Bozeman's Spring Creek House

Panorama showing kitchen, dining room, and living room all opening onto the wrap-around deck.

"Spring Creek is the best!  Paul is great to work with.  We were very comfortable with 10 family members. 
We loved having a family dinner picnic outdoors by the stream.  The broad porch, with an incredible view
of the mountains, was a wonderful place for family get-togethers.  The grounds and flower garden were in
beautiful condition and much enjoyed.  We loved being near both town and hiking trails.  The house had
a charming kitchen filled with everything you could need, plus rooms filled with family games, latest audio
and visual equipment and delightful collections of books.  The master bedroom and bath, with private
access to the porch, was a special treat."                                                        Gilbert & Nancy, Jacksonville, Florida

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The spacious living room centers around a Gallatin granite fireplace, and has oversized windows on three sides.

This well-built and spacious 4000+ square foot home has privacy, beautiful views year round, park-like setting and creek, with loads of room for family or multi-family use. Kids or adults will love staying here! The lowest level, below ground, has a full-sized racquetball/handball court (with a basketball hoop), and can be used for volleyball and badminton as well. Racquets and balls are on hand. The ground level opens onto the back yard, and has three bedrooms, two half-baths plus a separate shower room, a laundry area, and a spacious family room with a futon bed, etc., piano, children’s play table, puppet theatre, TV/VCR/DVD and a collection of games and toys. The entry level includes the living room, kitchen, dining room, two bedrooms, two bathrooms, a mud room and the garage. The living room has a wood-burning fireplace, TV/DVD/VCR, and audio equipment. A large wraparound deck is accessed from three rooms, and has plenty of seating and great views of the Bridger Mountains, Gallatin Range, and the Hyalite Peaks. The house is equipped for wireless internet access throughout the house, and a laser printer is on hand. The house has digital cable TV service, and free long distance calling (US and Canada).

The five bedrooms, plus family room and living room, provide sleeping for 12 to 17 people, plus up to three infants and an additional small child. (Details, next paragraph.) All linens and towels are provided. The kitchen, adjacent to the dining room, is extremely well equipped, and has a double oven and even a collection of cookbooks. A second refrigerator is in the garage. There is a small table in the kitchen, plus a table just outside the sliding door. A portable catering table (with tablecloths on hand as well) can be used for dining on the deck. For small children there are two portable crib/playpens, a stationary crib, an antique cradle, a highchair, crumb mat, booster seat, potty seat, plastic plates and cups, and step stools. Visitors have a garage to pull into plus a handy mud room. The lovely yard has a hammock, several benches, bridge, streamside table and chairs, flat area for Frisbee/croquet/volleyball/badminton, and a gentle slope for sledding or even a few cross-country ski turns. You might even see a variety of animals as the property is on a wildlife corridor.

The Spring Creek House can accommodate 10-17 people, as described below, plus infants and an additional small child. There are 5 bedrooms and 3.5 baths, with extra sleeping in the family room and living room.

Entry level:
- Bedroom #1: Master bedroom, very spacious, with queen bed, stationary crib, and antique cradle.
- Bedroom #2: full/double bed.
- Entry level bathrooms: the master bedroom has a full bath with tub/shower/dressing room; and there is a full bathroom with tub/shower adjacent to bedroom #2.
- Two portable playpen/cribs are stored in the master bedroom closet, and a portable foam bed is stored under the bed in the master bedroom.
- The living room has a new Italian leather sofa, which has a pull-out double bed.

Lower level (opens onto back yard):
- Bedroom #3: full/double bed.
- Bedroom #4: 2 twin beds (one with a Japanese-style futon.
- Bedroom #5: queen bed.
- Downstairs family room: (typically used for a children's dorm-style room full/double futon sofa/bed (Japanese style), futon love seat/bed for small child, two single fold-out foam beds (2.5 x 6').
- Lower level bathrooms: two half-baths and a separate beautiful travertine marble shower room.

No pets are allowed in the house, staying or visiting.

The house has a superb location in Bozeman, about 1.5 miles from Main Street, and even closer to the campus of Montana State University. The Museum of the Rockies is just a short walk west. Valley View Golf Course, directly east, allows visitors from other clubs to play. The house is adjacent to the Bozeman trail system, and the owners can often ski right from the house. A shallow spring-fed creek cuts through the lower back yard, and is one of the tributaries of the Gallatin, which in turn joins the Jefferson and Madison rivers 30 miles west.

The beautifully-equipped kitchen includes all the extras, and even a great view!
A gas grill is out the sliding glass door on the lower deck.

Dining Room adjacent to Kitchen with extra seating

Bozeman is a great town, with a charming main street, galleries, shops and fine dining. There's the Museum of the Rockies and planetarium, the American Computer Museum, Gallatin County Museum, Emerson Cultural Center, summer Shakespeare in the Parks, several theater companies, the annual Sweet Pea Festival, and other yearly events. The new library is wonderful, and has a terrific children's area.The recreation department has a fine indoor pool facility, with enormous floating children's toys, as well as an outdoor pool with waterslide, and there are swimming ponds, outdoor ice rinks, groomed X-C trails, and a public skatepark. Bridger Bowl offers great alpine skiing and snowboarding an easy 16 mile-drive to the north, with Bohart Ranch, a fine XC-facility, just beyond. Big Sky and Moonlight Basin are an hour+ south, down Gallatin Canyon. Bozeman Hot Springs and Spa, and two public golf courses, are within 6-12 miles. World-class fly fishing, and river-running, from gentle to action-packed, are available on the Gallatin, Madison, and the Yellowstone Rivers, within a half-hour or more. Yellowstone Park: 90 minutes away (via either West Yellowstone or Gardiner). Headwaters of the Missouri State Park: 30 min. Lewis and Clark Caverns: 45 min. There's great walking/hiking/mountain biking/XC skiing even right in town, thanks to an excellent trail system. In summer, there is lift-served mountain biking at Big Sky, and Bohart Ranch opens its trail for mountain biking.

 

Garden:  The herb and flower garden has a large raspberry patch.

View from deck towards NE:  The house is very private, and has mountain views north, east, and south, a one-acre yard, and a shallow year-round spring creek.

View from south of house, both levels, and deck:  The hillside construction provides great indoor light as well as
great views upstairs and down.

Rates
Rates vary with group size and season.
For a group of 9-12  $2429/week winter -$3379/week summer, see pricing page for discounts for smaller parties.  All prices include Montana's 7% bed tax.  Nightly and long-term rates available, as well as last minute discounts.

Minimum Stays
Summer & Holidays   1 week, $3379 unless within 60 days of start date
Winter  3-night min

Visa, MasterCard, Amex & Discover gladly accepted
For exact nightly rates click here

                Kitchen Plant Corner                                   Downstairs Family Room

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This page last updated on:  Thursday October 04, 2007