Gatherings
Everyone, in one place
A private 250-acre estate in the New Hampshire woods, for your family and your friends
Family and friends
The estate, for your family and friends alone
Lakefalls sits at the southern edge of New Hampshire's Monadnock region, twenty minutes from Keene and two hours from Boston. Beyond the 250 acres of the estate itself, 13,000 acres of permanent conservation land keep the woods going in every direction.
Between wedding weekends the estate opens to gatherings. Family reunions, milestone birthdays and friends who get together every year take the Lodge and the houses, and the rest of the property becomes the place to walk, swim and eat together, with no other group on the grounds.
Lakefalls is a family estate and the family lives here, so your group is looked after by the people who restored it.
Tell us about your group
- 250Private acres
- 13,000Acres of conservation land
- 45Gather in the Great Room
- 34Sleep on the estate
- 2Solar arrays
A day at Lakefalls
Morning
Coffee over the water
The Lodge sits directly on Woods Mill Pond. Most mornings start on the deck, with coffee and nowhere to be.
Afternoon
Out on the pond
Canoes and kayaks at the docks, trails into the conservation land, a swim off the lawn in summer, or a walk to the waterfall.
Evening
Dinner in the Lodge
Your caterer works in the Lodge's commercial kitchen, with a six-burner range and a grill on the porch, or the group cooks for itself.
Night
The fire, then six houses
When the evening ends, everyone walks back to a house on the estate. No drive, no hotel, and the same people at breakfast.
Lakefalls Lodge
Where a group gathers
Lakefalls Lodge was built in 1927 and sits directly on Woods Mill Pond, with the original Great Room and a commercial kitchen with a six-burner range and a grill on the porch.
It was designed by Augustus Shepard, the architect of the Adirondack Great Camps, and it is still the heart of the estate.
- Up to 45for a meal or a party in the Great Room and common rooms
- Six bedroomseach with its own bathroom, sleeping 14
- The kitchencommercial, with commercial and residential dishwashers, for your caterer or for you
- Connectedhigh speed fiber internet, with wifi and a wired connection
- Downtimebilliards, a piano, the stone fireplace, a fire pit outside
The grounds
Where the rest of the day goes
250 acres of pond, brook, lawn and forest, and 13,000 more of conservation land next door. Hover or tapTap to open each one.
01Woods Mill Pond01 · On the water
Woods Mill Pond
The estate runs the length of the pond. Canoes and kayaks wait at the docks, and in summer the lawns run down to swimming.
02The Lodge Lawn02 · Outdoors
The Lodge Lawn
The open green between the Lodge and the water, for a long lunch in the sun, a game in the afternoon, or chairs around the fire pit after dark.
03The Waterfall03 · A short walk
The Waterfall
Framed by millstones from a gristmill that ground grain here from 1785, at the origin of Otter Brook. It is the place for the family photograph.
04The Covered Bridge04 · The head of the pond
The Covered Bridge
At the head of the pond, where the water narrows toward Chandler Meadow, with beavers, otters and herons in the marsh beyond.
05The Walled Garden05 · From the 1920s
The Walled Garden
Stone walls, arches and a turret from the estate's first years, rebuilt by the Healys, looking out over the pond.
06The conservation land06 · 13,000 acres
The woods beyond
Trails leave the estate straight into 13,000 acres of permanent conservation land, so a walk can run as long as the conversation needs.
Who comes to Lakefalls
Gatherings that want the whole place
- 01Family reunions
Several generations under six roofs, with one table big enough for everyone in the Lodge.
- 02Milestone birthdays
A fiftieth, a seventieth, an anniversary weekend, with longer dinners and the whole estate as the backdrop.
- 03Friends, every year
A dozen friends in the Lodge for a weekend. The Great Room is open to gatherings of up to 45.
Staying on the estate
Everyone wakes up in one place
Six houses across the estate, so mornings start together and evenings end together, with no drive between a hotel and the table everyone eats at. The estate is on high speed fiber internet.
No. 2Lakefalls LodgeSleeps 14
No. 3The Gate HouseSleeps 8
No. 4The Gate House AnnexSleeps 4, up to 6
No. 5Snowshoe CabinSleeps 4, up to 6
No. 6Mended OarSleeps 4, up to 6
No. 1Boulder HouseSleeps 2
34Sleep comfortably
42At most
4 of 6With radiant floor heat
EVCharging on the estate
FiberHigh speed internet
Details
What families ask first
Anything not here, ask. Don writes back personally.
- How many people?
- The Great Room and the Lodge's common rooms hold gatherings of up to 45. The six houses sleep 34 comfortably, 42 at most.
- Who cooks?
- There is no in-house catering and no commission on vendors. Bring the caterer you like to the Lodge's commercial kitchen, or cook for yourselves. We can share caterers who know the property.
- Is there internet?
- Yes. The estate is on high speed fiber internet, and the Lodge has wifi and a wired connection.
- What is there to do?
- Canoes and kayaks, swimming in summer, trails across the estate and into the conservation land, billiards and a piano in the Lodge, fire pits outside.
- Dogs?
- Welcome in the houses.
- Getting here
- 750 Aten Road, Stoddard NH. Twenty minutes from Keene and two hours from Boston, with EV charging on the estate.
- What does it cost?
- Every gathering is quoted for the group and the dates. Tell us what the gathering needs and Don will write back with a proposal.
- Can we see it first?
- Yes. We host private tours of the property, and it is the best way to plan the days. Ask for a tour.
In the colder months
When the pond freezes over
The houses run all year. Boulder House, the Lodge, Snowshoe Cabin and Mended Oar have radiant floor heat, the Great Room has its stone fireplace, and the woods go quiet under snow.
A winter gathering at Lakefalls looks like long mornings by the fire, a walk on the frozen edge of the pond, and the Lodge lit up across the ice at night.
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Powered by the sun
The estate runs on its own power
Two solar arrays generate far more electricity than Lakefalls uses across a year, so the meals, the lights and the six houses your group sleeps in all run on sun the property collected itself.
2Solar arrays
MoreThan the estate uses
“Wonderful location and extremely helpful hosts!”
Google Review · Five stars
Plan your gathering
Tell us the dates, the group, and what the days need to do. We reply personally to every inquiry, typically within forty-eight hours.
