Is Emerald Bear | Large, Private Home in Maggie Valley | Hot Tub pet-friendly?

Yes, this property allows dogs (limit 2 total).

Emerald Bear | Large, Private Home in Maggie Valley | Hot Tub Reviews, Deals & Photos 2025

Q: Where is Emerald Bear | Large, Private Home in Maggie Valley | Hot Tub located?

Situated on a river, this holiday home is within 2 miles (3 km) of Tube World, Maggie Valley Gem Mine and Fantasy Golf & Game Room. Maggie Valley Opry House and Maggie Valley Festival Grounds are also within 3 miles (5 km).

10/10 Excellent

Tucker S.

3 May 2025

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10/10

Super nice place

Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2025

8/10 Good

Annette D.

27 Dec 2024

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Christmas Visit

Cozy cabin near everything we needed it to be. Beautiful views, even in the winter.

Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2024

10/10 Excellent

Yveline D.

21 Dec 2024

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30th Birthday celebration

Great vibe, clean place.

Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2024

10/10 Excellent

Dan M.

16 Jan 2025

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Great location lots of space

Great size property. Nice view of the surrounding mountains. Well stocked with wood for a cozy fire. Property is in a great location if you are looking to head up the mountain to Cataloochee.

Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2024

10/10 Excellent

Kyle M.

22 Aug 2024

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Great property, amazing view, amazing amenities

We had a mini family (siblings) reunion with enough space for each family to be on their own floor. Plenty of amenities to cook for large groups, spread out to play games and relax. With great dining and sights to see within a reasonable driving distance. We’re definitely considering coming back to this property again in the future.

Stayed 4 nights in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

Michael N.

28 Apr 2024

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Family Get Together

Very nice property with a perfect sunset view off back decks. Plenty of room for everyone with a nice assortment of bedroom types. Even had some nice wildlife walk by to make the last evening dinner pretty special. Definitely recommend as a place to get family together!

Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2024

10/10 Excellent

Tiffany C.

16 May 2022

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Gorgeous mountain escape

We had an amazing family reunion weekend. Loved the elk and the resident cats! The house was perfect!

Stayed 2 nights in May 2022

10/10 Excellent

Taylor H., Myrtle Beach

15 Nov 2023

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Beautiful Home

Perfect mountain house with the perfect layout for our family of 10.

Stayed 4 nights in Nov 2023

10/10 Excellent

Bala B.

2 Jun 2021

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Great Location

Great location to start with. Secluded but has easy access to most nearby places to visit. All amenities provided in house are top class. Over all had a great experience.

Stayed 3 nights in May 2021

10/10 Excellent

Robert T.

23 Nov 2020

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Great House Kim is awesome

Great house, exactly what we were looking for. The property manager Kim was great to work with and very accommodating. Would recommend for large groups. We will be back for sure.

Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2020

10/10 Excellent

Ashley H.

5 Nov 2021

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We will be back!

This cabin was amazing. The beds comfortable, the views breathtaking and the owners thought of everything to make it a great experience for all their guests. We don’t ever stay in the same cabin every year but we will probably go ahead and re-book this house for next fall.

Stayed 4 nights in Oct 2021

10/10 Excellent

Lisa K.

16 Jul 2024

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Fabulous Mountain Retreat!

I will bear is an absolutely lovely property, prettier than the pictures! The appointments and furniture are all high-quality. Ditto for the sheets and towels. There are plenty of cleaning supplies, extra toilet paper, towels, and laundry detergent. Things I usually bring to every VRBO, but now we’re in this instance!). We really enjoyed our stay

Stayed 6 nights in Jul 2024

10/10 Excellent

Kelly G.

11 Apr 2021

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Great mountain getaway

We really enjoyed the house and location. Very central to doing activities from Asheville to Smoky Mountain NP including Bryson City and Cherokee. Home was cozy and well stocked with great amenities. Tip for non-SUV drivers- down shift to 2nd gear before heading up the gravel drive. It helped a lot. Highly recommend staying at Emerald Bear!

Stayed 4 nights in Apr 2021

8/10 Good

David B.

8 Jun 2023

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Great for 3 families

Enjoyable stay 6 adults 4 youth. We had our entire family and house layout was great for 3 families. Only issue was with locks on kitchen and downstairs patio door. These locks require that the handle be rotated CCW before you can lock the deadbolts. Would have been nice if info was included in info package. We do recommend the property.

Stayed 7 nights in May 2023

10/10 Excellent

Chris H., Dover, Florida

17 Jan 2022

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Amazing location, beautiful views

We spent a long weekend with a group of our employees, 12 of us in total, to celebrate an outstanding year for our business. We were stunned at the beauty of the property. The home is immaculate, spacious and has just the right amount of amenities for a large, diverse group. The grounds were well kept. We loved seeing the elk in the early morning hours and the two kitties at night. Even when it rained an entire day of our visit, we were all able to find things to entertain ourselves with, whether ping pong downstairs, corn hole under the balcony, or playing card games around the dining room table. All of our guests were comfortable and thoroughly enjoyed their stay. We highly recommend this property for a large group. We will look into renting this property again next year. Tony & Chris Huntley Dover, FL

Stayed 4 nights in Jan 2022

6/10 Okay

Sandra K.

