The Solitude Inn
The Solitude Inn is situated on a dead end road, and boasts 200 acres of cleared land, woods, stands of Fraser Fir Christmas trees, and old roads for hiking. It is surrounded on three sides by New York City land, thousands of acres of which are available for hiking. A section of the Finger Lakes Trail is easily accessible at the end of Chamberlain Brook Road. In addition, NYS Route 10 is a designated bike path.
In late spring, a pumpkin patch begins to set fruit behind the farmhouse, a plot full of winter squash, pumpkins, and gourds. Stay at harvest time, and pick your own. Take a boat out on the reservoir to fish during the season. Or paddle around in a canoe or kayak during recreational boating season, Memorial Day to Columbus Day each year. Sit on the wraparound porch where doing nothing is always doing something.
We had a wonderful experience welcoming the New Year at The Solitude Inn. The house is very cozy with a warm at home like feeling. The rooms are specious, the beds comfy, the baths elegant and the kitchen completely stocked and ready to prepare any meal. Joe and Monica are wonderful, friendly hosts and will make you feel right at home. They have put a lot of hard work and love into completely renovating this old school farmhouse and you can just feel the positive energy all around. It is very peaceful and a great place to relax and recharge. The bass fishing at the Cannonsville Reservoir is excellent and the trout fishing in these parts of the Delaware River is one of the best on the East Coast. Can’t wait to come back when fishing season starts.
I think about our beautiful week at solitude often! Thank you so much for sharing the lovely house and grounds with others. A true serenity lodge! I came home refreshed and relaxed. Loved meeting you both and Duke- you are the perfect innkeepers ! My family loved every moment- but I know Gus had the best time of his entire life- especially the mud.
Hope to see you next year- Mary
This is the second trip to the Solitude Inn, Its a beautiful home that is well taken care of . The owners Monica and Joe are extremely helpful with ideas on where to eat out things to do and see. Every thing in the house is clean and new. The area is so peaceful. We will be back again. Thank you again. Sandy, Carl and Vicki
House
Duke, The Solitude Inn Mascot
Front of the house sign
Back of the house sign
SI Porch 1
SI Porch 2
SI Front Entry
SI Dining Room
SI Living Room and Sleeper Sofa Area
SI Living Room toward Dining Room
SI Sleeper Sofa Area toward LR
SI Kitchen 1
SI Kitchen 2
SI Kitchen 3
SI Pantry
SI Breakfast Room 1
SI Breakfast Room 2
SI Laundry Room
SI Powder Room
Gourds
Pumpkins
SI Twin Bedroom
SI Second Bedroom 1
SI Second Bedroom 2
SI Master Bedroom 1
SI Master Bedroom 2
SI Second Bath 1
SI Second Bath 2
SI Master Bath 1
SI Master Bath 2
SI Second Floor Sitting Area 1
SI Second Floor Sitting Area 2
SI Second Floor Porch 1
SI Second Floor Porch 2
The Views
The Cannonsville Reservoir is pristine and beautiful. It affords visitors the grace and comfort of light, just as The Solitude Inn affords visitors the grace and comfort of home. A car or bike or motorcycle ride around the reservoir is good for the spirit.
Sometimes, in early morning, the sun breaks through a hole of cloud and throws a silver circle on the water. On the side hill, an intersect of birches is a white web against brown. An eagle may be perched there, eying iridescent fish at shallow water’s edge. Red tailed hawks career across water, wings hitched up, the tell-tale of hawks. A crow perches like a Christmas star on the leader of a fir tip so seemingly tender as to remind one of the hollow bones of birds. Holsteins graze in the flat along the river pushing pink noses into the last growth of grass in corn stubble. The sun blows the clouds out and illuminates the golden beaks of hawks and hollow bones of birds and heavy hooves of cow, a symphony of sight.