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Welcoming you to the Gila Wilderness!
Lakefront holiday home with kitchen and balcony
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Reviews
10 out of 10
Exceptional
4 bedrooms 3 bathrooms Sleeps 7 297.3 sq m
Popular amenities
Explore the area
Lake Roberts, NM
- Place, Gila National Forest1 min walk
- Place, Lake Roberts10 min walk
- Place, Western New Mexico University58 min drive
- Airport, Silver City, NM (SVC-Grant County)87 min drive
Rooms & beds
4 bedrooms (sleeps 7)
Bedroom 4
1 Queen Bed
Full bedroom
1 Double Bed
Queen bedroom
1 Queen Bed
Single bedroom
1 Single Bed
3 bathrooms
Bathroom 3
Bathtub · Shower only
Hall bathroom
Bathtub or shower · Toilet
Private bathroom in bedroom
Bathtub or shower · Toilet
Spaces
Deck or patio
Porch or lanai
Kitchen
Balcony
Outdoor play area
Garden
Dining area
About this property
Welcoming you to the Gila Wilderness!
Sapillo Creek Escape is a one of a kind gem in the Gila Wilderness. Come experience our beautiful home in the Gila National Forest for a relaxing and rejuvenating vacation. Adjacent to Lake Roberts and minutes from the Continental Divide, our custom-built, southwest style home features comfort and luxury with incredible mountain views, 20 acres for hiking and enjoying the outdoors, plus the Gila right outside the door. Proximity to Silver City, NM means the best of both worlds – nature and serenity plus restaurants, galleries, shops and loads of local events.
Our home boasts 4 kiva fireplaces, Santa Fe style design with saltillo tile and custom touches throughout. Strategically placed windows and decks capture the beauty of the surrounding scenery. Sapillo Creek Escape borders the Gila National Forest on several sides, and additionally, the pristine Sapillo Creek runs through the property. If you’re a fisherman, bring your reel and fish right on the property, or take a quick drive to Lake Roberts for fishing, canoeing and kayaking.
Take a hike in the Gila or around Lake Roberts, visit the Gila Cliff Dwellings or Hot Springs, or take a scenic drive into Silver City for dining, shopping, museums, and a multitude of galleries and events. Kick back and relax on one of our many decks and porches, enjoy the view and the peaceful sound of the wind in the pine trees. Take a nighttime walk on our property to view the stars – the Gila National Forest enjoys some of the darkest skies in the continental U.S.
Over 3,000 square feet in the home at your disposal, this place is made for just you or you and your family and friends to enjoy the Gila Wilderness.
This is one of a kind space hosting four full bedrooms with adjoining decks that show off majestic views at 6,000 feet elevation. There are three full bathrooms and 4 kiva fireplaces!
You have access to it all!
The entire house was built by hand and it took nearly 7 years to complete. Everything is custom and I can promise you that you will never stay in a place like this!
A great location to retreat to and escape from the everyday! We want you to share this jewel with your family, friends, biking crew, birding group, hiking tribe, fishing buds, and your hunting pals to enjoy Sapillo Creek Escape!
We will entertain pets so long as they get along with other pets and have their recent vaccinations. If you are bringing a cat/cats or a dog/dogs, we have had issues with pets soiling the carpet and scratching up the doors. Please crate or keep pets in their carriers when you are not in the house or take your pets with you. We avail the use of a dog crate in the common area for dog(s) and for cats, please bring your own cat carrier. Also, please keep them off of the furniture to make it easier to clean and to be mindful of future guests who may be allergic. Finally, please pick up after them and throw the poop bags into a larger trash bag since we have to take the trash out to the dump and keeping track of all the individual poop bags is disgusting and annoying.
Finally, you’re on 20 acres of our land, so camping is also welcome!
We are available via cell, text and email.
Only cell service out here is T-Mobile.
We will have internet access but there are no TVs in the home. We want you to disconnect while you are here and enjoy the environment around you!
Our home boasts 4 kiva fireplaces, Santa Fe style design with saltillo tile and custom touches throughout. Strategically placed windows and decks capture the beauty of the surrounding scenery. Sapillo Creek Escape borders the Gila National Forest on several sides, and additionally, the pristine Sapillo Creek runs through the property. If you’re a fisherman, bring your reel and fish right on the property, or take a quick drive to Lake Roberts for fishing, canoeing and kayaking.
