Where the land opens up and the world falls quiet in Highland, NY

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Where the land opens up and the world falls quiet

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Residence in Highland, NY

Private 37 Acre Lake Estate on 164 Acres - 11 BR

14 Bedrooms
8 Bathrooms
5.0 (13 Reviews)

The road narrows before it arrives. Trees press close, then pull apart to reveal something unexpected: a 37-acre private lake, still and glassy, set within 164 acres of open land that belongs entirely to you. This is the Private 37 Acre Lake Estate, an 11-bedroom compound built for gatherings that need room to breathe. The scale here is not ornamental. It is the point. Rolling acreage, wooded trails, and a lake with no one else on it create a landscape that feels less like a rental property and more like a place your family has owned for generations.

The main house anchors the estate with generous living spaces designed for groups to spread out or come together. Eleven bedrooms accommodate large parties, whether multi-generational families, milestone celebrations, or creative retreats that benefit from distance and quiet. Common areas are built for congregation, with open kitchens and gathering rooms where meals become events and conversations stretch late into the evening. The interiors favor comfort over pretension, with space to sit, read, cook, and simply be still. Multiple bathrooms serve the bedroom count, and the layout allows couples and families to find privacy within the larger whole.

Outdoors, the estate reveals its full character. The private lake is the property's defining feature, available for kayaking, fishing, swimming, or simply sitting at its edge as the light changes across the water. The surrounding 164 acres offer walking trails, open meadows, and enough distance from neighboring properties that silence becomes a genuine amenity. Campfire evenings, lawn games, and outdoor dining are natural extensions of daily life here. The land itself sets the rhythm, morning fog lifting off the water, afternoons spent exploring the grounds, golden hour stretching across the fields before dinner.

What the Private 37 Acre Lake Estate offers is increasingly rare: genuine seclusion at a scale that supports a crowd. This is not a property where you step outside and negotiate with neighbors or share a dock. The lake is yours. The land is yours. The quiet is yours. For groups large enough to fill eleven bedrooms, the estate provides something no hotel or resort can replicate, the feeling of having an entire landscape to yourselves, with nothing to do but settle into the unhurried pace that only true privacy allows.

What we love about this stay

What strikes you first isn't the scale — though 164 acres and a private 37-acre lake ninety minutes from Manhattan is genuinely hard to process — it's the quietness of the proposition. This is a place built for a group, a family, a reunion of people who actually want to be together, where the shared territory is vast enough that togetherness never feels forced. The lake and its waterfall anchor the whole estate with a sense of wildness that no amount of interior design could manufacture. Eleven bedrooms, a private chef if you want one, kayaks on the water, trails through woods and open fields — and yet none of it reads as a checklist. It reads as a compound where someone thought carefully about what a week with the people you love should actually feel like. The fire pit at night, the lake in the afternoon — it's the kind of place that makes ordinary moments feel unhurried and significant.

Hot Tub / Jacuzzi

Cribs Available

Game Room

Terrace / Patio

Fire Pit

BBQ / Grill

Free Parking

Smoke Detectors

Fire Extinguisher

First Aid Kit

Free WiFi

EV Charging Station

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8 Bathrooms

Where you'll be staying

Highland, NY, US

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