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Unique Large House on 40 Acres, Great Views, Bass Pond, and Trails. Pets OK!

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3 bedrooms, desk, iron/ironing board, WiFi
Bathtub, hair dryer, towels, soap
Reviews
9.8

Exceptional

Entire home

3 bedrooms2 bathroomsSleeps 122001 sq ft

Popular amenities

  • Hot tubHot tubHot tub
  • DryerDryerDryer
  • WasherWasherWasher
  • FireplaceFireplaceFireplace
  • Pet-friendlyPet-friendlyPet-friendly
  • Barbecue grillBarbecue grillBarbecue grill

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Chassell, MI
  • Popular LocationIsle Royale Houghton Visitor Center19 min drive
  • Popular LocationHoughton–Hancock Bridge20 min drive
  • Popular LocationMichigan Technological University23 min drive
  • AirportHancock, MI (CMX-Houghton County Memorial)31 min drive

About this property

Entire place

You'll have the entire home to yourself and will only share it with other guests in your party.

Unique Large House on 40 Acres, Great Views, Bass Pond, and Trails. Pets OK!

June 22 - 29 open for two night stays, otherwise summer is weekly Sat. to Sat. Guests love all the special qualities of the house interior, the great views, the abundant wildlife, and the private location. Located in the center of the Keweenaw Peninsula, but only a half mile from US-41 and 12 easy miles to Houghton. This is the most scenic and snowy area of Michigan! The house is very private and you have access to 40 acres of rolling fields and woods, including a bass pond with a canoe and picnic area. Over a mile of walking/biking/skiing/snowshoeing trails. Go to bottom of description to see the trail guide highlights numbered on the photo. (No direct access to snowmobile or ORV trails from the house).

Open all four seasons, fall colors are amazing. Hunting is allowed on the property with my permission. There are 200 blueberry plants fruiting throughout August, wild strawberries in abundance, pears, raspberries, blackberries, and apples. Strawberry and blueberry U-pick farms are a short distance down the quiet county road.

The house interior is charming and retains the character of the old farm house although thoroughly modernized. Classic old cabinet and room doors were retained as were some hardwood floors. Custom wood paneling is throughout the house including a cedar bathroom, a knotty pine front porch, and a master bedroom with rich black ash paneling. View stars or northern lights out the skylight over the bed. There is a fine sound system with upstairs and downstairs speakers that can be used with the TV or your phone. Fast fiber wireless.

There are three bedrooms with queen beds, two family rooms, a sunroom with an jetted spa tub, an insulated porch with a single bed, and two full baths, one with a shower and the other with a claw foot tub. There is a washer dryer in the basement. Outdoors there is a large walkout deck. Indoor amenities include a fireplace, premium streaming TV, stereo, DVD, dishwasher, games, puzzles, and quite a library for all ages.

The large windows upstairs and down offer ten-mile sunset vistas of the Keweenaw Ridge with almost no human development in sight. Walk in privacy through the fields or on the marked trail loop through the woods. Great wildlife watching out the big windows with lots of deer, turkeys and large sandhill cranes walking through the fields. Raptors, herons, geese and ducks cruise over and visit the pond. Listen for owls at night. Winter is a special time since we average 20 feet of snow annually. Nearby are snowmobile trails and Alpine and Nordic skiing. Snowshoes, sleds, and sledding hills are provided.

A large spring-fed pond wraps around a small peninsula, canoe and lifejackets are provided. Catch and release smallmouth bass fishing. A fine place for kids to catch their first fish. Near the pond is a shaded picnic area. Have a campfire there and maybe you'll get lucky with the northern lights (hint, stay up late).

The historic twin cities of Houghton-Hancock are 12 miles away with two colleges, shops, museums, galleries, restaurants, microbreweries and a waterfront Chutes and Ladders park. The Ojibway Casino is 15 minutes south. The South Portage Entry Lighthouse at Lake Superior is within a mile.

Firewood is not provided. The Jacuzzi spa is perfect for couples but not private for larger groups. The sauna burned down in spring 2023 and will not be rebuilt.

Mosquitoes and ticks roam the grounds in spring and summer. A flea and tick collar for the dog is a good idea. Cluster flies and Asian lady beetles can invade the house outside and inside at times. An included lightweight vacuum is the best control inside. Ask me if you have questions.

Keweenaw Acres Trail Map Legend

Highlights and History

Safety – The path around the blueberries and dam have been mowed for years and are largely free of trip hazards, suitable for all uses including bicycle. The field paths may have some recently mowed small saplings. The woods trail is marked with orange flagging throughout and will have some logs across the trail.

