Courtesy: Compass -- Raleigh
919-726-6548
Nestled on Emory Shield Road in Murphy, North Carolina, this exceptional 34-acre hillside property presents the ultimate private mountain retreat. With its lush, rolling topography, sweeping long-range views, and pristine wooded privacy, it serves as an ideal canvas for constructing a secluded custom estate, a weekend cabin, or an off-grid sanctuary. This highly peaceful and tranquil setting, perfectly positioned to escape the city's noise, offers a quiet, immersive retreat into nature. Tucked away yet conveniently accessible from the Murphy area, it strikes the perfect balance between rural seclusion and the convenience of local amenities.
Courtesy: ReMax Mountain Properties
828-837-3002
Beautiful 0.63-acre wooded lot offering privacy and a peaceful mountain setting. Great location to build your full-time home, vacation retreat, or investment property. Conveniently located on Roberts Road with easy access to Murphy, shopping, dining, and outdoor recreation. Enjoy the beauty of the North Carolina mountains with this affordable property ready for your vision
Courtesy: Keller Williams Elevate
706-623-8186
Escape to the mountains and build your dream retreat in the highly sought-after Wilderness Creek Falls community. This 1.51-acre homesite offers the perfect blend of privacy, natural beauty, and long-range mountain views at nearly 3,000 feet in elevation. Located in a gated mountain community just minutes from Blue Ridge, McCaysville, and Murphy, you'll enjoy the peace of the North Georgia and Western North Carolina mountains while remaining close to shopping, dining, and outdoor recreation. Community amenities are second to none, featuring a stunning 5+ acre waterfall park with pavilion, fire pit, patio, and hiking trail leading to a scenic overlook, plus a 2+ acre conservation area with tranquil ponds and additional gathering spaces with mountain views. Underground utilities, fiber optics availability, and community water make building easy. Whether you're looking for a full-time residence, vacation getaway, or investment property, this exceptional lot offers the perfect setting to enjoy mountain living at its finest. Short-term rentals permitted.
Courtesy: EXIT Realty Mtn View Prop.
828-837-2288
Exceptional Commercial & Development Opportunity - Approximately 37 Acres Rarely does an opportunity like this become available. This exceptional ±37-acre tract is ideally located just minutes from the Murphy city limits with convenient access to US Highway 64 and offers the rare advantage of access to city water and sewer--a tremendous asset for future development. The possibilities are virtually endless. Whether your vision includes a residential subdivision, apartment community, senior housing, mixed-use development, retail center, medical offices, hospitality, office complex, business park, or other commercial venture, this property provides the location and infrastructure to help bring those plans to life. Positioned in the heart of Western North Carolina's growing mountain region, the property is just minutes from downtown Murphy's shopping, dining, and entertainment, including Harrah's Valley River Casino. Outdoor enthusiasts will appreciate the close proximity to Lake Hiwassee and Lake Nottely, along with world-class boating, fishing, hiking, and whitewater rafting on the Ocoee and Nantahala Rivers. Conveniently located within easy driving distance of Blue Ridge and Blairsville, Georgia, Ducktown, Tennessee, and approximately two hours from Atlanta, Asheville, Knoxville, Greenville, and just 90 minutes from Chattanooga, this property offers exceptional accessibility while maintaining the beauty and lifestyle of the North Carolina mountains. Investment opportunities of this size, location, and utility availability are increasingly difficult to find. Bring your vision and capitalize on one of Murphy's premier development opportunities
Courtesy: ReMax Mountain Properties
828-837-3002
Rare Bear Paw Resort lakefront package on Lake Hiwassee! Opportunities like this do not come around often. This package includes 4 lakefront lots tucked into a quiet cove just off the main channel, plus 5 additional beautiful Ridgewood Drive lots offering gentle terrain and excellent building potential. Keep the entire package for yourself and create a private lakefront mountain retreat, or develop, build, and resell individual homesites in one of Murphy's most desirable gated lake communities. Bear Paw Resort is a sought-after private community on Lake Hiwassee featuring a guarded/gated entrance, clubhouse, swimming pool, tennis, basketball, playground, community activities, and access to Mountain View Marina located right inside the community. The marina offers boat rentals, slips, maintenance, shopping, and easy access to the water. Lake Hiwassee is one of Western North Carolina's true hidden gems. This TVA reservoir stretches approximately 22 miles, covers around 5,870 to 6,090 acres, and offers roughly 163 to 165 miles of shoreline, much of it surrounded by protected national forest land. Known for its deep, clean mountain water, dramatic ridgelines, boating, fishing, and peaceful coves, Lake Hiwassee delivers the lake lifestyle buyers dream about without the overcrowded feel of more commercialized lakes. Whether you envision one exceptional lakefront estate, a family compound, or a strategic development opportunity, this package gives you flexibility, scarcity, and location all in one. Lakefront land inside Bear Paw is already hard to find; a multi-lot package with both waterfront and additional buildable lots is even rarer. Being sold as a package only. Call today and take advantage of this rare opportunity before someone else beats you to it!
