Tree Top Glass Home in the Heart of the National Seashore
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- Internet:No
- Pets allowed:No
- Wheel chair accessible:No
Hi House is a unique elevated studio style glass home located ridgetop amidst Bishop Pines overlooking Tomales Bay State Park and the Point Reyes National Seashore. Situated on five acres and completely surrounded by State Park and National Seashore, this tree top home is the perfect getaway for two. Just relax in comfort neslted in the swaying trees, or venture and explore the historic lighthouse, ocean & bay beaches, or hiking trails and numerous other activities located just minutes away. Your access to this unique home is by electric tram or spiral staircase. Due to the unique nature and features of Hi House, children are not permitted.
Located on Pierce Point peninsula at the entrance to Tomales Bay State Park, The Trees By Tomales Bay consists of two private vacation homes situated on 5 acres. The property features spectacular views of Tomales Bay and Abbotts Lagoon, and is surrounded on all sides by State Park and National Seashore.
Enjoy the solitude and peacefullness of our unique setting amidst bishop pines, oaks and beautiful vistas, or venture to the beaches and trails of Tomales Bay State Park (5 minutes) or the many vistas, trails, historic sites and beaches of the Point Reyes National Seashore (5-15 minutes).
POINT REYES NATIONAL SEASHORE comprises over 100 square miles, including 32,000 acres of coastal wilderness area. Estuaries, windswept beaches, coastal scrub grasslands, salt and freshwater marshes, and coniferous forests create a haven of 80 miles of unspoiled and undeveloped coastline. Abundant recreational opportunities include 147 miles of hiking trails, backcountry campgrounds, and numerous beaches, including over 10 continuous miles of unspoiled beach. Kayaking, biking, hiking, beachcombing, surf fishing, seasonal whale and elephant seal watching, bird watching and wildlife viewing are just a few of the activities awaiting your visit. Additionally, you can explore geology, Coast Miwok Indian culture or Lighthouse history by visiting the many historic sites within the park. Located just an hour’s drive from the San Francisco Bay Area, the Seashore is a great escape from a busy city life.
TOMALES BAY STATE PARK is comprised of a 2,000-acre day-use park which features four gently sloping, surf-free beaches, protected from winds by Inverness Ridge, the backbone of the Point Reyes Peninsula, as well as forests, fields, hills, meadows and marshes - each with its own plant life, including varieties of trees, shrubs and wildflowers. One of the finest remaining virgin groves of Bishop pine in California is in the park's Jepson Memorial Grove. Wildlife in the area includes foxes, raccoons, badgers, weasels, chipmunks, squirrels, rabbits, deer, bobcats, skunks, wood rats, field mice, moles and other animals. There are also land and sea birds, including the spotted owl, quail, goldfinches, puffins, great blue heron, pelicans, ruddy ducks, woodpeckers, meadowlarks - and more. The park has hiking trails connecting all its bay beaches, and is a popular place for picnicking, swimming, kayaking, canoeing, bird watching, clamming and boating.
Keywords: Elevated Tree Top Glass House
Property Type
- House
Accommodation Type
- Vacation Rental
Suitability
- Pets Not Allowed
- Non Smoking Only
Bedrooms
- 0 Bedrooms, Sleeps 2, Beds for 2
- Queen size Beds (1)
Bathrooms
- 1.0 Bathrooms
- Bathroom 1
Kitchen & Dining
- Kitchen
- Refrigerator
- Dishwasher
- Microwave
- Cooking Utensils
Amenities
- Parking Off Street
- Linens Provided
Other Amenities
Entertainment
- CD Player
- DVD Player
Communications
- Telephone
Outdoor Features
- Outdoor Grill
- Deck / Patio
Location & View
Activities
- Restaurants
- Boating
- Horseback Riding
- Shelling
- Wildlife Viewing
- Sight Seeing
- Swimming
- Wind-Surfing
- Hiking
- Surfing
- Fishing
- Kayaking
- Sailing
- Mountain Biking
- Cycling
Reviews
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Nature Immersion!
Nature Immersion!
- Guest Bonnie R.
- Date of stay 12/06/12
- Review Submitted 12/16/12
This property is a perfect getaway! The photos on the listing a good, but this property is SO much bigger and better than what you will be expecting!! This "cottage" is elevated into the trees. You take your own personal cable car up the incline to reach it! Inside is one big room - bedroom, dining room, living room - shaped like an hourglass. And best of all, three sides of the building are shear glass from floor to ceiling!! You can lay in your bed and watch the sunrise, the sunset and everything in between. You totally feel like you area part of the trees surrounding you. There are wraparound decks on three sides for outdoor living. The outdoors and indoors seem to merge into one. On the practical side, the little kitchen is pretty much equipted with everything you will need. Just stock up on groceries in either Point Reyes Station or Inverness. This property is also in a VERY quiet location and close to everything you will want to see in the Point Reyes area.Recommended for: Sightseeing, age 55+, romantic getaway, girls getaway.
