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Bright Modern Secluded Vermont Home: Trout Pond + Trails, 5 Mins to Williamstown

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Lush woodland setting is private, yet five minutes to Spring Street.
Our two acre pond is stocked with catch and release trout and bluegill.
Reconnect to nature with wide open spaces and amazing views any time of year.
Birdsong, a babbling brook, wind through the trees. Feel the stress melt away
Warm and inviting great room with working fireplace, skylights, vaulted ceiling

Reviews

10 out of 10
Exceptional
3 bedrooms2 bathroomsSleeps 8167.2 sq m

Popular amenities

  • Pet-friendly
  • Parking available
  • Dryer
  • Washer
  • Fireplace
  • Barbecue grill

Explore the area

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Pownal, VT
  • Williams College
    ‪6 min drive‬
  • Taconic Golf Club
    ‪9 min drive‬
  • The Clark Art Institute
    ‪9 min drive‬
  • Albany, NY (ALB-Albany Intl.)
    ‪70 min drive‬

Rooms & beds

3 bedrooms (sleeps 8)

Bedroom 1

1 King Bed

Bedroom 2

1 Double Bed and 1 Double Sofa Bed

Bedroom 3

1 Double Bed

Living Room 1

1 Double Sofa Bed and 1 Single Bed

2 bathrooms

Bathroom 1

Towels provided · Bathtub or shower · Toilet

Bathroom 2

Towels provided · Bathtub or shower · Toilet

Spaces

Porch or lanai
Kitchen
Garden

About this property

Bright Modern Secluded Vermont Home: Trout 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!

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Amenities

Kitchen
Washing machine
Dryer
Pet-friendly
Free WiFi
Air conditioning

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House Rules

Check in after 4:00 PM
Minimum age to rent: 25
Check out before 11:00 AM
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Children

Children allowed: ages 0–17
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Events

Events allowed: family gatherings, birthday parties, weddings
Permission required for events. Fees may apply
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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 to 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

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 that there is a carbon monoxide detector on the property
Host has indicated that there is a smoke detector on the property

About the area

Pownal

Pownal is home to this holiday home. Colonial Plaza and North Adams Gateway Center are worth checking out if shopping is on the agenda, while those wishing to experience the area's natural beauty can explore Mountain Meadow Preserve and Mountain Meadow Preserve Vermont Trailhead.
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Pownal, VT

What's nearby

  • Williamstown Trailhead - 4 min drive - 2.5 km
  • Williams College - 6 min drive - 4.7 km
  • Taconic Golf Club - 9 min drive - 6.4 km
  • The Clark Art Institute - 9 min drive - 6.4 km
  • Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art - 17 min drive - 14.6 km

Getting around

  • Pittsfield, MA (PSF-Pittsfield Municipal) - 46 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪Cumberland Farms - ‬9 min drive
  • ‪Stewart's Shops - ‬18 min walk
  • ‪Moonlight Diner & Grille - ‬8 min drive
  • ‪Dunkin' - ‬9 min drive
  • ‪Tunnel City Coffee - ‬7 min drive

Frequently asked questions

Is Bright Modern Secluded Vermont Home: Trout Pond + Trails, 5 Mins to Williamstown pet-friendly?

Yes, this property allows cats and dogs (limit 1 total).

What time is check-in at Bright Modern Secluded Vermont Home: Trout Pond + Trails, 5 Mins to Williamstown?

Check-in begins at 4:00 PM.

What time is check-out at Bright Modern Secluded Vermont Home: Trout Pond + Trails, 5 Mins to Williamstown?

Checkout is at 11:00 AM.

Where is Bright Modern Secluded Vermont Home: Trout Pond + Trails, 5 Mins to Williamstown located?

Situated in Pownal, this holiday home is within 2 miles (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 miles (3 km).

About the host

Hosted by Venetia

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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.

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