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Take a tour through Sapphire Heaven: the images speak for themselves, but we've also put some helpful commentary beneath most photos.Spring time view from the back deck.
With an eastern long range view, from north to south, some guests never leave the back deck.
Autumn color contrasts.
Sapphire Heaven is usually booked almost a year in advance for leaf season, which is in October.
Granite sink on ancient timber.
The granite bathroom sink sits on an antique wood, hand crafted cabinet.
Outdoor sink, vanity, and shower.
A bathroom door opens to a second granite sink, vanity area, and shower, all outdoors on the private covered patio.
Kitchen Island view.
With 15′ ceilings, the cabin’s massive beams and woodwork command attention from the the rustic soapstone countertops.
Timbers, boulder, and antlers make the living area.
The elk antler-shed chandelier presides over a mammoth 7’x3’x15″ solid granite slab, fireplace hearth.
Turtleback Falls
Turtleback Falls is a short walk upstream from Rainbow Falls, on the Horse Pasture River, minutes from the cabin.
Newly landscaped
In the spring of 2007 we planted over 200 native species on the property, which have now all matured.
The patio hot tub and cast iron fireplace.
Also, on the private covered patio is a two person hot tub and a cast iron, wood burning fireplace…oh, and the view!
A more recent photo of the outdoor sink, vanity and shower.
This is a more recent view of the private outdoor sink, vanity area, and shower.
Massive beams from the kitchen to the living area.
Massive, hand hewn beams are overhead from the kitchen to the living room area.
Grill with a view.
The Weber, top of the line, Summit Platinum grill has six burners, a wood chip box for smoking, and a rotissery…plus a view.
Full cabin exterior at dusk
This dusk photo was taken over a decade ago before the landscaping matured.
Whitetail driving to the cabin.
From the Preserve entrance on 64 it’s 1.25 miles of wildlife viewing through the Preserve, up Whitetail Drive to the cabin property gates.
The Preserve at Rock Creek Gate on 64
The Preserve at Rock Creek entrance gate is on highway 64, the main east-west artery.
Under construction in 2006
The 125′ Indian Falls can be seen below the construction of Sapphire Heaven in the summer of 2006.
Sunset rainbow lighting.
Color spectrum sightings are common from the easterly facing back deck, especially on summer afternoons.
Snow on Toxaway
Toxaway Mountain, as seen from the back deck, shows off it’s winter coat after a snowfall.
Indian Falls
Indian Falls is directly below Sapphire Heaven Falls, but not easily accesible from the cabin.
Hummingbird territory.
Sitting out under the covered dining area of the back deck, watching hummingbirds feed, is a soul enriching experience.
Pink autumn sunrise snow
An early dusting of snow plus the autumn colors casts a pink hew at sunrise.
Rainbow Falls
Leaving from the back parking lot in Gorges State Park, Rainbow Falls is about a 1.5 mile hike. Gorges is about three miles from the cabin.
Toxaway Mountain summit in fall.
The summit of Toxaway Mountain as seen from ground level behind the cabin.
Wedding arbor with a new perspective.
In April, 2016 my daughter’s wedding took place in the beautiful meadow of the Preserve at Rock Creek. Afterwards, I relocated the wedding arbor, which I built, from the meadow to the top of a cliff, just below the cabin.
Arbor approach.
The arbor floor measures 6’x6′, with the front support legs 18″ long and the back legs 8′ long = steep installation.