Come enjoy the stunning views from this lovely lakehouse on Tim's Ford Lake.

Entertaining made easy. Fully-equipped kitchen makes preparing family meals easy, but our dining room with its large adjoining deck makes family meals enjoyable. Dining table can seat your entire group, with additional outdoor seating on the upper deck with a grill.

Lots of amenities. In a large cove right off the main channel with its own private dock . Downstairs hosts a separate living room with a kitchenette for the kids, Smart TV to use with the Gig internet service, Xbox 360 gaming system and a foosball table. Enormous partially-covered deck off the basement with a screened porch, a 6-person hot tub and firepit.

Make it home. Our home comfortably sleeps 16 in beds. Upstairs there are three bedrooms (Q/Q/F). With three more bedrooms downstairs (Q/Q/F + all with T/T Bunkbeds + extra twin in a nook). Two bathrooms have double sinks. The half bath is located off the dining room, living room and kitchen. All stocked with plenty of linens and towels.

Close to everything. Minutes on the water from Tim's Ford and Holiday Landing Marinas, Tim’s Ford State Park (with its two suspension bridges, sand volleyball courts, trails, and swimming pool), Bear Trace Golf Course. Neighborhood boat ramp conveniently located just down the road a couple blocks.

Have fun exploring. Short drives to many waterfalls, several state parks and Jack Daniels. 1.5 hours to Downtown Nashville and the historic Opryland Hotel. 3.5 hours to Dollywood and Gatlinburg. 4.5 hours to Graceland.

Safety comes first - always. With the growing popularity of Tim’s Ford Lake, it occurred to me that many guests are new to the lake and the region. I had the pleasure of growing up swimming, fishing, water-skiing, jet-skiing, cliff-jumping and tubing these lakes, but others did not. With that, I hope these brief details about the lake might give some helpful insights on how to make your next stay the best it can be.

Tim’s Ford Lake is a reservoir created by the Tennessee Valley Authority to power rural Tennessee with affordable hydro-electricity. (www.tva.com/energy/our-power-system/hydroelectric/tims-ford) Developed as part of the New Deal, the TVA system includes a series of reservoirs, which you can learn tons of interesting details about on the TVA website. In the 1960s, TVA flooded the Elk River valley to form Tim’s Ford Lake, which runs about 150 feet deep. This clip from George Clooney’s Oh Brother, Where Art Thou? (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QhAixFFJrVk) offers a vivid depiction of what that might have been like. See also tnmuseum.org/junior-curators/posts/underwater-ghost-towns-of-tennessee.

As a result of its formation, the vast majority of the lakehouses on TVA lakes, like Tim’s Ford, are not lakeside, as you might see in other states. Most TVA lakehomes are built on hilltops or hillsides along steep shorelines, which means, while you have an amazing view of gorgeous lakes, you must go down the hill to access the lake. Our home is no exception. Yet, we purchased this lakehouse in particular, because its lake accessibility was so much easier than any lakehouse we looked at in our search, or even any lakehouse we have rented over the last 40 years at various lakes in the TVA system.

Our goal is always “safety-first fun”, whether it is our family or yours. We specifically wanted a lakehouse that the grandparents, young children and special needs children in our family could safely get back and forth to the lake for years to come. For that reason, the lakehouse does not have a steep windy driveway, it does not have 6-8 flights of stairs, and it doesn’t have a treacherous path with rocky dropoffs. Instead, it has a gravel path, with a steep section for about 20 feet, with the detour of a short walking trail and bridge, each being about a two-minute walk from dock to the back deck.

To make the stroll through the wooded path even easier, our guests are welcome to use the two large carts in the garage to haul towels and toys to the lake. Another option is to access the lake at the community boat ramp just around the corner a couple blocks by land and by water, especially if your group has lots of gear and coolers to load onto your boat, or has guests with special physical needs who are unable to walk down the trail. If these options do not work for your group, then we wish you all the luck in finding a lakehome that best fits your needs.