Lake Arrowhead Yacht & Country Club
Waleska, Cherokee County, Georgia · North Georgia Mountains & Exurb golf market
- Access
- mixed
- Holes
- 18
- Gated
- Yes
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Lake Arrowhead is an 8,000-acre gated community in Waleska (Cherokee County), about 40 minutes north of Atlanta, built around a 540-acre stream-fed private lake with 11 miles of shoreline and the 18-hole Highlands Golf Course (opened 2008). It functions as a genuine mountain-lake-golf amenity package rather than a golf-only community -- water recreation (marina, boating, fishing) is at least as central to its identity as the course itself.
Golf & Course
The Highlands Golf Course opened in fall 2008 to strong reviews and was named 'Best Golf Course in Cherokee County' by Cherokee Life Magazine in 2010. A specific architect of record was not confirmed this session.
Membership & Access
Does buying a home here include club membership?
Lake Arrowhead property owners can become Golf Members with preferred benefits -- 13-day advance tee-time booking, unlimited driving-range use, cart-fee-only (i.e., no separate green fee) golf, and HMS Golf Passport reciprocal privileges -- but membership is not automatically included with a home purchase and must be separately elected and paid for. Non-owners can also inquire about golf membership through the club's Member Relations Coordinator, and the course additionally accepts general public daily-fee tee times through standard booking platforms (GolfNow, TeeOff). This is a genuinely mixed model: neither pure public-daily-fee nor pure resident-exclusive.
Living in Lake Arrowhead Yacht & Country Club
The golf course, clubhouse/restaurant, marina, two pools, and tennis/basketball/volleyball courts sit inside the same gated 8,000-acre POA-governed community, with the lake as the other major shared amenity alongside golf.
Lifestyle & Amenities
Boating, fishing, and swimming on the private 540-acre lake are at least as central to daily life here as golf; the community also offers hiking trails, a chapel, and family-oriented amenities like a playground.
Location & Surrounding Area
Located in Waleska, Cherokee County, in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains, roughly 40 minutes north of Atlanta.
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What Buyers Should Verify
- Resolve the 55+/age-restriction conflict directly with the Lake Arrowhead POA -- third-party retirement aggregators label it 55+, but lifestyle materials and other sources describe it as all-ages/family-friendly.
- Confirm current property-owner and non-owner golf membership fees directly with the club -- no published figures were found this session.
- Confirm the golf course architect of record.
- Confirm precise balance between public daily-fee play and members-only tee-time windows.
Notable
- Highlands Golf Course opened in fall 2008 and was named 'Best Golf Course in Cherokee County' by Cherokee Life Magazine in 2010.
- The community's private lake covers 540 acres with 11 miles of shoreline.
- Golf access is a genuine hybrid: property-owner-preferred membership, separate non-owner membership inquiry, AND ordinary public daily-fee tee times all coexist -- not a single clean access model.
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