Courtesy: Advantage Chatuge Realty
828-389-4466
BEAUTIFUL, LEVEL 5 ACRE PARCEL – complete with frontage on a branch, and an approved septic permit. Access to the property is easy in this gated, quiet mountain community of lovely homes. Convenient to Murphy and McCaysville, Georgia, and the NC/TN state line. Come build your mountain dream home at the foot of Wolf Mountain Estates!
Courtesy: Carolina Mountain Homes
828-837-7322
Some properties simply can't be recreated. Offered for the first time in decades, this remarkable 11-acre tract on Apalachia Lake is one of those rare opportunities that comes along only occasionally. Lovingly cared for by the same owner for years, this property has been preserved much as nature intended--a true mountain wilderness bordering one of Western North Carolina's most secluded lakes. Access is by a long private right-of-way, and the terrain is rugged, making this property best suited for those who appreciate privacy, adventure, and the beauty of an untouched setting. The reward is an extraordinary piece of lakefront with mature hardwoods, native mountain laurel and rhododendron, peaceful surroundings, and shoreline that feels worlds away from everyday life. Apalachia Lake is unlike most mountain lakes. With very little private shoreline development, no commercial recreation facilities, and thousands of acres of surrounding public lands, it has retained the quiet, natural character that has become increasingly difficult to find. Whether your interests include kayaking, canoeing, fishing, hiking, or simply enjoying the solitude of the mountains, this property provides an exceptional setting to experience it. The reservoir offers miles of shoreline while remaining one of the least-developed TVA lakes in the region. This is not a property for someone looking for manicured lawns or an easy walk to the water. It is a property for someone who understands the value of privacy, appreciates unspoiled mountain land, and wants to become the next steward of an extraordinary piece of Apalachia Lake. Opportunities like this are exceptionally rare. If you've been searching for authentic mountain lakefront where nature still takes center stage, this is one you'll want to experience in person.
Courtesy: ReMax Mountain Properties
828-837-3002
Imagine building your dream mountain retreat tucked away among the towering hardwoods, where the only sounds you'll hear are the birds singing overhead and the gentle breeze rustling through the trees. This beautiful 5-acre wooded property offers the perfect blend of privacy, natural beauty, and endless possibilities. With mature timber, gently rolling terrain, and multiple potential homesites, this peaceful tract provides the ideal setting for a full-time residence, vacation getaway, or investment property. Whether you envision a cozy cabin surrounded by nature or a custom mountain home with room to roam, this property offers the space and seclusion to make your vision a reality. Spend your days exploring your own wooded acreage, watching local wildlife, or simply relaxing beneath the shade of the forest canopy while enjoying the serenity that only mountain living can provide. Opportunities like this don't come along often--5 unrestricted acres with privacy, natural beauty, and unlimited potential. Come experience the peaceful lifestyle you've been searching for and make this beautiful piece of the mountains your own. Your next adventure starts here! Conveniently located to Murphy NC, Blairsville and Blue Ridge GA, including it's amenities like HVR Casino, local vineyards, whitewater rafting, local boutiques, and so much more! Call today for more info!
Courtesy: Carolina Mountain Homes
828-837-7322
Some properties simply can't be recreated. Offered for the first time in decades, this remarkable 11-acre tract on Apalachia Lake is one of those rare opportunities that comes along only occasionally. Lovingly cared for by the same owner for years, this property has been preserved much as nature intended--a true mountain wilderness bordering one of Western North Carolina's most secluded lakes. Access is by a long private right-of-way, and the terrain is rugged, making this property best suited for those who appreciate privacy, adventure, and the beauty of an untouched setting. The reward is an extraordinary piece of lakefront with mature hardwoods, native mountain laurel and rhododendron, peaceful surroundings, and shoreline that feels worlds away from everyday life. Apalachia Lake is unlike most mountain lakes. With very little private shoreline development, no commercial recreation facilities, and thousands of acres of surrounding public lands, it has retained the quiet, natural character that has become increasingly difficult to find. Whether your interests include kayaking, canoeing, fishing, hiking, or simply enjoying the solitude of the mountains, this property provides an exceptional setting to experience it. The reservoir offers miles of shoreline while remaining one of the least-developed TVA lakes in the region. This is not a property for someone looking for manicured lawns or an easy walk to the water. It is a property for someone who understands the value of privacy, appreciates unspoiled mountain land, and wants to become the next steward of an extraordinary piece of Apalachia Lake. Opportunities like this are exceptionally rare. If you've been searching for authentic mountain lakefront where nature still takes center stage, this is one you'll want to experience in person.
