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Hickory Hill House: a country retreat, lovely gardens, trails, boats & tennis.
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4 bedrooms2+ bathroomsSleeps 9
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Explore the area
Rensselaerville, NY
- Zoom Flume27 min drive
- Windham Country Club43 min drive
- Windham Mountain Resort43 min drive
- Albany, NY (ALB-Albany Intl.)48 min drive
Rooms & beds
4 bedrooms (sleeps 9)
Bluestone Room
The Garden Room
The Russet room
Treetops room
2 bathrooms, 1 half bathroom
Bath for Garden and Russett rooms
Soap · Towels provided · Bathtub or shower · Toilet · Shampoo · Hair dryer
Bath for Treetops room
Soap · Towels provided · Bathtub or shower · Toilet · Shampoo · Hair dryer
For Bluestone Room
Soap · Towels provided · Bathtub or shower · Toilet · Shampoo · Hair dryer
Spaces
Porch or lanai
Kitchen
Separate dining area
Outdoor play area
Garden
Dining Area
About this property
Hickory Hill House: a country retreat, lovely gardens, trails, boats & tennis.
Property manager
Dardis McNamee
Amenities
Pet-friendly
Stylin' Solar Farmhouse! 17 Private Acres + Outdoor Sauna.
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Hot tub
Pet-friendly
Free WiFi
Game room
10.0 out of 10, (75 reviews)
House Rules
Check in after 4:00 PM
Minimum age to rent: 21
Check out before 11:00 AM
Children
Children allowed: ages 0-17
Events
No events allowed
Pets
Pets allowed: limit 2 total
Smoking
Smoking is not permitted
Damage and incidentals
You will be responsible for any damage to the rental property caused by you or your party during your stay.
Important information
You need to know
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
Onsite parties or group events are strictly prohibited
Long-term renters welcome
Host has not indicated whether there is a carbon monoxide detector on the property; consider bringing a portable detector with you on the trip
Host has not indicated whether there is a smoke detector on the property
About the area
Rensselaerville
Located in Rensselaerville, this vacation home is on a lake. Thacher State Park and Howe Caverns reflect the area's natural beauty and area attractions include Zoom Flume and Mountain Top Arboretum.
Rensselaerville, NY
What's nearby
- Tenmile Creek - 7 min drive
- Zoom Flume - 27 min drive
- Windham Country Club - 43 min drive
- Windham Mountain Resort - 43 min drive
- Hunter Mountain - 58 min drive
Getting around
Restaurants
- The Yellow Deli - 20 min drive
- Kuhar Family Farm - 4 min drive
- Helderberg Brewery - 6 min drive
- Westwinds - 18 min drive
- The Weathervane - 6 min drive
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About the host
Hosted by Dardis McNamee
Dardis McNamee is a native New Yorker, journalist, speech writer, and magazine publisher. After moving to Europe in the 1990s, she now spends time each summer at the family farm Hickory Hill in Rensselaerville, Upstate New York. The best of both worlds. She has been hosting guests for nearly a decade.
Why they chose this property
Hickory Hill was my grandparents' home where we came as children, and later my mother's. Many happy memories, a long family tradition.
It is set in the farm country and woodlands of Upstate New York, first settled by the Dutch about the same time as the Puritans were landing in New England. The names of the rivers and villages tell the story: first native Indian, then Dutch and German, followed by English, Irish and Italian.
Hickory Hill is just minutes outside the hamlet of Rensselaerville. Unique among the hill towns for its unspoiled charm, it was founded in 1787, along a main street of row houses and summer mansions. Unified by colonial and neo-classical clapboard or brick, most of the houses were built between 1840 and 1880, many by a single architect, Ephraim Russ. Rensselaerville then was a thriving village, the local economy powered by the Huyck Mills felt maker, which in turn was powered by the Ten Mile creek, still rushing noisily through the village.
There are currently no stores directly in the hamlet, but a well stocked, vibrant library, two active churches and Conkliing Hall, a theater and community center. We expect the former Palmer House restaurant to re-open for the summer 2024, but there is an very pleasant bar and restaurant, the Shell Inn, less than 10 minutes drive away.
What makes this property unique
Hickory Hill is a traditional, gracious family home and a small working farm - primarily hay, cattle and timber, apple orchards and some maple syrup. It is the setting for three generations of family life, furnishings and equipment, Wedgwood crockery, patterned flatware the family has accumulated over the years.
The south terrace looks out over rolling lawns and perennial gardens. On one side, an outdoor fireplace is built into the stone wall, with comfortable chairs and tables under the shade of old black walnut and hickory trees. Above the gardens, you can have a cool drink in the gracious pavilion to the murmur of the running brook.
Behind the horse paddocks, there are trails through about 200 acres of old woodland, taking you past the ponds and beyond. The largest of these is Henderson, a 3.5 acre pond with a boating dock, kayaks and a canoe, and Twin Springs swimming pond with a dock, fed by two mountain sources.
There is also a well-maintained clay tennis court, with Adirondack chairs for the spectators.
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