Traveling is exciting and all, but I will never tire of coming home to the peace and quiet of Deep Creek Lake.
Even on a hot summer day, when we’re busy taking our boats, kayaks, and wakesurf boards to the waterfront, Mother Nature’s soothing ambiance is as much a part of our community as the people.
This sense of refuge makes Deep Creek Lake an excellent choice when investing in waterfront property. Whether you love wakesurfing as much as I do or are counting down the hours until snowmobiling season, our town has something for everyone.
Though my family technically lives just outside of Deep Creek Lake, we’ve fully embraced the lifestyle. The great outdoors calls to us year-round, and when it does, we graciously accept the invitation to explore.
Mother Nature (and the feeling of flying across the lake) shall not be denied in the Liller household.
If you have a similar philosophy, you have to check out Blakeslee. It’s one of my favorite waterfront neighborhoods in the area, with only 99 homesites and paved, private roadways. Bare minimally, each $700k-$3.5M home includes lake access with a dock slip, and lakefront homes boast private docks. It also has an off-road trail system, perfect for riding ATVs and snowmobiles (or simply walking your dog).
Blakeslee is also the only detached home subdivision in the lake watershed that offers an amenity center. With tennis courts, basketball courts, soccer fields, and an indoor pool, it’s every active family’s dream location. There’s even a gathering space with a kitchenette, which (fun fact!) is where I celebrated my 16th birthday.
Another favorite neighborhood is Waterfront Greens, where homes are situated on a beautiful rolling hillside, as well as on the lake. As someone who loves to golf, the showstopper is the private 9-hole par 3 course, and the mini golf course is an added bonus.
Waterfront Greens is one of the top vacation rental spots in all of Deep Creek Lake, especially in the winter. It’s only a ten-minute drive to Wisp Resort for a day of skiing and snowboarding. Plus, many of the homes include indoor pools. Even if you’re not aiming to live in Deep Creek Lake year-round, owning a rental property in this neighborhood could earn you a gross income of well over $100k.
But let’s get back to golfing. If you’re looking for an absolutely incredible experience on the course, you can’t beat Thousand Acres. This neighborhood is one of the most remote, high-end communities in all of Deep Creek Lake, and its 9-hole course is outstanding. Perfect tee boxes, tight fairways, and quick-but-true greens, flanked by stunning lake and mountain views… I’m pretty sure this is what heaven looks like.
Construction in Thousand Acres ranges from the 1950s to the present day, and each home is flat-out gorgeous. (One of the newest ones is a whopping 26,000 square feet!) In essence, this neighborhood is everything good about living in Deep Creek Lake.
Often, when I talk about my love for this community, I’m asked how it continues to be such a tight-knit place to live. My response is always that the outdoors connects people—even tourists—in a town like ours. We recognize the beauty before us and how fortunate we are to partake in it. You don’t get that everywhere.
As a realtor, I’m in and out of these waterfront neighborhoods all the time, but the magic never wears off. I don’t think it ever will. As long as there’s a lake to wakesurf, this is where I’ll hang my hat.