Sitting on the lawns of Graves Mountain Farm, the cottage is this 1920's farm cottage with three bedrooms, sleeping 8 in 2 bedrooms with 1 Queen each and one attic bedroom with 1 queen and 2 twins. The cottage has NO kitchen, but does have a fridge, microwave and coffee maker. Farm to Table restaurant just up the hill. Prepared meals at Market, Deli & tackle. Gas grill on porch, fire circle on grass. Seasonal pool nearby. High speed WiFi that enables cell calling. Satellite TV. The cottage is in the valley, so there are views of the lawns, and the higher mountain. The river is behind shrubbery, yet a fine swimming hole is nearby. The seasonal pool is across the lawns and trails are up the hill. Basecamp for hikes into the Blue Ridge - up Old Rag and White Oak Canyon Trails, a 7 mile drive up Robinson way to the back entrance, avoiding the heavy traffic. Fly fishing basecamp on our two mountain trout streams. Meals: the Farm Restaurant at the Main Lodge just up the hill. Farm to Table. Prepared meals, hot and cold sandwiches are at the Market Deli & Tackle. See the scheduled activities on our main site for Graves Mountain. First off this is the Blue Ridge and Shenandoah Park is 7 miles upstream, with Old Rag and White Oak Canyon trails a seven mile drive up our other trout stream, Robinson River. 25 Experiences and Blue Ridge Adventures 1. Fly fishing or spinning on two stocked mountain streams 2. Fishing with flies, spinners, or love bat at the stocked trout pond, pay by the LB at Syria Mercantile 3. Fishing with flies or spinners in bass and catfish pond 4. Fly fishing - in Rapidan Wilderness - for wild mountain trout 5. Fly Fishing Clinics and guiding by Jay Murray, renowned local guide 6. Hiking our 10 miles of trails her on our own mountains and into Shenandoah 7. Hiking Shenandoah - 7 miles away to back lower parking lot for Old rag and White Oak Canyon Trails 8. Naturalist and History Hikes with Shenandoah Mountain Guides 9. Horse-back riding at our Circle B Stables with Eddie and Leah 10. Own horse trail ridesBring your own horses, camp, or park here with us for the day, unload and trail ride the 100 miles of mountain trails. 11. In-room Massage - pre-book please 12. Rock Climbing - access from lower mountain. 1. Lessons and trips by Shenandoah Mountain Guides and Andy Nichols, their leader 13. Cascading - with Shenandoah Mountain Guides or on your own, of course 14. Road Biking - back mountain roads, able to hear traffic coming, but no shoulders. Take off on your own or Barry can guide. Book well in advance, please. Barry runs the Tour de Madison and lays out all routes. 15. Mountain Biking - take off on our steep mountain trails for adventure and lots of muscle and technical skill or just take off up the Old Blue Ridge Turnpike - double track up to the top of the ridge. 16. SPORTS 1. Swimming 2. Volleyball - on sand 3. Horseshoes - 4 pitches 4. Basketball, but only when we have set up the special courts in the "Coliseum" - a big tractor barn 17. Indoor rainy weather or curl up at night 1. Board games in the main lodge, Poplar Library, and cabins 2. Ping pong in the Main Lodge 3. Books - the 2000 title library is in the second floor of Poplar 18. Bird watching 19. Farmyard Tour 20. Vineyard Tour 21. Craft Beer Crawl 22. Antiquing 23. Historic House tour 24. Barn Quilts Tour 25. Car Tours of sights - country byways and Skyline Drive The entire cabin and grounds. They are all yours. Plus you have our 1800 acres, our Main Lodge, restaurant and seasonal swimming pool, stables, and fishing on another stocked river. We are the Graves Family. We've been farming this land - the valley and mountain slopes - since 1740. We farm primarily apple orchards with cattle, goats, pigs and hay fields. We are a family of six. Rachel and Jimmy are the Mom and Dad. You'll meet them down the road at our Graves Mountain Lodge and family style southern restaurant, three meals a day for all our guests - along with the hikers, horse campers, fly fisher folk, and our farm team. We're the Kids - Lynn, Lucky and our wives Tricia and Missy. You'll likely see us down at the Main Lodge. We are frequently there with our team for meals - and joking with Margie and Margaret who run the Southern cooking kitchen stoves and bakeshop. Just stop by and we'll fix you up with your next adventure here in our Blue ridge rural retreat. So, what to do outside? That is what we all about - the outdoors. We have: - two stocked trout streams - a bass pond - a stocked pond - horseback riding - hiking along our ten miles of home farm trails and a hundred miles in Shenandoah Park, 7 miles drive away - rock climbing on the ridge - naturalist hikes - fly fishing clinics - road biking on a 100 mile back roads tour - mountain biking on abandoned forest roads - wine tour to four wineries within 30 mins and one just 10 mins - five brew pubs with 35 mins - bon fires nightly with s'mores - down at the main lodge and dining room - sing-alongs on Fri and Sat nights , again down at the lodge You will need a car. High speed WiFi and Satellite TV. Cell to Internet calling - usually easy to set up on most phones. No actual Cell in our Valley. NEED SIMPLER? And less costly? Consider staying in one of our Graves Mountain Farm Lodge rooms, two queens and get adjoining additional two queens - then add our meal plan at a 20% discount, Rooms are generally from $110.