mountain landscape.

Living Space & Layout
Open-Concept Living: Bright living room with comfortable seating, smart TV, and windows bringing in natural light and lake views.

Fully Equipped Kitchen: Outfitted with full-size appliances, coffee marker, cooktop/oven, and cookware for dining in.

Restful Bedrooms: Outfitted with clean linens, standard storage, and shades for restful sleep.
Our prices include all fees. No hidden fees.

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House Rules

Check in after 4:00 PM
Check out before 11:00 AM
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Children

Children allowed: ages 0-17
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Events

No events allowed
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Pets

Pets allowed: dogs less than 20 lbs per pet (limit 2 pets total)
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Smoking

Smoking is not permitted

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, lock the doors, and return the keys
Failure to complete these may result in a negative review from the host.
There is no parking for boat trailers. Those would have to be left at the boat ramps.

Important information

You need to know

Property # 3993427
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
Host has indicated there are no carbon monoxide detectors or gas appliances on the property
Host has indicated there is a smoke detector on the property
Safety features at this property include a fire extinguisher

About the neighborhood

Robbinsville

Robbinsville is home to this vacation home. Graham County Historical Association and Junaluska Medicine Trail are cultural highlights, and some of the area's activities can be experienced at Appalachian Rivers Raft Company and Fontana Village Resort Marina. Stoney Hollow Farm and Stecoah Valley Cultural Arts Center are also worth visiting.
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Robbinsville, NC

What's nearby

  • Nantahala National Forest - 1 min walk - 0.0 km
  • Santeetlah Lake - 1 min walk - 0.1 km
  • Joyce Kilmer Memorial Forest - 26 min drive - 19.2 km
  • Great Smoky Mountains Railroad - 46 min drive - 67.4 km
  • Great Smoky Mountains National Park - 50 min drive - 72.1 km

Getting around

  • McGhee Tyson Airport (TYS) - 90 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪McDonald's - ‬10 min drive
  • ‪Papas Pizza - ‬9 min drive
  • ‪Lynn's Place - ‬10 min drive
  • ‪Quill's Canteen - ‬40 min drive
  • ‪Wendy's - ‬10 min drive

Frequently asked questions

Is Lake front Sunset Cottage with dock & kayaks pet-friendly?

Yes, this property allows dogs (limit 2 total) with a maximum weight of up to 20 lbs per pet.

How much does it cost to stay at Lake front cottage with private dock & 4 kayaks?

As of Oct 4, 2026, prices found for a 1-night stay for 2 adults at Lake front cottage with private dock & 4 kayaks on Dec 3, 2026 start from $326, 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 Lake front Sunset Cottage with dock & kayaks?

Check-in begins at 4:00 PM.

What time is check-out at Lake front Sunset Cottage with dock & kayaks?

Check-out is at 11:00 AM.

Where is Lake front Sunset Cottage with dock & kayaks located?

Situated in Robbinsville, this vacation home is steps from Nantahala National Forest and Santeetlah Lake. Stoney Hollow Farm and Santeetlah Town Hall are also within 3 mi (5 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. 25 out of 27 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 2 out of 27 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 0 out of 27 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 0 out of 27 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 0 out of 27 reviews

