Gorgeous Foliage, Lake to Swim. Serene Cabin in the Woods Close to Sandy Beach
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- 2.9 miles to rental
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- 3.1 miles to rental
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- 9.5 miles to rental
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- Nearest Airport: manchester New Hampshire or Boston, MA (79 miles) at 50 Miles
- Nearest Train: Brattleboro, VT at 27 Miles
- Nearest Motorway: US route 119 and NH route 202 at 1 Miles
- Nearest Beach: Lake Contoocook at 200 Metres
- Nearest Barpub: Woodbound Inn at 0.3 Miles
- Nearest Ski: Crotched Mountain at 17 Miles
- Nearest Golf: Shattuck Golf Club at 8 Miles
- Nearest Restaurant: Woodbound Inn and Resort (walk from cabin) at 0.3 Miles
Manager info
Year Purchased: 1998
About: My husband and I live in New York City. We work in health care and love our time with family, friends. Owl's Rest is the perfect home for play and relaxation.. Our daughter was 10 when we realized we needed a place to rest and enjoy our love of antiquing, hiking, cycling, barbeque, swimming, kayaking, horseback riding and viewing foliage. My husband is from Napa and missed the beauty of the area. When we drove to the nearby town of Peterborough, we were hooked. This town has live theatre, the Peterborough Players and the actors circle as well as McDowell circle, the oldest artist retreat performed since 1933 having actors as James Whitmore and Sam Huntington. The Peterborough Historical Society lets you discover your past. The town was a model for the play OUR TOWN written by Thornton Wilder. The towns of Rindge and Jaffrey, Peterborough, Sharon, and Dublin all have incredible antique shops, a white-steepled church in Peterborough fronts the town green and the amazing oldest public library in the country. The Monadnock music festival offers music every July and August and the incredible Sharon Arts gallery (beats shopping for art and jewelry in NYC) is my favorite. My husband loves to cycle. There are 20 lakes in the area, 5 golfing ranges and is a perfect year around recreational playground. Peterborough has the best small hospital and is 15-20 minutes away by car. Everyones definition of a pretty town can differ, but we look for a sense of time passed by, a preservation of the past, and a very real present. The nearby towns of Hancock and Harrisville are ranked in the top ten in Yankee magazine for New Englands prettiest towns.
Why Contoocook Lake:
We first visited this property when our daughter Rachel's friend Rose invited us up for the summer. We were instantly hooked. We bicycled all over the area. The towns that are so very near is what sold us as well as our beautiful wrap around porch, house and neighbors. Harrisville, New Hampshire, a 16 mile bike ride from Rindge on Route 137 is perhaps my favorite of all. Here tidy brick buildings and a large granite mill are strung along the millstream that once powered a woolen mill. The buildings are fully restored, and there is the internationally known Harrisville Designs, makers of looms and yarns for handweavers and knitters. If you turn right at Harrisville Designs and cross the bridge, you’ll find a group of five millworkers’ houses called “Peanut Row.” Beyond these is Sunset Beach, the town’s private little beach and a nice spot for a picnic. Harrisville is the village most painted by artists (even more than Hancock) and is one of the oldest existing textile communities in the country, a National Historic Landmark village.I can go on about the area but you have to experience it to love it
The Unique Benefits at this House:
We fell in love with our large house in the woods with wraparound porch, filled with antiques and lovely art work. CLOSE TO HIKING MT MONADNOCK/LOVELY LAKE/KIMBALLS ICECREAM FARM/FRIENDLY FARM FOR YOUR KIDS AND PETERBOROUGH FOR 12 PINES FOOD AND LOCAL ARTISANS
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Our house A one minute stroll through a tunnel of trees leads to a beautiful private lake
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Sunset at our private neighborhood lake displaying fall colors
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Purple room
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Blue Room.
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Food fights!!
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Dining room has a fireplace. It works but we rather you use the one in the living room Thank you
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Master Bedroom, showing daybed
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Blow up raft with Paris the dog.
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Purple room, double bed, sleeps 2.
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Master bedroom, queen bed. Room also has a day bed.
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Our flat coat retreiver Paris passed. He loved sitting on the dock for hours
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VRBO #476575
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