Take a hike in the Gila or around Lake Roberts, visit the Gila Cliff Dwellings or Hot Springs, or take a scenic drive into Silver City for dining, shopping, museums, and a multitude of galleries and events. Kick back and relax on one of our many decks and porches, enjoy the view and the peaceful sound of the wind in the pine trees. Take a nighttime walk on our property to view the stars – the Gila National Forest enjoys some of the darkest skies in the continental U.S.
Over 3,000 square feet in the home at your disposal, this place is made for just you or you and your family and friends to enjoy the Gila Wilderness.
This is one of a kind space hosting four full bedrooms with adjoining decks that show off majestic views at 6,000 feet elevation. There are three full bathrooms and 4 kiva fireplaces!
You have access to it all!
The entire house was built by hand and it took nearly 7 years to complete. Everything is custom and I can promise you that you will never stay in a place like this!
A great location to retreat to and escape from the everyday! We want you to share this jewel with your family, friends, biking crew, birding group, hiking tribe, fishing buds, and your hunting pals to enjoy Sapillo Creek Escape!
We will entertain pets so long as they get along with other pets and have their recent vaccinations. If you are bringing a cat/cats or a dog/dogs, we have had issues with pets soiling the carpet and scratching up the doors. Please crate or keep pets in their carriers when you are not in the house or take your pets with you. We avail the use of a dog crate in the common area for dog(s) and for cats, please bring your own cat carrier. Also, please keep them off of the furniture to make it easier to clean and to be mindful of future guests who may be allergic. Finally, please pick up after them and throw the poop bags into a larger trash bag since we have to take the trash out to the dump and keeping track of all the individual poop bags is disgusting and annoying.
Finally, you’re on 20 acres of our land, so camping is also welcome!
We are available via cell, text and email.
Only cell service out here is T-Mobile.
We will have internet access but there are no TVs in the home. We want you to disconnect while you are here and enjoy the environment around you!
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Amenities
Kitchen
Washing machine
Dryer
Pet-friendly
Outdoor space
Parking available
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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
Check-out instructions
The host requires you to complete the following before checking out:
Load and start the dishwasher
Strip any used beds and gather used towels
Remove personal items and remove leftover food and drinks
Turn off the lights and lock the doors
Put furniture back as you found it.
Start the washing machines with dirty linens and towels before leaving
Throw away opened and unused foods. Feel free to leave unopened and unused groceries. We will give to the food pantry and/or the families of the cleaning crew.
Failure to complete these may result in a negative review from the host.
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
On-site parties or group events are strictly prohibited
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About the area
Silver City
Located in Silver City, this holiday home is in the mountains and on a lake. Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument and Fort Bayard National Historic Landmark are local landmarks, and travellers looking to shop may want to visit Piñon Plaza and Hudson Plaza.
Lake Roberts, NM
What's nearby
- Gila National Forest - 1 min walk - 0.0 km
- Lake Roberts - 10 min walk - 0.8 km
- Western New Mexico University - 58 min drive - 53.9 km
- Silver City Museum - 58 min drive - 54.3 km
- Western New Mexico University Museum - 58 min drive - 54.3 km
Getting around
Restaurants
- Little Toad Creek Inn and Tavern - 6 min drive
- Little Toadcreek Inn & Tavern - 6 min drive
Frequently asked questions
About the host
Hosted by Jennifer Tepper

We are Tommy and Jen and we love the outdoors and sharing wonderfully unique locations for guests to share. We have an extremely large Brady Bunch type family and we are often traveling and making the most of the environment around us.
Why they chose this property
Sapillo Creek Escape is a unique, custom-built property by craftsman, John Claussen. He was the former builder, owner of Bear Creek Cabins in Pinos Altos, NM. He put his heart and soul into this home and you can tell. We were blessed to take over ownership of this unique property, situated in the heart of the Gila National Forest and the Mogollon Mountains after he passed away.
Languages:
English, Spanish, Chinese (Mandarin)
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