Chateau Du Lac
When you imagine what a summer at the lake is all about — the towering pines, the sunsets that blaze over the water — this is it.
One bedroom, one bath, and an uncommon kind of quiet. Open the windows and a gentle breeze moves through the trees and over the lake. Inside, whitewashed plank walls, crystal chandeliers, and slipcovered linen sofas; outside, a screened porch at the water's edge. Chateau Du Lac is a place that inspires you to put the phone down, regard the pines, and be in the moment — the writer chasing a deadline, the couple with nothing on the calendar, the person who came to hear themselves think.
A kitchen for long mornings
A full, winterized kitchen with everything you need to cook in and stay a while — butcher block, good light, and a window to the trees. Coffee on the porch, dinner at the farm table.
Small on purpose, and stocked for real stays rather than quick turnovers.
One bedroom, made for sleeping in
A single quiet bedroom with a proper bed, linen everywhere, and a chandelier that has no business being this charming. The cabin sleeps two — and only two — by design.
A soaking tub under its own little chandelier waits in the bath.
The particulars
Small on purpose. Everything you need, nothing you don't.
The cabin
- 1 bedroom · 1 bath
- Sleeps 2
- Screened lakeside porch
- Propane fireplace indoors
- Electric fireplace on porch
- Full kitchen · winterized
The setting
- Private mountaintop lake
- End of a dead-end road
- Kayaks & canoes included
- Dock & shoreline
- Raised-bed kitchen garden
- 12 miles to Cooperstown
Made for
- Writers & makers
- Remote work & sabbaticals
- Couples' retreats
- Long, slow stays
- A quiet, respectful few
- Weekly & monthly welcome
Sunsets that blaze over the water
Raised beds of herbs and vegetables, a shoreline of ferns and towering pines, and kayaks and canoes waiting at the dock. Fire up the bbq, then gather around the campfire as the light goes down — some of the best conversations happen there, to the sound of a crackling fire and stars coming out above the water.
The lake is private and the road ends here, so the quiet is real. It's a romantic, uncommon kind of place.
Reserve your dates
By request — choose your dates, place a deposit, and I'll confirm within a day. Rates shown are for family & friend referrals only.
Summer 2-night minimum (short-stay rate applies) · 7+ nights 25% off · 28+ nights 30% off
These rates are offered to family & friend referrals only.
A $300 deposit holds your dates. You'll enter your arrival & departure on the next page; I'll confirm and send the balance once approved.