Top 5 Best Places To Build A Log Home

Written by Lynnette on June 1, 2007 | Comments (0)

I'm about to list the Top 5 places to build a log home, according to the editors of Log Home Living Magazine (August 2007).

But before we go there, I think we all would agree that there are plenty of other locations that should've made the list... but didn't.

I hope that others who read this will take a second to share their favorite place to build a log home or log cabin in the Comments below.

Now, onto the Top 5...


The editors of Log Home Living Magazine have compiled the following list of "The Best Places To Build (That You've Never Heard Of)":

#1 Wapiti, Wyoming

#2 Harney County, Oregon

#3 St. Johnsbury, Vermont

#4 Pendleton County, West Virginia

#5 Mountain Home, Arkansas

Apparently, Coeur D'Alene, Idaho appeared somewhere else on the list. (I haven't read this issue of Log Home Living yet... but it's definitely one of my favorites!)

And, on a related note...here are the most ideal areas for sites on which to build a vacation log home (according to The Log & Timber Homes Network).


Of course, I'm biased, but I vote for Tennessee -- specifically, Dale Hollow Lake (in Clay County) or Franklin/Leiper's Fork (in Williamson County).


UPDATE 5/19/08:
Log Home Living magazine has updated the list for 2008! It now features "The 10 Best Places To Build In America". They are:

  • Red Lodge, Montana

  • Sault Ste Marie, Michigan

  • Bisbee, Arizona

  • Cortez, Colorado

  • Darvis, West Virginia

  • Presque Isle, Maine

  • Berea, Kentucky

  • Salmon, Idaho

  • Aberdeen, Washington

  • Black Mountain, North Carolina

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Photos

  • A rustic wall sconce that's perfect for log homes and log cabins. Purchased from Lowes. photo by Shelley
  • A small antler chandelier that is perfect rustic lighting for a log home or log cabin. Purchased form Black Forest Decor. photo by Shelley
  • A rustic lamp perfect for log homes. Purchased from Advance Lighting in Gaylord, Michigan. photo by Shelley
  • A hammock between two trees. (photo by Dan Shirley)
  • Tree crew removing storm damaged tree from our property - next to the log home.
  • BEFORE: We're standing on the deck of our log home - before the storm hit. (photo by Shelley)
  • AFTER: The same tree, as it appeared immediately after the storm. (photo by Shelley)
  • Log cabin AFTER applying log stain. Photo by Shelley.
  • Log cabin BEFORE applying log stain. Photo by Shelley.
  • What the logs look like after applying the log stain.
  • The finished basement wall inside our log home.
  • The exterior wall of our log home's walk out basement.

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