Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin
Plan your next Door County getaway at The Owl's Nest, hosted by Simple Life Rentals! This is a private year-round Door County rental at the end of a road with 185 of rocky lake frontage on Sand Bay. Neighbors only on one side so come relax and truly unwind! This home features 4 bedrooms, three full baths and can accommodate large gatherings to make lifelong memories. In the winter spend your day watching the ice fishing happening in the bay. While in the summer enjoy sunning on the dock or relax in the large screened in porch. Bring your own kayaks or canoes and launch from the shore, enjoy all the bay has to offer. Enjoy beautiful sunsets over the water.
**This home is located in a quiet community with neighbors and is geared toward quiet family vacations. Due to the proximity of neighbors, we cannot accommodate reunions, bachelor or bachelorette parties or other rowdy gatherings.
This property is equipped with a decibel monitoring sensor located inside and outside of the home. Please do not remove or tamper with the devices.
Door County Tourism Zone Commission Permit #27-56-2622-07
About the space:
* Sleeps up to 10- maximum guest total
* 4 Bedrooms/3 Full Bathrooms
* No Central Air Conditioning, has 2 small fans
* No Pets
* Wi-Fi (due to the rural nature of Door County, WIFI and cell phone coverage and service can vary)
* Cell reception is spotty/not strong
* 1 Samsung Smart TV w/Blu Ray Player in main living area. Guests can log into own streaming services
* No Cable or Satellite TV services
* Washer and Dryer
* Iron and Ironing Board
* Portable High Chair, Pack N Play
* Books and games
* Gas Fireplace
Sleeping Accommodations:
Bedroom #1: Main Level, King size bed, ceiling fan, hangers, extra pillows and blankets
Bedroom #2: Main Level, 3- twin size beds, room-darkening shades, hangers, extra pillows and blankets
Bedroom #3: Upper Level, 1 Full size bed and 1 Twin size bed, TV (not a smart TV, no local channels, but can connect gaming equipment), hangers, extra pillows and blankets
Bedroom #4: Upper Level, Queen size bed, ceiling fan, hangers, extra pillows and blankets
Kitchen Amenities:
The kitchen is equipped with a refrigerator, stove, oven, microwave, toaster, blender, and traditional coffee maker.
The kitchen is also stocked with pots and pans, baking sheets, grill utensils, dishes, silverware and wine glasses.
Bathrooms:
Bathroom #1: Main Level, Full w/Shower Only- No Tub, Hair Dryer
Bathroom #2: Main Level, Full w/Shower Only- No Tub, Hair Dryer
Bathroom #3: Upper Level, Full w/Shower and Tub, Hair Dryer
Outdoor Area:
Firepit- Guests bring firewood. To avoid spreading tree killing insects or diseases PLEASE buy or bring local firewood.
6 Patio Chairs
Gas Grill
Outdoor Games: Bean bags, Yardzee, Croquet
Water Access:
Waterfront Property- Rocky shoreline. Shallow rocky area where you can wade into the water near the dock. Water is shallow off the dock, maybe 4-5 ft deep at the end of the dock
Dock installation dates vary.
Dock is NOT suitable for docking a boat or any other watercraft due to the frequent high winds and waves in the bay.
Owner recommends Wave Pointe marina, which is right next to the public boat launch as it offers daily slip rentals as well as a swimming pool. This marina is 4.6 miles from the property.
Surrounding Area:
Door County is full of many amazing things to see and do! We recommend you check out Destination Door County, and The Visitors' Bureau, to help map out your vacation. "Door County Vacationers" is also a great FB group to join to get recommendations on everything from favorite restaurants, tours, places to rent boats, and things to do.
The Owl's Nest is located 8 miles west of Sturgeon Bay on Sand Bay.
Activity Recommendations:
Idlewild Golf Course, Potawatomi State Park, Haines Beach, Shopping in Sturgeon Bay, explore the Door County Wineries!
Restaurant Recommendations:
Scaturo's Bakery, Baron's Public House, Kitty O'Reillys Irish Pub, Door County Fire Company, Waterfront Mary's
Provided:
Bed linens, pillows, blankets, and bathroom towels are provided. Please bring your own beach towels.
We provide a starter pack of essentials which includes toilet paper, paper towels, dish soap, dishwasher soap, hand soap and garbage bags. Due to septic systems, we do not provide facial tissue.
We also supply one each of travel size shampoo, conditioner and bodywash per full bathroom.
Due to health and safety guidelines all pantry items must be removed between guests. Please bring cooking essentials you might need such as cooking oil/spray, salt, pepper and other spices, sugar, etc.
Nice accommodations for our group of 7. Neighbor Bob super. Gave us more firewood and recommendations. Great sunset view. Place could use updating but clean. Coffee maker took forever to brew- maybe needs descaling?
This was a great location and right on the water. The place was clean there was plenty of room for the 10 of us.
Our stay was absolutely amazing! This charming home was clean and equipped with games and such to make for a fun weekend. The host is very reliable and easy to communicate with. The view of the water is spectacular and the location is perfect, slightly secluded and easy to find. I highly recommend this home for a delightful stay in door county.
A few updates needed. During our stay we wanted to use the toaster, but it did not work. No big deal but was an inconvenience. The coffee pot was also broken, and the dishwasher leaked. When a storm blew through, they were amazing and getting back to us, when damage occurred. I would recommend staying here with friends or family. It was beautiful.
We stayed here to enjoy fall colors in Door County in October 2022. This house has such an amazing view of lake and we can just walk to the lake from patio space. It's very near from Potawatomi state park just about 10 mins drive. It's a bit in secluded area...you need to drive 15-20 mins to find any shops from milk etc but overall it's a great location and nice house. A lot of owls in the hosue as the name suggests :-)
Our group of 5 women (ages mid thirties to mid sixties) had a blast at this home. It is beautiful, clean, and is spacious. The neighbor is so nice and gave us some great ideas for restaurants and day trips. We thoroughly enjoyed our stay.
The screened patio was perfect! The open concept lay out was great for inclusion no matter where you were. No cell reception there for us which made it a great place to disconnect. Wifi was available which still allowed you to connect a bit if you wanted. Overall, great stay! A bit pricey but we splurged for our family outing. Thank you for sharing your home with us!
The place was clean, well-stocked with kitchenwares, and beddings, and a dock, firepit, and a screened back patio. A perfect place to watch the sunset, and to hear the waves and birds. The only negative thing was not being able to use the grill since it wasn't ckeaned before our group came, but we did get to use the firepit to grill. If there things needing attention the maintenance staff was there quick to fix. We would recommend this place to rent from again.
The Owl's Nest was a very tidy and nice property for our family trip with attendees from 70 - 3 years old. Beautiful sunsets and plenty of amenities.
wonderful lake gateaway!
Overall, a nice place to stay for our weekend in Door County. The waterfront views were beautiful and the fire pit outside was perfect. The house is quite nice and spacious for playing games and relaxing. The next-door neighbor, Bob, was so friendly and knowledgeable about the area. He also offered us water shoes to use and firewood - so nice! We were aware the place had no A/C but we stayed during a particularly warm/humid weekend in early August and there wasn’t as much of a breeze coming from the lake as we expected. The place got pretty hot. We opened windows in the evening but swarms of tiny bugs came through and were drawn towards every light (all doors were closed and there were screens on the windows - we thought maybe the screens weren’t woven tight enough or had holes in places).
Nice place and great location. No cell phone service and the dock was not in the water as the pictures showed. Also the porch did not have screens on so could not use that due to mosquitos. There was an unpleasant lady that told us we needed to move our vehicles within a short time after arrival.
Nice spot by lake
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