Private Giant Luxury Creekside Home - Serenity

Sprawling Private 2 Bedroom and more nestled in the Catskills magical Kaaterskill Clove.

As you walk through the front doors relaxation washes over you. Dine at the farmhouse table with the mountain and garden view. Stargaze on the patio, and cuddle up on the oversized couches.

Luxury 1st floor and more of a 1892 home. Very private, beautiful 2-family home on Kaaterskill Creek.

Close to swimming holes, brew pubs, world class hiking and bicycle routes, art, music, amazing Catskill dining and farms (where you can get spectacular produce and other goodies!), history from Thomas Cole and the Hudson River School or Art to Woodstock and so much more! Yet in quiet, sleepy and soothing Hamlet. Once your here you will fall in love with the place.

Private quiet office space with blazing fast WiFi

Ideal for families, friends, 2 couples on vacation.

The space
Lovely first floor and more with a private entrance, in a beautiful 2 family home on Kaaterskill Creek available for long or short stays.

Private and quiet this is a great romantic or family getaway. Whether you are hiking, swimming, biking, farm visiting, stargazing, looking for nature at it's best or just resting and rejuvenating. Your own large well equipped cook's eat in kitchen is the perfect place for morning coffee or tea. (Supplied of course along with a variety of wholesome breakfast items including essentials)

Two sunny, warm bedrooms where the stream sings you to sleep. 2 ensuite bathrooms for extra privacy after an exhilarating day in the mountains.

Complete with super fast wifi.

This amazing spot has it all ideally located between

Hunter Mountain - 18 minutes

The swimming hole - 50 yards!

Kaaterskill Falls - 5 Minutes

Antiquing in the unspoiled Tannersville - 5 minutes

Kaaterskill Clove trail head - as close as 2 minutes

The legendary Circle W - 3 minutes

Woodstock's shopping, restaurants and fun - 14 minutes

The Hudson River - 12 minutes

Located in the sleepy hamlet of Palenville,. The beauty of our area inspired much of the Hudson River School of Painting. Let it inspire your perfect vacation.

Easy stroll to the Circle W for Breakfast! Or a night stroll to the new and wonderful Rip and Wolf Tasting Room!!

All this just 1 hour and 45 minutes from the George Washington bridge.

Dine at Pancho Villas, Mamma's Boy Burgers, or Maggie's Krooked Cafe in Tannersville (5 minutes)

Enjoy Woodstock's shopping, restaurants and fun

Photo safari along the Hudson at the Saugerties Light House 12 minutes drive.

Dine in Saugerties! Try The Main Street Cafe, The Red Onion, or The Dutch Ale House.

Enjoy Woodstock's celebrity watching and funky vibe!

Enjoy home cooked meals with organic and local ingredients at The Circle W Bistro. Indoor or Grab and Go our local brew at Rip Van Winkle Brewery.

Located in the sleepy hamlet of Palenville, the beauty of our area inspired the Hudson River School of Painting. Let it inspire your perfect vacation or sabbatical.

We're easy to get to via bus. (Drops you off in the center of the Hamlet.) Or take the Amtrak to Hudson and grab a cab or Enterprise rental car across the Rip Van Winkle Bridge. (One of the most beautiful trips you'll ever take.) All you'll need is within easy walking distance of the house.

Private space, great big backyard with a grill and organic veggies. (Help yourself to tomatoes, cucumbers, onions, peas, herbs, and more. Relax in the hammock

It's a Hamlet, sleepy, neighborly, tiny. Lots of great amenities, a world class down home bistro who creates the most amazing baked goodies, salads, creative soups and grilled treats, 2 awesome restaurants (One of which has creekside dining with rocking seasonal music, library, post office, gas station. All this and an amazing view of the stars. The Milky-way is closer here, it's a wonder you'll want to catch.)

Enjoy a concert at the historic Maverick or live theater at the Woodstock Playhouse. The Woodstock Film Festival, held each October, is a movie lovers delight and the Woodstock Writers Festival is an intellectual odyssey .

Summer is the time for H.I.T.S., a major equestrian event located in Saugerties, just minutes away. Saugerties also provides easy access to the Hudson River for boating and sailing. The village itself is home to renowned pubs, restaurants and a variety of shops, including unique antique stores where you'll hunt for potential treasures. There are numerous Farmers Market is open all year round.

