Metro Asheville's only gated mountain golf community, and this September the host of the PGA Tour's return to the region.
Metro Asheville's only gated mountain golf community, and this September the host of the PGA Tour's return to the region.
Walnut Cove, in Arden about fifteen minutes south of downtown, wraps a Jack Nicklaus Signature course in Blue Ridge views, bordered by Pisgah National Forest and three miles from the Parkway. As one of the seven Cliffs communities, a single membership reaches the lake marinas, the equestrian center, and the other courses across the Carolinas, and a large wellness center and club village give it a self-contained resort quality. In September 2026 it hosts the Tour's Biltmore Championship, the first such event in the region in decades.
Listings run from lots near $200K to estates approaching $9M, with homes generally starting around $800K to $1.2M. The Cliffs fee schedule is not current online; confirm it before relying on a number. The PGA Tour spotlight is a near-term tailwind, balanced against the Helene overhang that still makes some buyers cautious on the Asheville area. For a golfer who wants the full Cliffs network with a mountain-city backdrop, this is the address.
A Nicklaus course about to meet the PGA Tour, with beer and waterfalls in the neighborhood.
The Jack Nicklaus Signature course that puts Walnut Cove on the Tour map: a new PGA Tour event debuts here in fall 2026, the first in the club's history.
DuPont State Forest, twenty-five minutes south: Hooker, Triple, and High Falls, all reopened after Helene, in one three-mile walk.
Sierra Nevada's Mills River campus, ten minutes away, for the taproom and tour that ruin lesser breweries for you.
Cúrate downtown, Katie Button's tapas room that made Asheville a food city, or Rhubarb on Pack Square.
Bent Creek trails out the back gate or the NC Arboretum's gardens, then the 18,000-square-foot Wellness Center to earn Monday.
Inventory inside these gates moves quietly, and the best of it often trades before it is broadly marketed. Ask us what is available in The Cliffs at Walnut Cove this week, including what has not hit the portals.
Before you tour a single home, an Advisory Conversation tells you whether The Cliffs at Walnut Cove actually fits the life you are trying to build, and what the move is worth under the new Carolina tax math.