The property is beautiful and the host communicates well before the stay with little tips. The river view is amazing and you can see lots of wild life.
Great location, very peaceful!! Located in the country away from the city but not too far away. Hard to describe and express in words what a beautiful place and cabin this is!!
Peaceful setting but, still close enough to town.
Sitting on the porch listening to the water soothes the soul. Large kitchen and seating areas enough for groups.
Amazing stay! Everything was better than expected. The location was ideal and the minute you walk in the front door and see the river rushing through the back yard we knew we were going to enjoy the stay. Everything you can image was available! They even had some drinks/food and firewood to get us started on our stay! Wonderful communication from Laurie as well!
We went to TN for Thanksgiving with family (from MD). We came across this place on VRBO. Truly amazing. High end ammenities, spectaular view from the full length back deck, and well appointed interrior made this short stay hard to leave.
We spent another week enjoying the beautiful scenery, the birds, and the sound of the river. The spacious cabin is a perfect gathering place for our family. This will always be our spot in Johnson City. đ
The house is beautiful and the unique location on the river is ideal for enjoying the outdoors. This house has EVERYTHING you need for a relaxing mountain vacation.
We have stayed at a lot of cabins before but I think this is the best. It was a very nice cabin and the location was awesome. We plan to go back again for a family vacation
The cabin was fantastically done. From the actual building design to the host thinking of everything you may need. It was a lot of steps to the upstairs loft but very nice. We could have used a hand rail on the front steps. The back porch facing the river was wonderful. We would have liked a wire type fencing around the porch for our dog or even for a guests small children.The host was right about the strong current in the river. My husband found he really couldn't fish well.We did enjoy the sound of the water from the porch.The host really did think of anything you may need while in her home.
Fourth stay at Magic River and the magic lives! No damage from the hurricane here. On a winding huge river but the house sits high and dry on a wooded, windy road in a country setting with a picturesque log cabin perfectly appointed with all the comforts of home. No VRBO kitchen compares!
We loved our stay. Home, river, and property were all so beautiful. Waking up and watching the river was much needed to decompress from everyday life. Thank you, Linda!
Our 3 20 something sons all met us here from three different states.
The rental was perfectly positioned across from our friends fly fishing camp.
Thank you for a being attentive and accommodating hosts.
We are citrus growers and I am also a college professor who enjoys our occasional stint to come up here and cool off from our hot Florida summers. We also really enjoy the leaf season, and Christmas when it chooses to snow.
This unique property has been in the Smalling/Davis family for over 150 years. Our great-grandfather had a sand mine operation (rare for the mountains) in the area and used some of those funds to invest in Florida Orange Groves back in the 1920's. Several generations later, we sold a small bit of our groves in Florida to build this cabin for our future retirement house. We love Florida but we really love Tennessee and this special place on the river. We hope you enjoy it and treasure it as much as we do.
From a fly fisherman's perspective - you can walk down the walkway to a huge flat rock - almost 20 ft. in length (room size) that creates the perfect perch in which to fly fish from plus the river is tremendously calming - just watch out for the trees with your fishing line. If you are not a fisherman - just know that sitting on the porch is a fine hobby and you will be so content to watch the river go by.