The Guest House/Cabin is fully equipped to be your home away from home! Located on 12 acres overlooking a 3 acre lake with mountain views, the spacious cabin has many amazing features packed into its 1000 square feet! Our lakefront Guest House/Cabin is perfect for a couple's getaway, a family fun vacation skiing or hiking or a visit to Glacier National Park. Enjoy the fresh mountain air with a view of the surrounding mountains and local wildlife on the covered porch with your morning coffee. Take a hike down to the lake to swim, catch a fish or kayak. Enjoy the night sky which is perfect for star gazing. It will not disappoint!
Our single family Guest House/ Cabin was featured in COUNTRY'S BEST CABINS magazine(2013) and in COZY CABINS & COTTAGES magazine(2018). You may view the article under "pictures". Our Guest House/Cabin was also featured in the movie “Cowboys” starring Steve Zahn(won Best Actor in Tribeca Film Festival) and Ann Dowd (2020). Anna Kerrigan, the Director, won Best Screenplay. The movie can be viewed on YouTube and Amazon Prime Video. You can also view it through the iTunes Store.
The Guest House/Cabin, which is built out of wood from 1850 bank barns from Ohio, sits on 12 acres and is surrounded by Flathead National Forest and is close to the many outdoor adventures Whitefish and the surrounding area has to offer including skiing, golfing, water sports and exploring Glacier National Park. The Guest House/Cabin offers a private, secluded place to relax and retire after a long day of outdoor activities.
The Amenities
The interior is spacious and well-appointed with plenty of light and ceiling fans in every room, including the covered back porch. The chef’s kitchen is well stocked with everything you could possibly need including local coffee! We also provide laundry detergent and fabric softener so you can do your laundry if you so desire!
The open space living area with a well-equipped chef’s kitchen welcomes you to eat together as a family around the dining table, grab a snack while sitting at the island or to venture outside to have an outdoor barbecue on the covered back patio. We also provide a high chair for our little guests.
If you prefer not to venture far from the Guest House/Cabin, you can hike on the trail down to the three acre spring-fed lake with a private dock where you can enjoy swimming, fishing and kayaking. Fishing poles, a tackle box and two kayaks are provided along with paddles and life jackets for our guests.
Winters at the Guest House/Cabin offers additional activities. Without leaving the property, you can enjoy winter hikes and snow shoeing, ice fishing and ice skating on our lake and sledding. You may also see an occasional deer or fox in the snow! Return to the Guest House/Cabin following your winter activities to enjoy a cup of hot cocoa in front of a warm, cozy, crackling fire in the wood burning stove! You won’t be disappointed! We provide snow shoes and poles for our guests along with two sleds.
Winter outdoor adventures available in the area include skiing at Whitefish Mountain Resort which is minutes away from the Guest House/Cabin, dog sledding, riding fat tire bikes on the trails in the snow or snowmobiling. You can also take a horse-drawn sleigh ride at the local ranch!
Summer outdoor adventures available in the area include hiking or cycling the many surrounding trails, spending a day exploring, hiking or backpacking in Glacier National Park, fly fishing, paddle boarding or rafting on one of the many rivers or boating and paddle boarding on one of the many lakes. Whitefish and the surrounding area offer wineries, breweries and distilleries to explore. Whitefish Golf Course is just 15 minutes from the Guest House/Cabin where you can enjoy top-notch golf in beautiful surroundings. A local ranch near the cabin offers horseback riding.
After a day of adventures you can gather in the Guest House/Cabin's family room to read, watch a movie or play one of the many available board games provided. This comfy space includes a flatscreen Smart TV with streaming access and Hulu and Netflix. There is also a full size desk and chair in case you must work from "home". We have just recently upgraded our wifi to 40+Mbps!
A full bath with heated stone flooring and a tiled shower awaits you before you retire for the night. Aveda bath products are provided for your use.
The large bedroom includes a queen sized log bed and a sitting area to relax or read. There are blackout curtains to ensure the morning sun doesn't wake you too early! An American Leather queen sized sleeper sofa in the living room provides additional space for sleeping. We also provide a pack and play and a queen size air mattress for your convenience.
Guests will have access to the entire 1000 square foot Guest House/Cabin and access to a three acre spring fed stocked lake on our property. Also, free off road parking in the driveway for two vehicles with additional parking at the barn for any oversized vehicles.
Whitefish has been named the friendliest city by Expedia and has been featured in many travel magazines.
Take a scenic 9 mile drive into Whitefish and enjoy all Whitefish has to offer. Whitefish is home to an active art scene, featuring numerous galleries, theatre and music. If you enjoy shopping, Whitefish will not disappoint. Whitefish has many clothing, souvenir and antique shops for you to relish in. Whitefish is also home to some of the finest restaurants, breweries and distilleries in the Flathead Valley.
Whitefish Mountain Resort is a short 16 mile drive, minutes from the Guest House/Cabin and offers many summer and winter amenities. Glacier National Park is a 35-40 minute beautiful drive to the West entrance of the Park and the Going to the Sun Road where you can hike, bike, backpack or take a tour of the Park on one of the famous Red Jammers.
Winters at the Guest House/Cabin offer additional activities: ranger guided snow shoeing tours in Glacier National Park and the famous Whitefish Winter Carnival, which is held the beginning of February and was named by National Geographic(2012) as one of the “Top 10 Winter Carnivals in the World”.
Other activities close to the Guest House/Cabin include kayaking or paddle boarding on Whitefish Lake, kayaking or paddle boarding on the Whitefish River, hiking the Whitefish Trails, ATV, snowmobiling and dog sledding tours in Olney and horseback riding at Bar W Ranch.
With so many things to choose from, you may have to return!
We hope you enjoy your stay as much as we enjoy living here!
