The house notes, written the way we’d tell you at the desk.

Arriving later? Call ahead and we’ll arrange the key and a note on the door. Arriving early? The library, the deck, and the luggage room are yours from 10 a.m.

The house is old and the walls are honest. After ten the library stays open for reading, and conversation moves to low voices and the deck.

The lodge is built for rest: steep stairs, open water, and a quiet common room. Families with younger children do better at the cottages up the road, and we’ll point you kindly.

Service animals are always welcome. Tell us ahead so we can room you on the first floor near the garden door.

Including the deck and the lawn. The shingles are 150 years old and the sea breeze shares everything.

Free until 7 days before arrival. Inside 7 days, the first night is charged. July, foliage season, and buyouts are 14 days, shown clearly before you pay.

Midweek, one night is fine. Sometimes one night is the whole point.

It is an 1874 house, and the Crow’s Nest is forty-two stairs up. If stairs are a concern, ask for a first-floor Garden Double.

Full breakfast (7:30 to 10), coffee and tea from 6:30, afternoon shortbread, Wi-Fi, parking, the town bikes, beach towels and deck blankets, and every house ritual. The only extras are the honor bar in the library and the Saturday harbor sail ($45, paid to the boat).

No, on purpose. The village and Camden do dinner better than a fourteen-room kitchen could, and we’d rather send you to them well briefed. The desk keeps current menus and the numbers that get you a table in July.

Very, with two exceptions. The foghorn sounds in thick weather (earplugs live in every nightstand), and the lobster boats leave at five in the morning, which the Harbor View rooms hear faintly. Light sleepers should book the garden side.

Many do, especially off-season. Wi-Fi runs 400+ Mbps, every room has a desk or writing table, and the library stays work-friendly on weekdays until 4 p.m. Video calls happen in your room or the garden, so the common rooms stay common.

Peak weeks carry higher rates, two-night minimums, and 14-day cancellation, all shown before you pay. July sells out by early spring and the first two weeks of October by summer. If the calendar shows nothing, join the waitlist.

Yes: full-lodge buyouts from November through April, plus a few shoulder-season weekends. Up to 28 overnight guests, 40 for ceremonies on the lawn. Start with the gatherings page, then email [email protected] with your dates.

Yes, and regulars will tell you winter is the secret season: storm-watching from the library, Soup Sundays, the village to yourself, and the lowest rates of the year. We close for two weeks each January; dates are posted by October.

Any amount, no expiry, delivered as a letterpress card by mail or instantly by email. Call the desk or write to [email protected].