PerchCottages #11: Creek Access

About this property

Crack a bedroom window after dark and Esopus Creek does the rest, a steady rush that carries you off to sleep. By morning, you can carry your coffee down the path to the water.

Inside, the cottage feels far bigger than it looks from the lawn, with three generous bedrooms, one bath, and room for six. Light pours across the open main room, the modern decor stays cheerful and warm, and the kitchen is ready for real meals. Drop a record on the player when the evening turns cool.

Out back, hammocks hang along the bank, where you can wade, tube, or cast for trout in famous fly-fishing water. The oregano lawn smells sweet underfoot, there are lawn games for the kids, and a gas grill and picnic table wait for dinner. After dark, gather at the fire pit out front, then warm up in the shared sauna behind its floor-to-ceiling glass.

Bread Alone, the Boiceville supermarket, and the Phoenicia Diner are all a few minutes away. Woodstock is about fifteen minutes off, the rail trail makes for a glorious morning run, and Belleayre's slopes are twenty minutes in winter. Come home to the patio, where the yard out back glows green and the river keeps running.