Living in Country Hills (incl. Masters Glen), Hendersonville TN: A Local's Guide to the Golf-Course Streets

What living in Country Hills is actually like

Country Hills is one of Hendersonville's golf-course communities — the kind of neighborhood where the course is part of the streetscape rather than a thing you drive to. Will's read on it is simple: a golf community with an adjacent executive section, the part locals know as Masters Glen. That gives the neighborhood two layers in one zip code — the broader golf-oriented community, and a step-up executive pocket beside it — inside a town whose whole identity is organized around Old Hickory Lake, the Indian Lake retail corridor, and a commute to Nashville that's real but survivable. This is the local read, not a national listicle, and we live and work this corner of Sumner County — so we'll be straight about what Country Hills is, what it isn't, and the handful of things worth checking before you write an offer.

Where Country Hills sits

Country Hills is in Hendersonville, the largest city in Sumner County, which sits directly northeast of Nashville across the Cumberland River and wraps along the southern shore of Old Hickory Lake. The town moves around two roads and one lake: US-31E (Main Street, also called Gallatin Pike or Nashville Pike), the four-lane parkway SR-386 (Vietnam Veterans Boulevard) that gets you out of town fast, and the lake along the entire northern edge. That puts an established in-town community like this within an ordinary drive of the things people actually use — the Indian Lake Boulevard corridor on the east side, where the Streets of Indian Lake open-air center, the grocery anchors, and most of the town's restaurants cluster, plus the parks along the water at Memorial Park and Sanders Ferry.

Downtown Nashville generally runs about 25 to 35 minutes off-peak by the parkway out to I-65; at true rush hour it's longer, and the honest move is to drive your real route at your real hour before you commit. One thing not to assume: Country Hills is not on the list of Hendersonville's designated lakefront enclaves in our local breakdown — its defining feature is the golf course, not the water. So don't take it for granted that a specific home here touches the lake; ask us, and we'll tell you exactly how close any given street sits to the lake, a marina, or a public ramp, and which homes back up to the course versus the interior streets.

The character of the homes

Will's characterization is the spine here: a golf community plus an adjacent executive section. In practice that means two textures living side by side. The broader Country Hills reads as an established, settled Hendersonville community organized around the golf course — the kind of in-town neighborhood with grown trees, lived-in streets, and homes oriented toward the fairways for the ones that back the course. Masters Glen is the adjacent executive section — the step-up product beside it, with the larger scale that 'executive' implies in this market. We're not going to invent a year built, a square-footage range, an architectural style, or a lot size for the neighborhood as a whole, because that's exactly the kind of specific that varies house to house and street to street and dates fast online. What we will do is walk you through any home you're considering, room by room and lot by lot, and tell you how it compares to the rest of the street — including whether it actually fronts the course or just shares the address. And if a pool, a clubhouse, course membership, a gate, or any other community amenity matters to you, ask us what Country Hills and Masters Glen actually offer rather than assuming — we'll confirm what's real before a listing photo sells you on something the neighborhood may not include.

Who Country Hills fits

This is a lifestyle-and-amenity fit, not a who-belongs-here judgment. Country Hills tends to suit buyers who want a golf-course setting inside Hendersonville — a home on or near the fairways, in an established in-town neighborhood with a quick drive to the Indian Lake retail and dining corridor and to the parkway for the Nashville commute. The adjacent Masters Glen section fits buyers who want the same golf-oriented setting in a larger, executive home. It's a fit for people who'd rather have a settled street and a course at the doorstep than a brand-new master-planned streetscape on the edge of town, and who want to be a short drive from the lake without necessarily paying for waterfront.

It's a weaker fit if your priorities point elsewhere. If you want walk-to-dinner urban living, Hendersonville is a car-based suburb by design and you'll feel that here. If you specifically want newer construction with resort-style community amenities, the master-planned communities on the edges of town are built for that. And if owning a permitted private dock on Old Hickory is the whole point of the move, a golf-course neighborhood is not where you start — you start in the designated lakefront and peninsula enclaves, and we'll point you there honestly. The golf course is the draw here; the lake is the town's, not this neighborhood's backyard.

