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Highlights
Family fun awaits
Top-rated for families.
Fireplace
A rare find - cozy up in front of a warm, inviting fireplace.
Centrally-located
You're never far from where you need to be with this convenient location.
3 bedrooms2 bathroomsSleeps 8
Popular amenities
Onsite parking available
Dogs and cats allowed
Kitchen
Washer
Air conditioning
Barbecue grill
Explore the area
Pownal, VT
Mountain Meadow Preserve
Place, Mountain Meadow Preserve
4 min drive
Williamstown Trailhead
Place, Williamstown Trailhead
5 min drive
Williams College
Place, Williams College
6 min drive
Albany, NY (ALB-Albany Intl.)
Airport, Albany, NY (ALB-Albany Intl.)
69 min drive
Rooms & beds
3 bedrooms (sleeps 8)
Bedroom 1
1 King Bed
Bedroom 2
1 Double Bed and 1 Twin Bed
Bedroom 3
1 Double Bed
Living Room 1
1 Twin Sofa Bed and 1 Twin Bed
2 bathrooms
Bathroom 1
Towels provided · Bathtub or shower · Toilet
Bathroom 2
Towels provided · Bathtub or shower · Toilet
Spaces
Porch or lanai
Kitchen
Number of living rooms
Garden
About this property
Bright Modern Secluded Vermont Home: Fish Pond + Trails, 5 Mins to Williamstown
The Cottage At Mountain Meadow Originally built as a guest house on a 45 acre country estate in Vermont just five minutes from Williams college, this secluded year-round Vermont home has always been called “The Cottage”, although a recent expansion to a family sized home stretches that definition. Three bedrooms, two full baths plus a pine-paneled loft with additional sleep options. Kitchen opens onto a large, bright and cheerful great room with floor to ceiling local fieldstone fireplace and skylights. Soak up the ambience of a cozy wood fire in colder months. Walk from the house and property directly onto the 240-acre Mountain Meadow Preserve trails…this protected land surrounds the estate. Lush and private woodland setting. Swim or fish for catch and release brook trout and bluegill in the large stocked spring-fed pond.
Relax with family and friends around the fire pit, pick wildflowers in the meadow, collect pictures of birds and wildlife, choose one of the many marked trails to explore, fish or troll the edge of the water with your net for pond life, and don’t forget you are still just five minutes from restaurants and shopping on Spring Street in Williamstown, and four minutes’ drive to the Williamstown access of the new Mohican Trail (mixed use trail: bike, walk, or run). Just thirteen minutes to MASS MoCA. A comfortable and warm home base for a ski weekend; it’s a scenic 16 mile/about 20 minute drive to Jiminy Peak (with no traffic until you reach the resort), and hour to Mount Snow. The trails surrounding the property are great for cross country skiers.
This home was constructed for privacy, with the front door opening to forest. No windows are visible to the main house up the road and vice versa.
King bed and ensuite bath in the master. Two bedrooms each with a full size bed. There is a twin bed and oversized sleeper chair in the loft. There is an additional foldout chair bed which can move easily to any bedroom. Sleeps 7-9.
We now have 1Gps fiber optic high speed internet.
We ask for no special check out instructions or requirements!
If the dates you have chosen over a year in advance end up being the date of one of the rare local festivals or events, we may raise rates and give you the right of first refusal. (This is to prevent a guest from reserving all the possible weekends of a future event long before the actual date is announced.) We look forward to hosting you!
Our prices include all fees. No hidden fees.
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Pets
Pets allowed: dogs and cats (limit 1 total)
Dogs must be leashed. Another dog lives nearby.
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Smoking
Smoking is not permitted
Check-out instructions
The host requires you complete the following before checking out:
Start the dishwasher
No check out instructions! Safe travels to you.
Failure to complete these may result in a negative review from the host.
Important information
You need to know
Property # 3237011
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
Parties and events (including family gatherings, birthday parties and weddings) are allowed on site; maximum attendees: 25
Note from host: Permission required for events. Fees may apply
Host has indicated there is a carbon monoxide detector on the property
Host has indicated there is a smoke detector on the property
About the neighborhood
Pownal
Pownal is home to this vacation home. Williams College Taconic Golf Course and Waubeeka Golf Links are worth checking out if an activity is on the agenda, while those looking for area attractions can visit 62 Center for Theater and Dance and Hopkins Observatory. The Clark Art Institute and Berkshire Scenic Railway Museum are also worth visiting.
Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art - 21 min drive - 15.7 km
Getting around
Pittsfield, MA (PSF-Pittsfield Municipal) - 46 min drive
Restaurants
Dunkin'
Cumberland Farms - 9 min drive
Papa Gino's - 16 min drive
Dino Cafe - 16 min drive
McDonald's
Frequently asked questions
Is Bright Modern Secluded Vermont Home: Fish Pond + Trails, 5 Mins to Williamstown pet-friendly?
Yes, this property allows cats and dogs (limit 1 total).
How much does it cost to stay at Bright Modern Secluded Vermont Home: Fish Pond + Trails, 5 Mins to Williamstown?
As of Aug 22, 2026, prices found for a 1-night stay for 2 adults at Bright Modern Secluded Vermont Home: Fish Pond + Trails, 5 Mins to Williamstown on Nov 22, 2026 start from $464, including taxes and fees. This price is based on the lowest nightly price found in the last 24 hours for stays in the next 30 days. Prices are subject to change. Choose your dates for more accurate prices.
How much is parking?
Onsite parking is available at the property.
What time is check-in at Bright Modern Secluded Vermont Home: Fish Pond + Trails, 5 Mins to Williamstown?
Check-in begins at 4:00 PM.
What time is check-out at Bright Modern Secluded Vermont Home: Fish Pond + Trails, 5 Mins to Williamstown?
Check-out is at 11:00 AM.
Where is Bright Modern Secluded Vermont Home: Fish Pond + Trails, 5 Mins to Williamstown located?
Situated in Pownal, this vacation home is within 2 mi (3 km) of Green Mountain National Forest, Mountain Meadow Preserve, and Williamstown Trailhead. Mountain Meadow Preserve Vermont Trailhead and The Dome Trailhead are also within 2 mi (3 km).
About the host
Hosted by Venetia
I have been a property manager for more than 15 years in Williamstown and Vermont, and this is my family's compound. We live here with my father, our adult children, approximately 2,376 songbirds, boatloads of chipmunks, the occasional shy bear, a pair of pileated woodpeckers, a territorial kingfisher, a great blue heron or two, some intrepid porcupine, and (when we are lucky) our pet moose Peanut.
Why they chose this property
One of my great-great-grandmothers left us a cross stitch portrait of her home, Okenkarr, in Alvsborg, Sweden. It reminded us so much of our property here on the Mountain Meadow Preserve in Pownal, Vermont, that our family adopted the name. It is an absolutely glorious and peaceful place in an ideal location, and we are delighted to share it with you!
What makes this property unique
We must be the only vacation spot where you can stand with one foot on your Vermont vacation property and one foot in Williamstown, MA. It's the ideal place for people who want to be close to Williams and Williamstown, yet feel as though their home base is nestled in a nature preserve.
Languages:
English
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