Standalone village site · Tallassee 37878 · Not Gatlinburg’s Chalet Village
Est. mid-century mountain estates · ~2,000 ft

A-frames, cabins & quiet ridge living

Chalet Village sits on The Flats of Chilhowee Mountain in Blount County — wooded lots, chalet-style homes, and Lake in the Sky just beyond the trees. This site is for our village alone.

~2,024 ft Elevation on The Flats
1965–66 Estates era · lake dammed
ZIP 37878 Tallassee · Blount County
The village

Where chalets met the Smokies

In the mid-1960s, developers carved mountain estates out of a high plateau overlooking Happy Valley. Homes that followed often took the chalet and A-frame language of that era — steep roofs, wood siding, porches aimed at the view. Chalet Village grew as one of those named pockets of cabin living.

It is not a city. There is no post office on the ridge. School buses ride the Foothills Parkway toward Walland. Black bears share the woods. Neighbors know the roads, the weather, and the lake rules better than any brochure.

Full timeline →

Lake in the Sky area aerial view
Lake in the Sky (dam 1966) anchors the plateau community around Chalet Village.
What defines us

Ridge character

Cabin & chalet stock

Log-sided and A-frame homes from the 1970s onward sit beside newer builds — permanent residences, second homes, and quiet rentals.

Lake in the Sky

A ~52-acre mountain lake formed on Flat Creek. Quiet water — electric motors and human-powered craft, not a public speed-boat park.

Between park & parkway

Great Smoky Mountains National Park to the southeast; Foothills Parkway as the reliable approach from the northwest.

Before you go looking

Same name, different mountain

There is a well-known “Chalet Village” above Gatlinburg. This is not that place. Ours is the Blount County village on Chilhowee — Tallassee ZIP, lake country, Foothills Parkway access.

  • Unincorporated Blount County — county services, not a town hall on the ridge
  • Everyday shopping and fuel: Walland, Townsend, or Maryville
  • Association and amenity rights follow your deed and membership — always verify
Neighbors

Questions, notices, or a local correction?

Use the contact form for Chalet Village only — separate from any other community website.

Write to the village