Hilltop Mountain Retreat on 5 acres but downtown!

Needed to unwind from camping all week and the home provided just that ❤️

This was a wonderful get away for our family. We really enjoyed the location of this cabin and the deer in the front yard 3 of 5 days during our stay! We felt right at home for our week stay.

The house looks better in the pictures. It is a good location; just one street from the main street, but the houses around this house are run down. This house could use a little love; the yard is overgrown with weeds. The house itself was ok, very eclectic. I had read the master bathroom was kind of weird and it is but it was ok. There was a pretty large beehive under the steps you see in the first picture; there are about 7 steps then you go up another 4-5 to get to the door. On the first steps we saw a lot of bees flying around and before my husband even got up them he was stung. We used the side door the rest of our stay. I called the owner and he had a bee keeper come get it the next day, so I really appreciated that.

We had deer walk through the yard all the time and enjoyed being able to walk to go out to eat, shop etc.

Super fun great location.

Our family of 5, ages 9-55, enjoyed our stay at the Hilltop Mountain Retreat. As other reviewers have mentioned, the house is rustic but clean and well cared for. The layout is funky, but full of light. The living room has one comfy, old couch and a few other seats (not as comfy) to the side. Large eating space and a well stocked kitchen; lots of pots, pans, dishes, silverware, mugs (love how they hang above the sink), nice gas stove, good outdoor grill and spices (in a box over the stove). Very comfortable beds and pillows!

The location is great. Very quiet for being in town. You can walk to the river and restaurants. Lots of birds and deer. The hilltop was a bit disappointing - we climbed up behind the house for a nice view...but the ground was very crumbly, steep, and full of little cacti at the top. No real lawn or trails. The trees and wildflowers are lovely. My kids loved the house layout and the wildlife.

Some notes: Bring toilet paper, bar soap and hand soap (all were very low or missing, but we shopped nearby and left the place stocked). More outdoor chairs would be nice. There is a picnic table and two comfortable chairs. Maybe, bring your own camp chairs for outdoor seating. We found really good food at :The Rose, Kipps Grill and the Sage trailer all near the house. Stores close early, 5-6ish. Great swimming hole at Yamaguchi Park. Free hot spring pools along the river near the Visitors Center. The locals are so friendly and can point you to easy hikes, swimming holes and eats.

Things were very clean, accept when we first sat on the couch we found it covered in white (animal?) hair. I was grossed out but our kids did not care. We brushed it off the best we could without a vacuum.

Notes on visiting in Summer: We hit a heat wave in June. Lows in the 50s after 8pm and before 10am..then into the high 80s and low 90s the rest of the day. The house does not have AC (which we expected, and is the norm in town). The temps were in the high 80s indoors from the afternoon into the evening. Around 7:30pm we opened all the doors and windows to let in cooler air. We learned to be in the river around 3-6 to beat the heat. The locals said the monsoons should come later in the Summer and will cool things down.

Overall a great stay. We would love to come back when it is a bit cooler!