Cullasaja Club
Highlands, Macon County, North Carolina · Highlands-Cashiers Plateau golf market
- Access
- equity
- Holes
- 18
- Architect(s)
- Arnold Palmer
- Gated
- Yes
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Cullasaja Club is a member-owned, invitation-only private club in Highlands, NC, situated at roughly 4,200 feet elevation in the Blue Ridge Mountains. Since opening in 1987 as a club (with its Arnold Palmer-designed course following in 1989), it has served a membership capped at 330 families. The club sits on a body of water on its own grounds, Lake Ravenel, and offers a documented 'On Campus' equity golf membership specifically for owners of property within the Cullasaja development, alongside a separate 'Off Campus' category for non-owners and a 'Non-Golfing' membership -- making it one of the more precisely documented residential-integration structures found in this market.
Golf & Course
The 18-hole course was designed by Arnold Palmer and opened in 1989, playing 6,651 yards to a par of 72 from the longest tees.
Membership & Access
Does buying a home here include club membership?
Membership is invitation-only and capped at 330 total members. The club's own site documents three membership categories: an 'On Campus' equity golf membership for owners of property within Cullasaja, an 'Off Campus' membership for non-property-owners, and a 'Non-Golfing' membership. This structure shows that owning property in Cullasaja does not by itself confer membership (an application/invitation process still applies), but it does create a specific membership pathway that non-owners access differently -- the precise practical difference (cost, waitlist, priority) between On Campus and Off Campus categories was not confirmed this session.
Living in Cullasaja Club
Cullasaja is a residential development built around the club and course; the golf course and clubhouse function as the development's organizing amenity.
Lifestyle & Amenities
Amenities include an 18-hole golf course, driving range and practice facility, fitness center, six tennis courts, a heated swimming pool, and an on-site 'Yacht Club' on Lake Ravenel for canoeing, kayaking, and bass fishing.
Location & Surrounding Area
Located in Highlands, Macon County, on the Highlands-Cashiers plateau -- not in Cashiers, despite frequent aggregator misattribution to Cashiers.
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What Buyers Should Verify
- Confirm current initiation fee and dues directly with the club -- no published rate sheet found this session.
- Confirm the practical difference between On Campus and Off Campus membership categories (cost, waitlist priority) directly with the club.
- Confirm current waitlist status for each membership category.
Notable
- Club opened 1987; Arnold Palmer-designed course opened 1989.
- Membership capped at 330 families.
- Sits at roughly 4,200 feet elevation.
- Located in Highlands, NC -- frequently but incorrectly attributed to Cashiers in aggregator/real-estate content; verified directly against the club's own site.
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