Be sure to watch the drone footage. Build your lakeside vacation cottage in the Sandhills and enjoy historic Pinehurst, Southern Pines, and Whispering Pines. Whispering Pines is an hour and fifteen minutes from the Triangle. One lot on Thagards Lake in Whispering Pines. Thagards lake is a 199-acre lake offering privacy and recreational water sports - boating, water skiing, paddle boarding, etc. Lots can be sold together or separately. The lots sits on a small peninsula on the North side of the lake. The restrictive covenants allow for a 800-square-foot cottage (or larger). Covenants also allow a 25-foot - subject to flood plain restrictions and county approval.