22 Jun 2022

Liked: Check-in, location

Disliked: Communication, listing accuracy

Not so sure

Two of the outside doors did not lock -very disturbing. We had to jam chairs under the door knobs to try and secure them. Some of the pans had food stuck on them. The garage bin was not big enough to support 6 days of garbage, and if we needed to have it emptied it was an additional $35. I do not feel the price we payed was worth it. Also because the description did not detail pots n pans, small kitchen appliances, toilet paper etc

Stayed 6 nights in Jun 2022

10/10 Excellent

David S.

1 Aug 2023

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What a great home, truly a fantastic place to stay.

There are many pros to this place so I'll name a few: 2 king beds, 1 queen, 2 full, large bunk bed, and loft bed with trundle pull out bed. This place really does sleep a lot of people and lets not forget the amazing view!! Also, there wasn't anything we were looking for that we couldn't find. The kitchen is well equipped and the beds and furniture were very comfortable (no complaints from me or any of my family). I think there's more than 4 large TV's in this place so we never had to worry about someone taking over the TV which was nice. The ping pong table got a lot of use by all the kids (way more than I expected) so thank you for that. It also has a large Jacuzzi tub that we did not have the chance to use. Now for the cons: there's only one, the road. It's paved for the 1st 1/2 mile but the last 1/4-1/3 mile is a pretty steep gravel driveway. I had a 15 passenger 2 wheel drive Ford Transit 350 van. I had to drop it down in 1st gear every time to get up to the house but it got there so that was good. For the 1st 6 days of our stay, the end of the road/driveway closest to the house was pretty wash-boarded and I had to find the "sweet spot" to get to the house. On the last 2 days, it had been smoothed out by some kind of machinery and that made all the difference (thank you for that as well). So that's it, a steep gravel road/driveway that's now been smoothed out. I would definitely stay here again.

Stayed 8 nights in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Hunter D.

14 Jan 2025

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Family vacation

We enjoyed a wonderful trip to Maggie Valley over the New Years. We had family traveling from Illinois, Florida and NC. It was a great place for us all to meet. The house was a wonderful size, plenty of room for people to spread out our gather together. Everything at the house worked just as it should, including the hot tub. Plus there are beautiful views from the whole house. It was just what we needed.

Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2024

10/10 Excellent

david p.

23 Sept 2024

Stayed 6 nights in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

Deidra B.

9 Jul 2023

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Lovely vacation!

We really enjoyed our stay at the Emerald Bear. The house had lots of room for our family and they really enjoyed the hot tub and the firepit. The house is close to everything in Maggie Valley, but still feels secluded. The yard was beautiful and I really enjoyed sitting out on the porch. The locks are tricky, but are okay once you figure them out. You will get lots of exercise going up and down the stairs. The stairs between the first and second floor are bare wood and we did have one person slip and fall down the stairs while wearing socks (she was okay though)... Everything else was perfect!

Stayed 4 nights in Jun 2023

10/10 Excellent

Camille A.

23 Dec 2022

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Great vacation

Loved it!

Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2022

10/10 Excellent

Sara D.

2 Dec 2022

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Great Getaway for Groups

Some friends and I booked this house in November for our annual friendsgiving weekend, and we enjoyed the place so much. It offers great views, privacy, and convenience to stores and activities. There's ample space and the house is well-equipped for large groups. We would absolutely book here again.

Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2022

10/10 Excellent

Amber S.

5 Sept 2022

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Great place, great location

This house was very nice. It was close to everything we needed to go to. Definitely the best place we’ve stayed at in Maggie. Only thing I noticed was the carpet in all bedrooms had a lot of stained spots. Figured with the price of cleaning and dog fee per pet, those would’ve been taken care of. But it was minor compared to the beautiful views and location.

Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2022

10/10 Excellent

Erin I., Laurel Park

2 Mar 2022

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Excellent choice for ski vacation!

Our group of three families stayed at Emerald Bear in Maggie Valley, NC for a ski weekend trip and we couldn't have been more pleased. From the ease of booking to the responsiveness of the Yonder team down to the actual house, we were pleasantly surprised. We usually go into a rental house expecting to be disappointed, but with each turn, we were pleasantly surprised! The house was clean, well-equipped, spacious enough for 11 people and comfortable. The hot tub was immaculate, plenty of towels for everyone. The bedrooms were clean with ample sheets, pillows, etc. The kitchen was decent, not gourmet, but it worked for our purposes. We all loved the setting and enjoyed both the propane fire pit as well as the wood fire pit. Overall, we thoroughly enjoyed our stay and are expecting to return next year for another ski weekend trip!

Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2022

10/10 Excellent

Laura G.

16 Feb 2022

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Great get-away with friends and our children

This house is beautiful and well suited for larger groups. We met friends here and there was more than enough room for 4 adults and 4 children. Both adults and kids had a great time on the porches and in the hot tub. Tub World was just down the street and lots of fun. Waynesville is a close drive and worth a visit. We hope to be back!

Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2022

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