Crosshouse Cabin on Vallecito Creek

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3 bedrooms2 bathroomsSleeps 6102.2 sq m

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Dryer
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Washer
Kitchen
Barbecue grill
Free WiFi

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Bayfield, CO

Vallecito Lake
‪3 min drive‬
Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad
‪49 min drive‬
Purgatory Resort
‪83 min drive‬
Durango, CO (DRO-La Plata County)
‪54 min drive‬

Rooms & beds

3 bedrooms (sleeps 6)

Bedroom 1

1 Queen Bed

Bedroom 2

2 Single Beds

Bedroom 3

1 Double Bed and 1 Single Bed

2 bathrooms

Bathroom 1

Bathtub or shower · Toilet

Bathroom 2

Toilet · Shower only

Spaces

Deck or patio

Kitchen

Dining Area

About this property

Come relax and play among the southern mountains of Colorado in this creekside cabin. This 3 bedroom/2 bath cabin sleeps up to six people and offers a great home base for your vacation plans. Enjoy the sound of nature from our deck or explore the nearby hiking trails, horseback riding, fishing and boating, or go into Durango for shopping, white water rafting, zip-lining or swimming. Maybe take a day trip to the Durango Mountain Resort, ride on the Durango-Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad, see the ruins at Mesa Verde National Park, or relax in the steamy pools at Pagosa Springs. With so many options, you are sure to please every family member.
In winter months, cross country ski throughout the neighborhood and trails around Lake Vallecito. For alpine skiing, our cabin is less than an hour to Durango Mountain Resort and 1.5 hours to Wolf Creek Ski Area.

Property manager

Sydney Searcy

Premier Host

Languages

English

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Outdoor space

Mountain view

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House Rules

Check in after 4:00 PM

Minimum age to rent: 25

Check out before 10:00 AM

Children

Children allowed: ages 0–17

Pack-n-play available

Events

No events allowed

Pets

No pets allowed

Smoking

Smoking is not permitted

Important information

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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

On-site parties or group events are strictly prohibited

Host has not indicated whether there is a carbon monoxide detector on the property; consider bringing a portable detector with you on the trip

Host has not indicated whether there is a smoke detector on the property

We should mention

A car is recommended for transport to and from this property

About the area

Bayfield

Located in Bayfield, this holiday home is on the waterfront. Vallecito Lake and Los Pinos River reflect the area's natural beauty and area attractions include Eagle Park and James Ranch. Enjoy the area's slopes with cross-country skiing and skiing, and don't miss out on the snowmobiling.

Bayfield, CO

What's nearby

Vallecito Lake - 3 min drive - 1.8 km
Lemon Reservoir - 40 min drive - 28.5 km
Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad - 49 min drive - 45.0 km
Piedra River Hot Springs - 79 min drive - 72.5 km
Purgatory Resort - 83 min drive - 80.7 km

Getting around

Durango, CO (DRO-La Plata County) - 54 min drive

Restaurants

‪The Rusty Shovel Saloon - ‬4 min drive
‪Altitude ATV & Side-by-Side Rentals - ‬3 min drive
‪Buffalo Gap Vittles and Fire Water - ‬5 min drive
‪D bar G Outfitters-Horse Back Riding - ‬6 min drive
‪Angler's Wharf - ‬11 min drive

Frequently asked questions

Is Crosshouse Cabin on Vallecito Creek pet-friendly?

No, pets are not allowed at this property.

What time is check-in at Crosshouse Cabin on Vallecito Creek?

Check-in begins at 4:00 PM.

What time is check-out at Crosshouse Cabin on Vallecito Creek?

Checkout is at 10:00 AM.

Where is Crosshouse Cabin on Vallecito Creek located?

Situated on the waterfront, this holiday home is 1.1 mi (1.7 km) from Vallecito Lake and 6.7 mi (10.8 km) from Los Pinos River. Lake SImpatico Trailhead and Lemon Reservoir are also within 20 miles (32 km).

9.8

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10/10

Cleanliness

10/10

Check-in

9.8/10

Communication

9.8/10

Location

9.6/10

Listing accuracy

10/10 Excellent

Josh J.

15 July 2024

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great place!

My children and I stayed here over the weekend. It was beautiful and the home was very cozy and clean. We will definitely visit again.

Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2024

10/10 Excellent

Lacy S.

23 July 2024

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Family Memories

This rental was very convenient to access the lake and camping grounds. It’s in a central location where you can enjoy all that’s around Vallecito. Very homey, cozy cabin.

Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2024

10/10 Excellent

Suzanne G.

8 August 2024

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great summer vacation

We enjoyed our stay at the cabin and in Bayfield. The creek next to the cabin was a delight and the kids enjoyed spending time there. We also rented ATVs less than five minutes away. Durango is about 45 min away for other options! The cabin provided everything we needed for our family of 5.

Stayed 4 nights in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

Brian F.

6 September 2023

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Nice place to visit.

Very clean. Would definitely stay here again.

Stayed 5 nights in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

James H.

20 July 2023

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great Place

Awesome location. Nearby everything we were interested in doing.

Stayed 5 nights in Jun 2023

10/10 Excellent

Tony A.

30 May 2023

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Very nice

Love the location nice place to enjoy family

Stayed 5 nights in May 2023

10/10 Excellent

Jennifer R.

27 July 2023

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Cabin by the creek

Nice cabin in a secluded area, next to a beautiful creek and lake. Nice quiet area. We enjoyed our stay

Stayed 4 nights in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Jim C.

20 October 2023

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Very clean home. Beautiful location

Great place to stay with great views. Creek near by to wet a hook or to just soak in the sights. Home is very clean and as advertised.

Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

CHarlyn B.

30 August 2024

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Better than pictures.

Loved the property and location to the creek. Owners very accommodating. Pictures posted don't do it justice. We are outdoorsy people and packed in all we could. Thank you for sharing your home to us. C.B.

Stayed 6 nights in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

Matt M.

9 August 2023

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great family vacation spot (God’s Country)

Great location 1/2 mile from vallecito lake! Deer in the backyard every morning just beautiful!

Stayed 4 nights in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Steve G.

30 October 2023

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great little spot!

Hunted out of this cabin during 1st rifle elk season and it was perfect. Comfy and spacious enough for 2 of us to spread out and not be on top of each other with all our gear. Would love to go back and just enjoy the area more. The creek area is beautiful.

Stayed 7 nights in Oct 2023

8/10 Good

Brittany D.

28 June 2023

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Cute property

Cute property! Nice little weekend get away for the family. Able to tour Durango and Pagosa.

Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2023

10/10 Excellent

Shelby B.

3 August 2023

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Colorado cabin

The cabin was really clean. Quiet neighborhood! We really enjoyed the time we got to spend at the creek! Would be a great place to bring supplies and settle in for a week or so!

Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Virginia G., San Antonio

24 July 2023

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Awesome experience

I would highly recommend it to my family and friends

Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Laura N., Greenwood, USA

13 August 2023

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Vallecito Cabin

This was a lovely, quiet cabin with nice access to Vallecito Creek. It was a beautiful place to come back to each afternoon after various Colorado adventures. It was well-stocked, clean, and comfortable, in a lovely, quiet neighborhood. Thank you for providing such a nice place to use as our home base for the week!

Stayed 6 nights in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Catherine G.

25 June 2024

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Cross house Cabin

Beautiful location! Large Lot near the creek. The cabin is in a residential area but not just any ordinary residential area it’s covered in forest and feels like your camping (glamping) in the wilderness. We saw deer , a skunk ( minding his own business and waddling along, so sweet!) wild turkeys. Love falling asleep at night to the sound of the creek. Enjoyed our stay and wished we could stay longer!!

Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2024

10/10 Excellent

Robert S.

9 July 2023

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Crosshouse Cabin

Great location. Very quiet and relaxing. We had a great time. The property was well maintained and comfortable. Great place to get away and relax. But it was close enough to Durango and the lake. We had everything we needed.

Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Gay V.

3 October 2023

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Almost Heaven - Not West Virginia

So peaceful. The river beauty was the key, but quiet neighborhood, privacy, people in town, close to other day trips. Small, but comfortable accommodations. Perfect for two. Only comment would be to put a table on deck for outside dining. We loved it!!

Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Cherise B., KINGWOOD TX

7 September 2023

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Peaceful escape on the creek

Very clean and pride in ownership. Also it was so quiet as it is the last cabin so you don’t have any through traffic etc. Enjoyed a family holiday weekend and it was perfect! Joan was so helpful over the phone and her son Jeff was awesome too at the property. Would definitely recommend this location to rent. Kitchen was well stocked with all the necessities.

Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2023

8/10 Good

Marnee L., Austin, TX

23 August 2020

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Quiet and comfortable with beautiful surroundings!