9.8/10

Cleanliness

10/10

Property conditions & facilities

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
Beautiful location, great house with everything we needed. We really enjoyed our stay.
Stayed 5 nights in Aug 2026
Response from VrboOwner on Aug 29, 2026
Thank you for your review! I’m so glad you enjoyed your time at the lake.
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
The most magical stay!! Cozy lake house swimming right in the lake and dock your boat. Very pet friendly. 5 stars!
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2026
Response from VrboOwner on Sep 15, 2026
Thank you so much for your thoughtful review. We are so happy that you had a great time.
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
Loved the property being so close to the water. The use of kayaks was a bonus. House was clean and kitchen well stocked. My only draw back was the amount of road noise coming from across the cove. I hope to stay again.
Stayed 7 nights in Aug 2026
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
Great place on the lake. We had a wonderful stay. Thank you
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2026
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
The place was exactly what I wanted, and everything was perfect. Really enjoyed having Kayaks to use as well. Would definitely recommend and will be coming back!
Stayed 3 nights in May 2026
Response from VrboOwner on Jun 17, 2026
Thank you for your review and the beautiful picture the sunset.
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
Lake was beautiful
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2025
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
2nd stay, still great
Stayed 5 nights in Sep 2025
Response from VrboOwner on Oct 20, 2025
Thanks for being a repeat guest. Happy to have you back.
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
I loved Sunset cottage very clean great location Carrie was very hepful I would stay again
Stayed 5 nights in Sep 2025
Response from VrboOwner on Oct 20, 2025
Thank you for your review. I'm so happy you enjoyed your time at the lake.
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
Great time! Perfect accomadations.
Stayed 5 nights in Aug 2025
Response from VrboOwner on Aug 31, 2025
Thank you for your review. I'm so glad you had a wonderful time at the cottage.
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
nice and quiet.
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2025
Response from VrboOwner on Oct 8, 2025
Thank you for your reviewing and staying at the cottage.
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, communication
Our stay at the beautiful lakefront house was amazing and we will definitely be back.
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2025
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
The lake view from the house is stunning. The house was clean and the host was very responsive with communication.
Stayed 5 nights in Oct 2025
Response from VrboOwner on Nov 3, 2025
Thank you for your lovely review. It was a pleasure to host you. I hope you visit the lake again soon.
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

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

peaceful

Very peaceful place to stay.
Stayed 3 nights in May 2025
Response from VrboOwner on May 29, 2025
Thank you for your review. I'm so glad you enjoy the serenity of the lake and the cottage.
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
We had a very relaxing time at this little cottage. The kitchen is well supplied. I spent a lot of time reading and enjoying the view from the screened in porch.
Stayed 7 nights in Aug 2025
Response from VrboOwner on Sep 2, 2025
Thank you for your review. Spending time on the porch with a good book is one of my favorite activities as well. Hope you will visit again soon.
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

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

Heaven on earth

Beautiful house with spectacular settin
Stayed 4 nights in May 2025
Response from VrboOwner on May 28, 2025
Thank you so much for your reviewing. I'm so delighted that your loved your time at the lake. Hopefully, we will see you again soon.
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
What a beautiful stay at Carrie's cottage on Lake Santeetlah! We had a great time, enjoying the lake and dock, the kayaks, and the wonderful screened-in porch. It was a much-needed few days of downtime in this charming and comfortable place just steps from the water. Thank you!
Stayed 4 nights in Jul 2025
Response from VrboOwner on Aug 11, 2025
Thank you for your review, Lydia. I'm so glad you were able to get some downtime at the lake.
Verified review

8/10 Good

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

Mountain lake escape

Beautiful lake view. Quiet coffee mornings. love the screened in back porch making it very child/toddler proof!
Stayed 5 nights in Jun 2025
Response from VrboOwner on Jul 27, 2025
Thank you for your review. The screen porch and the views from there are my favorite too.
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

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

Get away

Nice stay
Stayed 4 nights in Sep 2024
Response from VrboOwner on Sep 19, 2024
Thank you for your review.
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

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

Lake house

We checked in Thursday and stayed through Sunday. The place is very nice. The screened porch was relaxing in the heat of the day. The dock allowed for me to keep my boat close. The setting is peaceful. We will definitely want to stay here again.
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2024
Response from VrboOwner on Jul 2, 2024
Thank you so much for choosing the cottage. I’m so glad you enjoyed your stay.
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

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

End of summer trip

The dock gets all day sunlight, until around 7:30. Kayaked around, cooked food and drank, that was all the wife and i wanted, but we got a very comfort home to stay in and that's a big plus, would love to rent it again next year.
Stayed 5 nights in Sep 2024
Response from VrboOwner on Sep 9, 2024
Sounds like the perfect getaway! Thank you for your review. The all day sunshine on the dock is one of our favorite things too.
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

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

Lovely Lake Stay

Simple lake life, older home but renovated with everything you need to enjoy the relaxing atmosphere. Pristine water and well kept dock. We swam and ventured out in the kayaks. Read and ate meals on the screened in porch and watched the clouds dance on the water. Great house for a small group. Definitely contact Jared at Smoky Mountain Kayak Fishing. Went on a sunset fishing cruise and it was gorgeous. Don’t miss Roger at Pineapple Whips!
Stayed 4 nights in Jun 2024
Response from VrboOwner on Jun 14, 2024
Thank you so much, Anne, for your review. Those are some great tips for adventures as well.
Verified review