1. The original house was built in the 1930’s of recycled lumber from the Klingville boarding house for peat workers at the end of the road. The Piggotts had dairy cows, chickens, and mowed the fields for hay. Only two of five apple trees remain from their time, I planted four others in 2024. We also enjoyed two cherry trees for many years, gone now. The attic and front porch were unfinished. The kitchen sink looked out over a small back porch and the field beyond. I bought the house in 1982, and built the large west end addition. I also removed the arch between the small living room and dining room, remodeled the attic into the master bedroom, and insulated and paneled the front porch. One of my first additions was the sun room.
2. Look north out the office window or the deck and you will see a large American chestnut; there are about 6 more that have grown from blight-free saplings I planted in the 1980’s. Look at this one and see if you can spot the others, marked on the map. This region is blight-free so these spectacular trees will survive. The house was built this far back from the road because of the year-round spring in the bottom of the gully near the chestnut. I used the wonderful spring until my well was dug about 10 years ago.
3. The site of the old chicken coop became my garden for many years. Can you see the old wagon wheels at the edge of the woods?
4. Medium sized chestnut tree
5. This slightly raised area is the site of the old barn. For many years I patched the roof but the foundation splayed with winter freezes. In the late 1980’s the barn and the old garage were demolished and burned in a spectacular winter fire. I kept chickens, turkeys, and a couple of geese (Avery and Helen) in the buildings. The new garage is on the same site as the old garage and was built in the early 1990’s.
6. Four smaller chestnuts line the driveway, can you spot them? I planted the row of red pines next to the drive in the early 1980’s as a windbreak to keep blowing snow from filling in the drive. Filbert-hazelnut hybrids were planted between the pines, some still survive.
7. I planted a butternut tree in the 1980’s on the left. Every year it froze at the snow level and re-sprouted in the spring. During the last decade, these deep freezes no longer happened and the tree grew taller. Unfortunately, a handyman mistakenly cut it down but the sprouts keep coming.
8. On the right of the trail is a hybrid chestnut, this tree was also cut down but is re-sprouting well.
9. My MS degree research focused on developing a blue and white spruce hybrid for the Christmas tree industry with the fast growth and soft needles of white spruce combined with the rich color of blue spruce. These fence line trees were surplus from the project and planted in 1980. For the 1976 bicentennial, my professor, James Hanover, developed a red, white, and blue hybrid spruce that still grows on the US Capitol lawn. (Yes, it is green).
10. Also planted in the 1980’s were 200 blueberry bushes. They produce an amazing abundance of blueberries every August. Depending on the season, look for wild strawberries, blackberries, and raspberries in the field.
11. My goal was to turn this farm organic and raise fruits and vegetables. I grew two acres of organic broccoli in this field but I received no premium for the vegetables. I later built a 100’ X 30’ greenhouse behind the house and grew 250,000 broccoli and cauliflower plug transplants annually for a few years until a full time job and children happened.
12. The small pond behind the peninsula was used mainly for keeping suckers for lake trout bait by the Piggotts. I hired a bulldozer artist to build this expansion in the early 1990’s. For years I planted trout, which we treated like a chicken coop for dinner. To be more self-sustaining I stocked 40 bass around 2012. At that time, guests had earlier released bait suckers and the pond was full of them. We used the large plastic pipes under the garage shed and siphoned all the water out of the pond to start fresh. The bass have done well reproducing and I hope no one else will release any living thing into the pond! When the pond was dug, a handful of trees were left standing in the center of the pond on a sunken island. The first winter I cut them off to create the foundation for a triangular sauna with a diving deck reachable on foot in winter, or by swimming or canoeing. It lengthened the swimming season and was great fun. It tipped into the water in 2010 and was lifted out with a marine crane and placed on a foundation near the picnic area where it lasted until a fire in 2023. In early winter with no snow the pond makes a wonderful ice rink. Sledding is possible off the dam when snow becomes deep.
13. On the left a short distance after entering the woods, there is a large American chestnut. The woods trail is not suitable for skiing or biking.
14. The picnic area is a great shady spot during the day and can host an awesome campfire at night under the stars.