Courtesy: Appalachian Mountain and Lake Properties
828-361-2423
Unrestricted 17.76 acres portion of larger parcel. There is a 1/1 hunting cabin on the property that the owner used to live in wartime 10 years ago. Spring water is what the owner used he said for drinking water supposed to be near the shed. 1 room hunting cabin on tract to stay in while you build your dream home, just need to put in septic tank to live there to build I believe is what county wants.. you need to put in septic tank and get permits for that and well water and building permits to build your dream place. 1/2 level land that is wooded and 1/2 mountain land that is wooded approx. part of a larger 28 acre parcel already sold 10 acres to a really nice neighbor there too. been in the family since the 1800's when claimed by this owners great great grandparents. Feel free to check with state bldg. reduced because owner said so.
Courtesy: Appalachian Land Company
828-837-9199
Build the mountain escape buyers keep searching for but rarely find. This 2.9-acre wooded property in Murphy offers the privacy and natural beauty people come to Western North Carolina for, paired with the everyday convenience of paved road frontage. Long-range mountain views create a stunning backdrop for a future cabin, vacation retreat, or full-time home, while the wooded setting gives you room to shape your vision without sacrificing that tucked-away feel. Enjoy easy access to downtown Blue Ridge, Copperhill, McCaysville, and Murphy making this a smart choice for anyone craving outdoor adventure, small-town charm, and peaceful mountain living.
Courtesy: Mountain Sotheby's International Realty
706-222-5588
Breath-taking long-range views! This buildable lot offers tranquility and fabulous views for your new mountain home. Situated in the desirable & gated Eagle Mountain Subdivision, you will find privacy and peace of mind! Paved and easy roads to your sanctuary! Shared well for water and underground utilities available including high-speed internet. The lot has an off-site leach field for the septic system to attach to. Conveniently located near Murphy for all your dining and shopping needs, along with the Casino and historic Henn Theatre! Enjoy mountain living including hiking, tubing and kayaking, fishing, wineries and vineyards and so much more!
Courtesy: Mountain Sotheby's International Realty
706-222-5588
Breath-taking long-range views! This buildable lot offers tranquility and fabulous views for your new mountain retreat. Situated in the desirable & gated Eagle Mountain Subdivision, you will find privacy and peace of mind! Paved and easy roads to your sanctuary! Shared well for water and underground utilities available including high-speed internet. The lot has an off-site leach field for the septic system to attach to. Conveniently located near Murphy for all your dining and shopping needs, along with the Casino and historic Henn Theatre! Enjoy mountain living including hiking, tubing and kayaking, fishing, wineries and vineyards and so much more!
Courtesy: Real Broker LLC
855-450-0442
Beautiful buildable lot in the desirable Lake Appalachia Acres subdivision. This property offers potential lake views from the top of the parcel once selectively cleared, creating an ideal setting for a future mountain retreat. The land behind the lot is TVA-managed, preserving a natural buffer between the property and the shoreline. Lake Appalachia is known for its quiet waters, excellent fishing, and peaceful boating, offering a true mountain-lake lifestyle. Located just minutes from downtown Murphy—one of Western NC's fastest-growing towns with dining, entertainment, and the Harrah's Cherokee Valley River Casino. Enjoy easy access to Tennessee and Georgia, with Chattanooga approximately 1–2 hours away. A great opportunity to build in a serene, established community surrounded by nature.
Courtesy: Real Broker LLC
855-450-0442
Discover the perfect mountain-lake getaway in the sought-after Lake Appalachia Acres subdivision. This beautiful lot offers potential long-range views of pristine Lake Appalachia, giving you the ideal setting for a future cabin or retreat. Lake Appalachia is excellent fishing, kayaking, and boating. Located just minutes from downtown Murphy, a growing mountain town offering dining, entertainment, and the Harrah's Cherokee Valley River Casino. You're also close to both Tennessee and Georgia, with Chattanooga only 1–2 hours away for big-city amenities. A rare opportunity to build in a quiet, established community surrounded by natural beauty and outdoor recreation.
Courtesy: REMAX Town & Country - Murphy
828-835-2334
Don't miss this rare opportunity to own two adjoining lots in the gated community of The Sanctuary at Vance Mountain, creating the flexibility and space that's increasingly difficult to find in the mountains. Together, these properties offer an ideal setting for a private mountain estate, a home with additional buffer space, or a shared retreat for family and friends who want to build side by side while maintaining their own ownership and privacy. Enjoy sweeping long-range mountain views, peaceful surroundings, and the freedom to create a larger footprint than a single lot alone can provide. Community amenities include a beautifully maintained pavilion, while outdoor recreation such as hiking, fishing, and whitewater rafting is just minutes away. Conveniently located approximately 15 miles from Copperhill, TN & McCaysville, GA, and 20 miles from Downtown Murphy, NC, this offering combines mountain seclusion with easy access to shopping, dining, and everyday necessities. Lots may also be purchased individually.