8/10 Good

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

Lovely mountain family getaway

Lovely home! Our family enjoyed the comfort of the home. Only issue is the basement area seemed to have drainage issues and the carpet was wet in some areas and smelled moldy. I’m not that picky and I understand the challenges of drainage in the mountains so I’ll be generous on the rating. If someone has respiratory issues that could be a problem for the property owner. I would remediate immediately because that is a liability.
Stayed 5 nights in Dec 2024
Response from VrboOwner on Jan 6, 2025
Thank you for your review. I would have loved to know that there was an issue in the basement prior to leaving a public review. However, thank you for bringing to my attention.
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
Oh. My. Gosh. Sooo happy. It was a week of paradise. Mornings sitting and having hot tea on the screened in porch, just steps away from the lake, watching the fog clear off the lake and mountains. The bed was amazing. I have a high end mattress and need to find out which one we slept on at Sunset Cotttage because it was amazing. Wonderfully stocked kitchen. Very comfortable furniture. Sheer heaven. Very pet friendly, my little dog would sit on the porch with me. Definitely returning! Host was very responsive when there was a storm and I momentarily lost internet (learned, turn it off - wait a couple minutes - turn it back on..YAY). Responded right away to my question. Can’t say enough positive things about this verbo experience.
Stayed 7 nights in Sep 2025
Response from VrboOwner on Oct 3, 2025
Thank you so much, Joselyn, for your beautiful review. I'm so glad you enjoyed the space and atmosphere. I hope you visit the cottage again soon.
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

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

Stunning

I can't remember a more relaxing week. If you can pull yourself away from the view, there are great hikes in the area, and we loved the waterside dining at the Tapoco Tavern so much that we went back for dinner. The kitchen at this property did not succumb to the common rental problem of too many cast offs from the owner's kitchen crowding the cabinets, with plenty of room to store groceries and well organized kitchen tools. Beds are comfy, hot water nearly instant and plentiful, water pressure excellent. Figure out how to work the high tech thermostat, and realize that it needs to be reset every 24 hours, or it goes back to it's settings. The owners have left the manual for you. We took the kayaks for a 6 hour paddle out to the dam. They are sit on top kayaks, so consider bringing an old towel to put over your legs if you are looking to do long floats. Could go fishing at a moments notice, when the lake starts boiling with fish, and be sure to bring a float so you can simply relax in the water. Internet is somewhat spotty, given the rural location, and we had issues with our Verizon cell service. I would not want to be working from here, not that I would be disciplined enough to do so. Spent most of our "indoor" time on the screened in porch. We will be back, but probably with our own kayaks this time, so that we can drive to other put ins and explore more of the lake. Thank you so much for sharing this stunning property with us!!!
Stayed 7 nights in Jun 2024
Response from VrboOwner on Jul 4, 2024
Thank you for your thoughtful review. I love that you paddled all the way to the dam.
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
Excellent lake cabin getaway.Second visit and plan on returning.Wonderful little house on a quiet stretch of the lake. Very peaceful and relaxing.Very attentive hosts.
Stayed 4 nights in Jun 2026

About the host

Hosted by Carrie Willard

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Residing in the suburbs of Atlanta, my world brims with artistic endeavors intertwined with family life alongside my husband and our two children. My identity thrives as a mixed media artist, and I delight in exploring the realms of interior design. I love introducing guests to the fusion of comfort and style. Stay connected with me @nclakegetaways for the latest updates on my cozy homes & an array of activities in the Western NC region.

Why they chose this property

Our cottage is located in a cove of Lake Santeetlah. We do have neighbors but I would not call it a neighborhood. The house next door to the cottage is also a rental and the house on the hill is a rental as well. The black house in the trees is a private residence. The houses across the cove are in a neighborhood and there can be alot of activity over there in the summer.

What makes this property unique

This location is unique as there are no staircases to get to the lake. You can get out of your car and walk straight to the dock. The water is clean and pristine and perfect for swimming and lounging.

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