Property manager

Greg Kudray

Languages

English

Property amenities

Ski

  • Cross-country skiing nearby
  • Ski-in/ski-out access
  • Snowboarding nearby

Pool/Spa

  • Sauna
  • Spa tub

Internet

  • Available in the house: WiFi

Parking and transport

  • Parking on site

Kitchen

  • Blender
  • Coffee/tea maker
  • Cookware, dishware, and utensils
  • Dishwasher
  • Hob
  • Microwave
  • Oven
  • Refrigerator
  • Spices
  • Toaster

Dining

  • Dining table

Bedrooms

  • 3 bedrooms
  • Bedsheets provided
  • Sofa bed

Bathroom

  • 2 bathrooms
  • Hair dryer
  • Shower only
  • Soap
  • Toilet paper
  • Towels provided

Living spaces

  • Dining table
  • Fireplace
  • Living room
  • Separate dining area
  • Wood stove

Entertainment

  • Books
  • DVD player
  • Games
  • Smart TV with cable/satellite channels
  • Stereo

Outdoor areas

  • Balcony
  • Barbecue grill
  • Firepit
  • Garden

Laundry

  • Washing machine

Work spaces

  • Desk
  • Desk chair
  • Office

Comfort

  • Heating

Pets

  • Pet friendly

Suitability/Accessibility

  • Smoke-free property

Services and conveniences

  • Iron/ironing board

Location highlights

  • In a rural location
  • Near a hospital
  • Near an outlet shopping centre
  • Near the marina
  • On the waterfront

Things to do

  • Kayak on site
  • Ski-in/ski-out access on site
  • Basketball nearby
  • Birdwatching nearby
  • Casino nearby
  • Cycling nearby
  • Ecotours nearby
  • Fishing nearby
  • Golfing nearby
  • Hiking/biking trails nearby
  • Horseback riding nearby
  • Hunting nearby
  • Ice skating nearby
  • Jet skiing nearby
  • Kayaking nearby
  • Motor boating nearby
  • Mountain biking nearby
  • Sailing nearby
  • Scuba diving nearby
  • Sledding nearby
  • Snorkelling nearby
  • Snowmobiling nearby
  • Spelunking nearby
  • Swimming nearby
  • Water skiing nearby
  • Water tubing nearby
  • Wildlife walks nearby
  • Windsurfing nearby

Safety features

  • Carbon monoxide detector (host has indicated there is a carbon monoxide detector on the property)
  • Smoke detector (host has indicated there is a smoke detector on the property)
  • Fire extinguisher
  • Deadbolt lock

General

  • 1 unit
  • Garden
  • Unit size: 2,001 square feet

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Policies

Check-in

Check-in time starts at 4:00 PM
Minimum check-in age - 21

Check-out

Check-out before 10:00 AM

Special check-in instructions

You will receive an email from the host with check-in and check-out instructions

Pets

Pets are allowed
Service animals are welcome, and are exempt from fees

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome

Payment types at the property

Important information

You need to know

This property is managed by a private host (a party not acting within their trade, business or profession). EU consumer law, including the right of withdrawal, will not apply to your booking. The cancellation policy set by the private host will cover your booking.
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
This property accepts credit cards
Parties and events are allowed on site
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
Safety features at this property include a fire extinguisher and a deadlock
This property is managed through our partner, Vrbo. You will receive an email from Vrbo with a link to a Vrbo account, where you can change or cancel your reservation

Property is also known as

40 Acres Unique House Views Spa Pets OK Sauna Pond Fishing Canoe
40 Acres Unique Views Spa Pets OK Sauna Pond Fishing Canoe
40 Acres Unique House Views Spa Pets OK Sauna Pond Fishing Canoe
40 Acres Unique House Views Spa Pets OK Sauna Pond Fishing Canoe
40 Acres Unique Views Spa Pets OK Sauna Pond Fishing Canoe

About the area

Chassell

Located in Chassell, this holiday home is in a rural area and on the waterfront. The trail to Copper Harbor and Husky Chair Lift are worth checking out if an activity is on the agenda, while those wishing to experience the area's natural beauty can explore Lake Superior and Isle Royale Houghton Visitor Center. Travelling with kids? Consider Prospector's Paradise and A.E. Seaman Mineral Museum. Make sure you get close to the area's animals with activities such as game walks and birdwatching.