What to verify before you buy here

We run an investor's lens on every purchase, even for buyers who'd never call themselves investors. Here's the checklist we'd actually run in a golf-course community like Country Hills — most of it verifiable from objective public sources, which is how we like it:

• •HOA and any HPR / homeowners-association documents — read exactly what's governed, what the dues cover, and any architectural or use restrictions before you write. Golf-community and executive sections can carry different rules and dues structures, so confirm which set applies to the specific home and whether Country Hills and Masters Glen are governed the same way.
• •Course relationship — whether the course is public or private, whether membership is separate from the home, and what (if anything) a fairway-fronting lot obligates you to. Don't assume a home on the course comes with course access or that it doesn't carry its own considerations; ask us and we'll confirm.
• •Lot specifics — confirm the actual lot size, easements, setbacks, drainage, and any errant-ball or course-maintenance easements for the specific property rather than relying on the neighborhood's reputation.
• •Septic vs. sewer — know which the specific home is on and the maintenance that comes with it.
• •Flood exposure — we'll pull the FEMA flood map for the specific address so flood-insurance implications are in your real cost of ownership, not a surprise.
• •Tax jurisdiction — confirm the current Sumner County property-tax bill and a realistic next-cycle estimate; recent reassessment cycles have shown meaningful changes around the lake corridor.
• •Resale read — many of our agents wear an investor hat and will tell you how a specific home is likely to hold buyer interest on resale, not just how it shows on tour. Course-fronting and interior lots can read differently, and that's worth talking through out loud.
• •Water proximity, if it applies to a specific home — Country Hills isn't a designated lakefront enclave, but if a particular property you're considering touches or backs up to Old Hickory Lake, the dock and shoreline question becomes real. Old Hickory is a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers reservoir, private docks are federally permitted, and an existing dock is not proof of a current, transferable permit. We verify that with the Corps before you pay any waterfront premium. (See our Old Hickory Lake dock permits and shoreline guide: /blog/old-hickory-lake-dock-permits-shoreline-guide.)

Pricing and availability in Country Hills

On relative positioning: by Will's price-led read and our local breakdown, the broader Country Hills sits in Hendersonville's more attainable established in-town tier — the bracket that lets you live the Hendersonville lifestyle without paying the lake-access premium. The adjacent Masters Glen executive section steps up from there in scale and price. Neither is, by Will's read, one of Hendersonville's top-of-market lakefront enclaves, where true permitted-dock waterfront commands the highest premiums in the area; this is in-town golf-community living, with an executive pocket beside it, rather than the peak of the waterfront market. That's a useful frame, not a number. We don't publish a median or a price range here, because the figures floating around online aren't verified and price talk dates fast. For current pricing and what's actually available in Country Hills or Masters Glen this week, call the team at 615-265-1000 — we'll pull it live from the public record for your specific budget and the kind of home you want. When our MLS data feed lands, real numbers get added to this page; that's deliberate, not a gap to fake.

Country Hills FAQ

Is Country Hills on Old Hickory Lake?

It isn't one of Hendersonville's designated lakefront enclaves in our local breakdown — Country Hills is a golf-course community, and the course, not the water, is its defining feature. That said, the whole town is organized around Old Hickory Lake, with marinas, public boat access at Sanders Ferry Park, and lakeside trails a short in-town drive away — which is how a lot of Hendersonville residents do lake life without owning waterfront. If a specific Country Hills property touches the water, tell us and we'll verify the lake, dock, and shoreline reality with the Army Corps before you offer.

What kind of homes are in Country Hills and Masters Glen?

By Will's local read, Country Hills is a golf community — an established in-town neighborhood organized around the course — with Masters Glen as an adjacent executive section, the larger, step-up product beside it. We won't quote a square-footage range or year built for the neighborhood as a whole because that varies house to house and between the two sections; we'll tell you exactly what any specific home is, whether it fronts the course, and how it compares to the street.

How do I see what's for sale in Country Hills?

Call 615-265-1000 and we'll pull current Country Hills and Masters Glen listings and recent comparable sales from the public record, and set up showings. We can also send you a walkthrough video of the neighborhood and flag homes before they hit the public sites where we're able to.

Keep reading

Mapping out Hendersonville more broadly? Start with our Hendersonville neighborhoods and subdivisions guide for the full local map, the moving-to-Hendersonville guide for what daily life is actually like, and the Old Hickory Lake pillar (/blog/buying-a-home-on-old-hickory-lake-complete-guide) if the lake is anywhere on your list. And whenever you're ready to go deeper, the Insider's Guide (/insider-guide) walks through how we buy in this market.