North Eaglenest Mountain is a mountain located less than south of
Maggie Valley, North Carolina, US, in
Haywood County. It is part of the
Plott Balsams, a range of the
Appalachian Mountains, and less than a mile north of
Eaglenest Mountain
Eaglenest Mountain (also known as Eagles Nest Mountain) is a mountain located 2 miles south of Maggie Valley, North Carolina in Haywood County. It is part of the Plott Balsams, a range of the Appalachian Mountains, and less than a mile south of N ...
. It used to be called Mount Junaluska and is the highest mountain overlooking
Lake Junaluska
Lake Junaluska is a census-designated place (CDP) in Haywood County, North Carolina, United States, and a manmade lake in the Blue Ridge Mountains. It is part of the Asheville Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Lake Junaluska is named after nearby ...
from the west.
In 1900, S. C. Satterthwait of
Waynesville, North Carolina, which was away, built the Eagle Nest Hotel at an elevation of . The location was a mountain range he called The Junaluskas,
on a peak called Mount Junaluska. The hotel was one of the two
hay fever
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resorts in western North Carolina, the other being Cloudland on
Roan Mountain, and it had room for 100 guests (although tents could be used if the hotel filled up) and a view of Plott Balsam. "
good wagon road" reached the top of the mountain.
The hotel was destroyed by a fire of undetermined origin on April 22, 1918. There was talk of rebuilding but it never happened. A road that was built in 1898, some say by
Cherokee, was not used by cars for 20 years. In 1937, H.G. Stone and H.L. Liner took over the road, improved it and began charging tolls to "Scenic Eagle’s Nest Road". This lasted only until 1941. Houses were built on the former Satterwait Estate, and Steve and Sue Foreman have a house where the hotel once stood.
References
External links
Topographic map of Eaglenest Mountain and North Eaglenest MountainTopographic map showing Eaglenest RidgeAd for Eaglenest Hotel
{{Mountains of North Carolina
Mountains of Haywood County, North Carolina
Mountains of North Carolina