What's nearby

  • Keweenaw Bay - 7 min drive
  • Prospector's Paradise - 15 min drive
  • Isle Royale Houghton Visitor Center - 19 min drive
  • Houghton–Hancock Bridge - 20 min drive
  • Michigan Technological University - 23 min drive

Getting around

  • Hancock, MI (CMX-Houghton County Memorial) - 31 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪Iron Horse Restaurant & Bar - ‬2 min drive
  • ‪Keweenaw Berry Farm Restaurant - ‬2 min drive
  • ‪Treats - ‬7 min drive
  • ‪Lacey's Curbside Bistro - ‬7 min drive
  • ‪Greenlight Restaurant Lounge - ‬6 min drive

Frequently asked questions

Is Unique Large House on 40 Acres, Great Views, Bass Pond, and Trails. Pets OK! pet-friendly?

Yes, pets are allowed at this property.

What time is check-in at Unique Large House on 40 Acres, Great Views, Bass Pond, and Trails. Pets OK! ?

Check-in begins at 4:00 PM.

What time is check-out at Unique Large House on 40 Acres, Great Views, Bass Pond, and Trails. Pets OK! ?

Checkout is at 10:00 AM.

Where is Unique Large House on 40 Acres, Great Views, Bass Pond, and Trails. Pets OK! located?

Set amidst the mountains, this ski-in/ski-out holiday home in Chassell is 2.3 mi (3.7 km) from Lake Superior and is convenient for winter activities, such as cross-country skiing and sledging. Keweenaw Bay is 2.3 mi (3.7 km) away.

Reviews

9.8

Exceptional

Rating 10 - Excellent. 113 out of 130 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 14 out of 130 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 3 out of 130 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 0 out of 130 reviews" "
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10/10

Cleanliness

10/10

Staff & service

10/10

Amenities

10/10

Property conditions & facilities

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Vanessa C.

Liked: Cleanliness
Beautiful Stay
We had a great time in the spacious house. The amount of property available is amazing. We had a blast with our walks. The views from the rooms were beautiful.
Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2024

10/10 Excellent

Veva F.

Liked: Cleanliness
Doggy play date
The property is beautiful! The dogs had a blast!
Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2024

10/10 Excellent

Brendan N.

Liked: Cleanliness
UP Baby!
We had a great experience at this property. Lots of outdoors to explore . Very natural setting that is also close to Houghton. Can't wait to get back there next winter for Carnival. Hoping there is more snow! House was very comfortable and clean. Well stocked kitchen with all needed appliances. Would love to see the property in the other 3 seasons.
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

Melissa D.

Liked: Cleanliness
Fall vacation
Very nice. Beautiful setting with plenty of room for dogs to run. Fall colors were spectacular
Stayed 4 nights in Oct 2023

8/10 Good

Renee R.

Liked: Cleanliness
Great time
The house was as advertised. We really enjoyed the setting and being out of town but close to be able to explore and easily visit with my son at MTU. We enjoyed the trails and being able to walk around the property. Loved being able to bring our dogs with us!!
Stayed 4 nights in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Donna D.

Liked: Cleanliness
A slice of Heaven
The listing was wonderful. But upon arriving we saw and experienced that it was so much more! We were having a family gathering and it was the perfect place. Lots of nooks and crannies for people to gather in private groups. Very well furnished and a very well equipped kitchen . We hope to be able to return one day.
Stayed 4 nights in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Rose M., Michigan

Liked: Cleanliness
Relaxing getaway
We enjoyed our stay at this vrbo. It was very peaceful and relaxing. Just what we were looking for. We will definitely return. We saw lots of wildlife on the property. Deer, turkey, sandhill cranes, eagles, hawks, pileated woodpeckers and hummingbirds. A nice place to relax and unwind. With a view of some spectacular sunsets. And located perfectly for visiting nearby towns. The house was very clean and stocked well with everything we needed.
Stayed 5 nights in Aug 2023

6/10 Okay

Evelyn Z.

Liked: Cleanliness
Window screens
It was 93 degrees on our trip which was unusual for the area. Lack of window screens or air conditioning made an otherwise pleasant trip miserable.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Victor B.

Liked: Cleanliness
Chassell House
The sauna had been burned down just prior to our stay and we were not notified, but a Greg gave us a discount. The scenery was magnificent, deer frolicking everywhere! Turkeys waiting for your Thanksgiving table, so big! Agate Beach and the Hanka Homestead are must-sees. Watch out out for the sandhill cranes, dinosaur- like birds! The house was was perfect!
Stayed 7 nights in Jul 2023

8/10 Good

Francis S.

Liked: Cleanliness
Pat's folly.
Outstanding loved the peace and quiet. Saw a momma bear and 3 cubs on portage access road the first day.
Stayed 7 nights in Jul 2023