Hunter Mountain (18 minutes), provides a wide range of winter and summer activities. Hunter is and Windham are the major ski resorts (ours is a year-round vacation rental).

The Catskill Mountain Foundation offers classes in the arts and many craft and culinary events, 23Arts, The Catskill Jazz Factory and The Kindred Spirits Jazz Thursdays are some of the culture available just minutes from the door.

Got a sweet tooth? We're just 5 minutes walk from the best pastries in the region.

Nature lovers will appreciate the access to hiking and fishing. Trout fishing is less than a block from the house and the Kaaterskill Clove trail heads are within 3 blocks.

We're a green Airbnb. All of our cleaning solutions exceed Green Seal standards, all paint is zero-VOC, we recycle, grow organically and HEPA vacuum meticulously. We are happy to stock anything special you may want.

Want to know more about the history or our area?

Catskill Stream is snuggled into an area so rich in history, where legend begat fact, that the neighborhood adds another layer of wonder to an already stunning setting.

It was this immediate area of Palenville that Washington Irving borrowed in 1819 for the setting for the epic slumber and awakening of "Rip Van Winkle," drawing the then-young country's attention to the area. A few years later, the first of the pioneering artists of what became known as the Hudson River School of painting were pulled here, too.

Thomas Cole, Kaaterskill
Thomas Cole, The Falls of the Kaaterskill, 1826

The young Thomas Cole (whom we are related to!) first visited here in 1825, to sketch nearby Kaaterskill Falls and other spots. The paintings he made from those sketches moved many other artists to flock to the area to try to capture it's awe-inspiring beauty, not only on canvas but also in poetry and prose.

Their glorious works, widely reproduced in the major periodicals of the day, attracted so many visitors that they in turn spurred the popularity of grand mountaintop hotels, which became favored destinations for all the giants of the 19th and early 20th century.

The famed Catskill Mountain House, in 1823 the first resort in America, was as legendary in its time as any playground of the famous and powerful today. The Mountain House, and the others that followed, like the Hotel Kaaterskill and the Laurel House, attracted Twain, Sherman, Presidents Arthur and Grant, along with nobility and notables from all over the world.

This is the real Catskill Mountains, not the vacation areas in the foothills to the southeast that long ago misappropriated the name. The justly famed Kaaterskill Falls, the tallest in New York State, rendered and made famous by all the major Hudson River School artists, is no more than four miles up the road!

The Mountain House, Hotel Kaaterskill and the Laurel House, widely-famed landmarks in their day, are all gone now. The depression of the 1930's, fire, and the march of time eventually brought their reign to the end, and the once imposing structures demolished. But the scenery is now even more sublime since the area has reverted to its natural state, and man made structures no longer interfere.

Asher Durand, who bought one of Thomas Cole's original three paintings of the region, painted this tribute to his friends William Cullen Bryant and Cole after the latter's passing. It shows his interpretation of a spot in the Kaaterskill Clove, borrowing various features from different locations. It is regarded as a defining work of the Hudson River School.

The Hudson River School Art Trail — Hike to the nearby sites made famous by the painters of the Hudson River School.

"Cedar Grove" — the Thomas Cole House in the nearby Town of Catskill, a national historic site.

"Olana" — The Frederick Church House, in Hudson, NY, hailed by many as the queen of the Hudson Valley estates.

The Wadsworth Atheneum's renowned Hudson River School collection, the finest of its kind, contains over 65 Hudson River landscapes, including thirteen of Thomas Cole's. The paintings are currently traveling as an exhibit in Europe (9/08). Founder Daniel Wadsworth was one of Cole's most important patrons.

Check out this book: "Kaaterskill - From the Catskill Mountain House to the Hudson River School"
Published by the Mountain Top Historical Society,
Black Dome Press, 1993

Guest access
Onsite free guest parking. We are 3 blocks from the bus stop that goes to New York City. It's also an amazing vacation on the way to vacation to take the Amtrak to Hudson New York and rent a car or take a cab here. (Highly recommend seeing the Hudson River this way!)

Other things to note
We are on the most beautiful stream in the Catskills. On the Kaaterskill Clove near the legendary Kaaterskill Falls. (Highest falls in New York). You'll recognize views from masters paintings and will love the local flavor.