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- Guest Barb & Brad
- Date of stay 09/23/08
- Review Submitted 09/23/08
Point Reyes was fabulous, and the coziness and privacy of Hi House was perfect! We loved the area, and the house. The wildlife was abundant and the vistas breathtaking.Hard to believe an area so close to the "big city" can feel so remote.Did you find this review helpful? Yes | No Helpful votes: 0/0
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- Guest ejs9
- Date of stay 03/01/08
- Review Submitted 03/01/08
Many thanks to Barbie and Jeff for allowing others to stay in this wonderful place. Amazing views, beautiful sunrises and sunsets, excellent amenities and so close to the whole Point Reyes National Seashore. I will be back again and again.Did you find this review helpful? Yes | No Helpful votes: 0/0
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- Guest Mark and Laura2
- Date of stay 07/14/06
- Review Submitted 07/14/06
We stayed at the High House for six amazing nights. We loved our stay. We enjoyed being able to view nature while relaxing at the house and through our many awesome adventures in the surrounding area. What a truly wonderful and memorable vacation!Did you find this review helpful? Yes | No Helpful votes: 0/0
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- Guest Rich & Lois Gast
- Date of stay 06/23/06
- Review Submitted 06/23/06
We loved our stay at Hi House while we explored San Francisco and the Sonoma Valley wine country. What a wonderful and unique, albeit foggy, retreat for our vacation!Did you find this review helpful? Yes | No Helpful votes: 0/0
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- Guest DENISE & ERIC
- Date of stay 09/22/05
- Review Submitted 09/22/05
Thank you for sharing this lovely home. We thought the view inside was as beautiful as the view outside! We stayed here two nights while on our honeymoon. We listened to Sinatra & Dean Martin while sipping champagne. I cooked for Eric the first time as his wife here at Hi House. We will be back!Did you find this review helpful? Yes | No Helpful votes: 0/0
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- Guest TAMSIN & ALEXANDER
- Date of stay 09/14/05
- Review Submitted 09/14/05
What a unique house in a very beautiful part of your country. Quite a contrast to the hustle & bustle of San Francisco! We enjoyed the hiking and beaches and Point Reyes Station is such a great little town with a lovely atmosphere. As architects, Hi House was of great interest to us!Did you find this review helpful? Yes | No Helpful votes: 0/0
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- Guest KEITH & MOSCHEL,
- Date of stay 08/28/05
- Review Submitted 08/28/05
So much to do, so little time. The hustle & bustle of everyday life. Hi House and it's surroundings change that. Crisis fade, and time slows down. The perfect way to recharge the batteries. Thanks for the wonderful weekend.Did you find this review helpful? Yes | No Helpful votes: 0/0
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- Guest TERRY & STEVEN
- Date of stay 07/04/05
- Review Submitted 07/04/05
Back again to one of our most favorite, relaxing places! This is our third stay here and I'm sure there will many more in the future!Did you find this review helpful? Yes | No Helpful votes: 0/0
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- Guest DON & PAULA
- Date of stay 06/26/05
- Review Submitted 06/26/05
What an amazing house! The tree house is a perfect place to chill & relax and Tomales Bay is wonderful to remember that nature is the best remedy for busy, stressed lives. The fog-shrouded trees at 1'000 feet are a sight we'll never forget.Did you find this review helpful? Yes | No Helpful votes: 1/1
Rates
$160 night weekdays /$185 night Wkends & Holidays / Plus 10% Tax Minimum 2 night stay / Minimum 3 night stay for Holidays. Maximum occupancy 2 Adults - Children not permitted Payment in full required with reservation. 14 day advance cancellation required for full refund,less processing fees. For cancellation within 14 days of stay, you will be credited back any portion of your stay we are able to rebook, less processing fees. Check-in time: 3:00 PM Check-out time: 11:00 AM
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Historic Point Reyes Lighthouse View on map
At the end of California's longest peninsula, the Point Reyes Lighthouse offers a spectacular place from which to view wildlife. Turkey vultures, ravens, and hawks are regulars. Peregrine falcons are a treat to see. A colony of approximately 12,000 common murres has established itself on the rocks north of the Lighthouse and can be viewed from the observation deck above the Lighthouse during the spring/summer nesting season. The cypress trees along the walkway to the Lighthouse are good "bird traps." On foggy days during the fall migration, unusual songbirds, warblers, and grosbeaks may be seen. Land mammals such as native black-tailed deer are commonly seen; gray foxes and long-tailed weasels are occasionally seen. Marine mammals such
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Chimney Rock View on map
