Maggie Valley, North Carolina is one of the highest valleys east of the Mississippi River. With a base elevation of 3200' and mountain peaks nearby exceeding 5000' the valley is in a world all its own. Mild summers and cool winters gives the valley 4 distinct and even season much like one would experience in the New England states.
The valleys history dates back 1000's of yeras when the Cherokee occupied much of what is now western North Carolina and eastern Tennessee. With the creation of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park after the turn of the century, the economy of Maggie Valley became established. Maggie is a destination for all who want to escape the heat of the south and experience all that is the Great Smoky Mountains. The park offers over 800 miles of hiking trails and if you realyy want to see the park, by foot is the way to go. If a car is more your style, you can ride from maggie Valley on the Blue Ridge Parkway to the entrance of the park. From there you can ride up and over the park to Gatlinburg, Tennessee. The ride is beautiful and there are many stops along the way to pull over and enjoy the views.
Maggie Valley's namesake is a testament to its roots as an early settlement in the Great Smoky Mountains. In the late nineteenth century, this North Carolina community in the Smokies was reaching a critical population mass and the time had come for their own post office. The man who had arranged mail pickup from a nearby community submitted several names, including those of his three daughters, to the U.S. Postal Service as possibilities for the new post office. The U.S. Postmaster decided on Maggie as the new post office name, and the rest is history. According to local lore, when Maggie found out the post office and town would be named after her, the young girl was so embarrassed she burst into tears. Maggie later married and moved away, but she did come back to the valley many times before her death in 1979.
Today there are many locations around the valley to call home. Real Estate oppertunities include villa,/condos, home, second homes, investment properties and more.