Nice cabin which was spotless and well equipped. Great deck that we enjoyed often. Very quiet neighborhood. Better directions on finding it would have been helpful. An inconvenience was lack of storage space in master bedroom. It would definitely be a return destination though!

Stayed 6 nights in Aug 2020

10/10 Excellent

Anthony S., New Orleans

25 July 2023

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Perfect vacation from our vacation

The five of us spent the first week of our southwest Colorado adventure just outside Mancos as part of a group of 14 between the ages of 3 and 74. We were busy. Saw a lot. Did a lot. Wonderful times but whew exhausting. And so Jennifer and I and our three headed to Crosshouse Cabin to skip stones in the creek, picnic along the lake, enjoy a morning kayak on the shimmering lake, stroll the neighborhood in the evenings. Just lovely. Just gorgeous. The cabin was comfortable and well equipped. Good DVD collection, satellite tv, wi-fi. Important stuff I suppose. But what I'll remember- and I pray that the kids do as well- is the scent of spruce, the babble of the creek, sights of deer and chipmunks, you know just being out in the grandeur of the Rockies. The cabin was perfect to exoerience this and we are grateful to have enjoyed the cabin.

Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Tressa P.

13 July 2021

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Perfect-Not Pricey

This little cabin was perfect for my family of 4. We needed something close to Lake Vallecito and this was a great location without paying “on the lake “prices. All the essentials were met or exceeded. We left windows open for cool mornings and comfortable evenings. Upstairs got hot during the day but cooled quickly after sundown. We were out most of the time , so things like hot water for showers, washer/dryer and sleep were our priorities. Bathroom space is functional and hot water plentiful. We slept well with the sound of the creek close by and left the house unlocked most of the time with no concerns. The little markets nearby had most of what we needed for supplies, including Boars Head ham and cheese, fresh watermelon and ice cream. While in the area, I highly suggest tubing in Durango down the Animas river. We did a 4 hour float down a peaceful section that ended with some fun-faster moving water. You could easily get off the river before rapids and the trip would be fine for older and younger folks. Also suggest Narrow Gauge Train to Silverton and a sunrise drive to Lion’s Den at Fort Lewis College to watch as Durango wakes in the morning. Best coffee and pastry- Durango Joe’s. Great burger at Grassburger.

Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2021

8/10 Good

Kara S.

24 July 2021

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Awesome location, with some TLC would be perfect!

Location and setting is wonderful! Property was very well cleaned which is always hit or miss with vacation rentals so was very appreciated. The creek was perfect and the cabin is very close to Vallecito lake if you’re wanting to do some kayaking or paddle boarding. A few things would keep us from coming back to this location; mostly that the furnishings all seemed to be very 3 or 4th hand or garage sale quality which meant: the beds were extremely worn out and leaves your lower back sore, even my very physically fit 12 year old said she had trouble sleeping because her (upstairs) bed drooped so much, so did our master bed. The tv sound is poor quality, it will get really quiet then really loud, over and over again. The oven seemed to have trouble holding a steady temperature, the dining room table has a pretty severe lean and doesn’t fit the space well. As a side note, there is no cell service and no wifi, but there is satellite tv...we would have absolutely preferred wifi instead of satellite so we could at least check in with home without driving 20+ minutes to town. The living room chair also makes your back sit in a weird way. If you want to relax next to the creek, bring your own camp chairs as there are only flimsy plastic chairs on the deck. With some furniture upgrade this place would be a 10/10!

Stayed 5 nights in Jul 2021

10/10 Excellent

Brittany T.

14 October 2022

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great place!

Joan was super responsive and so kind! The place was very nice and the location was beautiful.

Stayed 4 nights in Oct 2022

10/10 Excellent

Patricia V.

8 September 2022

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

This place is BEAUTIFUL!!

I loved the cabin is all well distributed, the place is soo beautiful, has a creek and the deer's are in the yards like nothing!1 it was soo beautiful!, the kids really enjoyed it!! Owner was responsive! thank you so much!!

Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2022

About the host

Hosted by Sydney Searcy

We are a multi-generational family from Texas who has owned the neighboring property for over 20 years. During the summer months, there is almost always a family member on site.

Why they chose this property

The location cannot be beat for getting away from it all yet having access to it ALL!

What makes this property unique

Wild raspberries can be found between the house and the creek for the adventurous forager! Warning: kids fall in love with the great outdoors here and never want to leave :)

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3 bedrooms (sleeps 6)

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2 bathrooms

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