In the spring, lovers of wildlife and wildflowers head to the Point Reyes National Seashore to experience the area's abundance of both. One of our go-to spots for an outdoors outing in Point Reyes is Chimney Rock, where you can see both masses of amazing widlflowers and massive Northern Elephant Seals lounging on the beach below the cliffs. Also worth visiting here is the historic Chimney Rock Lifeboat Station, where Coast Guard crews set out to rescue victims of the many shipwrecks off the coast of Point Reyes. If you visit Chimney Rock in the late winter or spring, your first destination upon arrival should be the Elephant Seal Overlook. It's a short hike on a well maintained gravel trail overlooking Drakes Bay, abou
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Abbott's Lagoon Trailhead View on map
The easy 2.4-kilometer (1.5-mile) trail takes you past a fresh water pond to a footbridge crossing the brackish lagoon. If you continue along the sandy lagoon shoreline, you will be rewarded by the dramatic views of the open ocean and along the Great Beach. The three different water sources provide diverse habitats for the wildlife in the Abbotts Lagoon area. This is one of the best fall and winter birding sites in the park; shorebirds, waterfowl, sparrows, hawks and osprey are commonly sighted. Consider yourself one of the fortunate if you spot a golden eagle or a peregrine falcon eyeing the shorebirds!
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Elephant Seal Viewing View on map
From December through March, a breeding colony of elephant seals can be observed from this excellent vantage point above beautiful Drakes Bay. Elephant seals, hunted nearly to extinction, have made a remarkable comeback. These marine mammals spend almost all their lives in the deep ocean waters, diving to depths of a mile in search of food. Adult male elephant seals, which can weigh up to 2,250 kilograms (~5,000 pounds), have a huge overhanging proboscis (nose), hence their name. The males are the first to arrive here, in December, to stake out a claim on the beach. Then pregnant females begin to arrive and soon give birth to a single pup. Subadult and juvenile animals arrive and the colony can number close to one
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Tule Elk Preserve - Tomales Point Trail View on map
Tomales Point lies at the northernmost tip of Point Reyes National Seashore where the Pacific Ocean meets Bodega Bay. This iconic trail runs along dramatic coastal bluffs and through the Tule Elk Preserve en route to its climactic end atop the Seashore's wave-battered cusp. Visitors will enjoy unparalleled scenery, perspective and wildlife viewing on the Tomales Point Trail: The trail rises over Pierce Point Ranch to a steep bluff overlooking McClures Beach and Driftwood Beach. The trail, oft-shrouded in thick lupine and pastel blooms, bends north and levels for nearly one mile above the coast before curling inland and dropping through Windy Gap (1.0 mile : 285'). It climbs steeply back into open grasslands along the apical no
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Owner info
Year Purchased: 1954
About the owner: Jeff & Barbie Fairchild Retired restauranteurs, we now enjoy our grandchildren, sailing, boating, travelling and enjoying all the wonders of our current home here in the heart of Point Reyes National Seashore.
Why the Owner Chose Inverness:
This property was purchased as a vacation home by my grandparents. They added a second home, Hi House, in 1960. My siblings and I purchased the property from the family(s) in 1974. We rented occasionally to friends, and in 2004 my wife and I began to offer the homes as vacation rentals.
The Unique Benefits at this House:
Peace, solitude, nature. Surrounded by Tomales Bay State Park and the Point Reyes National Seashore. Property is isolated, yet only minutes from the seashore, bay, hiking, biking, birding, whale watching and dining.
Contact us
- Primary: (415) 669-1532 (California, USA)
Links to more information:
- CLICK HERE - Owner Website for Hi House
- Click Here to see All My Rental Listings
Photos
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Hi House...Spring sunrise with a light fog.
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A tranquil getaway for two...
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...Relax on the deck
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Grazing Tule Elk at Tomales Point
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Tomales Bay at Dusk
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Point Reyes Historic Lighthouse
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Pelicans at Arch Rock
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Local visits during lunch stop
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View of bed, kitchen to left with spiral stair access. Bath to right of bed.
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Dine with a view...
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Tomales Point Trail Vista
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White Pelicans at Indian Beach
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Tomales Bay State Park Indian Beach Trail
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Drake's Beach
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Big Waves, Windy Day on the Great Beach
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Deer grazing along the Chimney Rock trail
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