Courtesy: Carolina Mountain Homes
828-837-7322
Pines, mature hardwoods and other native foliage cover this 1.76 acre prime building lot. Only light restrictions, and mobile homes and manufactured homes are permitted. There are several possible building sites, with a level area near an electric pole. The rest of the land slopes upward, with plenty of space for outbuildings, garden spots and outdoor living. Whether you're dreaming of a rural getaway or a full time home, check out this peaceful setting near the end of a private country road.
Courtesy: REAL Broker LLC
919-348-2585
Discover the perfect mountain-lake getaway in the sought-after Lake Appalachia Acres subdivision. This beautiful lot offers potential long-range views of pristine Lake Appalachia, giving you the ideal setting for a future cabin or retreat. Lake Appalachia is excellent fishing, kayaking, and boating. Located just minutes from downtown Murphy, a growing mountain town offering dining, entertainment, and the Harrah's Cherokee Valley River Casino. You're also close to both Tennessee and Georgia, with Chattanooga only 1-2 hours away for big-city amenities. A rare opportunity to build in a quiet, established community surrounded by natural beauty and outdoor recreation.
Courtesy: REAL Broker LLC
919-348-2585
Beautiful buildable lot in the desirable Lake Appalachia Acres subdivision. This property offers potential lake views from the top of the parcel once selectively cleared, creating an ideal setting for a future mountain retreat. The land behind the lot is TVA-managed, preserving a natural buffer between the property and the shoreline. Lake Appalachia is known for its quiet waters, excellent fishing, and peaceful boating, offering a true mountain-lake lifestyle. Located just minutes from downtown Murphy--one of Western NC's fastest-growing towns with dining, entertainment, and the Harrah's Cherokee Valley River Casino. Enjoy easy access to Tennessee and Georgia, with Chattanooga approximately 1-2 hours away. A great opportunity to build in a serene, established community surrounded by nature.
Courtesy: Carolina Mountain Homes
828-837-7322
Pines, mature hardwoods and other native foliage cover this 1.76 acre prime building lot. Only light restrictions, and mobile homes and manufactured homes are permitted. There are several possible building sites, with a level area near an electric pole. The rest of the land slopes upward, with plenty of space for outbuildings, garden spots and outdoor living. Whether you're dreaming of a rural getaway or a full time home, check out this peaceful setting near the end of a private country road.
Courtesy: Coldwell Banker High Country Realty - Murphy
828-835-8500
Your own place in heaven! This level to gentle 1+ acre piece is in small community with underground power and gorgeous mountain views! Level to gentle laying, and easy to get to just off state maintained, paved road. Close to historic downtown Murphy, Casino, whitewater rafting, horseback riding, fishing, wineries, and Blue Ridge, GA. The mountains are calling!
Courtesy: Carolina Mountain Homes
828-837-7322
One acre wooded mountain lot in Owl Creek Ridge, about 20 minutes from town. Priced to sell!
Courtesy: ReMax Mountain Properties
828-837-3002
Nice unrestricted wooded acreage with a road already built and graveled. Property joins state paved road so no HOA to deal with. 9.44 acres that you could build multiple homes on or you can do tiny homes or camper sites. The possibilities are unlimited. Land lays nice and level on the ridge top.
Courtesy: Coldwell Banker High Country
828-835-8500
Your own place in heaven! This level to gentle 1+ acre piece is in small community with underground power and gorgeous mountain views! Level to gentle laying, and easy to get to just off state maintained, paved road. Close to historic downtown Murphy, Casino, whitewater rafting, horseback riding, fishing, wineries, and Blue Ridge, GA. The mountains are calling!
Courtesy: Carolina Mountain Homes
828-837-7322
One acre wooded mountain lot in Owl Creek Ridge, about 20 minutes from town. Priced to sell!
Murphy is located in North Carolina. Murphy, North Carolina has a population of 1,659. Murphy is more family-centric than the surrounding county with 30.09% of the households containing married families with children. The county average for households married with children is 18.71%.
The median household income in Murphy, North Carolina is $32,486. The median household income for the surrounding county is $43,319 compared to the national median of $69,021. The median age of people living in Murphy is 40.9 years.
The average high temperature in July is 85.3 degrees, with an average low temperature in January of 25.2 degrees. The average rainfall is approximately 59.9 inches per year, with 4 inches of snow per year.
