This train-loving household has found essentially the most superb getaway within the Hocking Hills: the railroad-themed Hideaway on the Hocking, constructed from an actual historic prepare station and a collection of refurbished cabooses!
Hideaway on the Hocking is positioned in Guysville, Ohio, about 20 minutes southeast of Athens, tucked right into a long-time, family-owned property on a bend of the Hocking River.
Along with a collection of recent properties dubbed River Retreats and The Depot, Hideaway options 5 refurbished cabooses, too! (Extra on these under.)
We had been very lucky to get to remain in The Depot, a centerpiece of the property. The Depot is certainly an actual, renovated prepare depot! They’ve preserved a lot of the character whereas updating it with snug fashionable facilities.
The Depot itself was the previous prepare station in Millersport, Ohio, shipped all the way in which to southeast Ohio. There’s a terrific picture of it on the wall.
You’ll spend a lot of your keep spying out the varied particulars and decor, from benches to mannequin trains to lights. It’s actually enjoyable to think about all of the vacationers that handed by means of the constructing and all of the trains that stopped there over previous many years.
The Depot encompasses a full kitchen with fuel vary, dishwasher, home equipment – every part you’d want.
My favourite a part of the kitchen was the desk, squeezed into the previous statement home windows.
The Depot consists of two queen bedrooms and two bogs.
The property additionally consists of back and front lined decks, a sizzling tub, a firepit.
Even a picnic desk underneath the previous water tower!
Company are welcome to make use of different elements of the Hideaway on the Hocking property, too, which features a strolling path alongside the river.
(On our keep we loved in the future of blue skies after which it snowed in a single day, so we received a strong sense of the grounds each with and with out snow.)
And naturally, you’ll be able to admire the 5 cabooses all lined up in a row.
Every caboose is a special coloration, and has been renovated into fashionable lodging.
They’ve added lined decks to the cabooses as nicely, so you’ll be able to sit and face the fields and river. Every caboose has its personal firepit out again, too.
The interiors are cozy however fashionable.
The variety of beds varies, too. This one features a pair of bunk beds within the heart!
We liked our keep in The Depot! We spent two nights there, and used it as a little bit retreat to begin off the 12 months. The lodging are arduous to beat, and every part is fashionable and cozy. The keep was excellent for hanging out, making meals collectively, studying, enjoyable within the sizzling tub, climbing across the grounds.
The property can also be simply accessible off main roads, so Hideaway would additionally function a terrific residence base for climbing close by parks and trails, and even visiting and exploring Athens. However with all of the railroad-themed enjoyable, you’ll in all probability be like us and also you received’t need to depart the property!
Hideaway on the Hocking
20750 River Rd.
Guysville, OH 45735
(740) 764-4684
Internet: hideawayonthehocking.com
FB: Hideaway on the Hocking
IG: @hideawayonthehocking
