7-bedroom rental with a heated indoor pool, open year round.
Sleeps 16.
Trade city life for tranquility at Hilltop Farmhouse in Beach Lake, Pennsylvania — two hours from New York City and Philadelphia, and a million miles away.
Swim year-round in the heated indoor pool.
Enjoy every season of the Pocono Mountain landscape through floor-to-ceiling windows.
Inside, the house is barn wood and stone: a fireplace to sit by, a kitchen built for a crowd, and a billiard table for when the weather keeps everyone in.
This is a great place for family and friends to gather and reconnect.
This newly restored farmhouse sleeps sixteen across seven bedrooms and nine beds, on 130 acres with two hiking trails. For larger groups, explore our other Hilltop properties nearby.
Renting the Castle, the Mansion or the Lodge and want to swim in the winter months? The indoor pool is open year-round, and the Farmhouse can be added to any other Hilltop booking.
The pool is open and heated all year. Enjoy the changing seasons from the sun drenched pool room.
1 king, 5 queens, 1 full and 2 twins
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All kinds of groups. Family reunions and friend reunions, birthdays, engagement parties, bachelorette weekends, sweet sixteens, anniversaries — and plenty of gatherings that don't have a name. Seven bedrooms, a kitchen worth cooking in, and a table that seats all sixteen at once rather than in shifts.
It also books alongside the Castle, the Mansion and the Lodge. A group up at the Castle in January might add the Farmhouse for the indoor pool, or simply for the extra beds.
The Farmhouse can be rented alongside the Castle, the Mansion and the Lodge, each a short walk from the next. Select more than one to see what the combination sleeps and what it comes with.
We'll suggest the property or properties that fit your group best. Children 2 and under don't count toward the guest count.
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Select one to see what it sleeps and what comes with it. Select more than one to see the combination.
The Castle
2 kings, 16 queens and 8 twins
The Farmhouse
1 king, 5 queens, 1 full and 2 twins
The Lodge
1 king and 2 queens
Plus 2 optional cots, which the figures above deliberately leave out — every bed counted is a real bed.
The Mansion
1 king, 10 queens and 4 twins
Plus 10 optional cots, which the figures above deliberately leave out — every bed counted is a real bed.
The Castle and the Farmhouse
3 kings, 21 queens, 1 full and 10 twins
The Castle and the Lodge
3 kings, 18 queens and 8 twins
Plus 2 optional cots, which the figures above deliberately leave out — every bed counted is a real bed.
The Castle and the Mansion
3 kings, 26 queens and 12 twins
Plus 10 optional cots, which the figures above deliberately leave out — every bed counted is a real bed.
The Farmhouse and the Lodge
2 kings, 7 queens, 1 full and 2 twins
Plus 2 optional cots, which the figures above deliberately leave out — every bed counted is a real bed.
The Mansion and the Farmhouse
2 kings, 15 queens, 1 full and 6 twins
Plus 10 optional cots, which the figures above deliberately leave out — every bed counted is a real bed.
The Mansion and the Lodge
2 kings, 12 queens and 4 twins
Plus 12 optional cots, which the figures above deliberately leave out — every bed counted is a real bed.
The Castle, the Farmhouse and the Lodge
4 kings, 23 queens, 1 full and 10 twins
Plus 2 optional cots, which the figures above deliberately leave out — every bed counted is a real bed.
The Castle, the Mansion and the Farmhouse
4 kings, 31 queens, 1 full and 14 twins
Plus 10 optional cots, which the figures above deliberately leave out — every bed counted is a real bed.
The Castle, the Mansion and the Lodge
4 kings, 28 queens and 12 twins
Plus 12 optional cots, which the figures above deliberately leave out — every bed counted is a real bed.
The Mansion, the Farmhouse and the Lodge
3 kings, 17 queens, 1 full and 6 twins
Plus 12 optional cots, which the figures above deliberately leave out — every bed counted is a real bed.
The whole compound
5 kings, 33 queens, 1 full and 14 twins
Plus 12 optional cots, which the figures above deliberately leave out — every bed counted is a real bed.
Across the river
A scenic five-minute drive from Hilltop Castle World, River Penthouse is an ultra-luxe apartment in downtown Narrowsburg, NY, with extraordinary views of the Delaware River. Narrowsburg is a small town packed with exceptional dining and shopping.
Although the penthouse is a separate property, booked on its own site, it makes a great space for overflow guests of any of the bigger Hilltop properties — or a stay in its own right, for anyone who wants the river and the town rather than the hill.
Hilltop Castle World sits on the Pennsylvania side of the Delaware River, where the Pocono and Catskill Mountains meet. Five minutes away you can raft the Delaware or wander the shops and restaurants of Narrowsburg. Within half an hour you'll find Lake Wallenpaupack, local breweries, and skiing and snow tubing at Big Bear. Every drive is a scenic one, and at two hours from New York City and Philadelphia, Hilltop is close enough by car and far enough to feel a world away.
Hilltop T-shirts and hoodies with your group's name on the back, and the Farmhouse in gold on the shirt. Pool towels too, printed to order and shipped to your door.
In from 4:00 PM, out by 11:00 AM.
Below the hill, to the right of the drive — the first building you reach. The address is 28 Castle Hill Rd, Beach Lake, Pennsylvania.
There is bedding for 16, and up to 21 guests are allowed in total. Any guest above 16 is $150 per night, and no extra bedding is supplied for them. For a group of 20 or more, taking the Lodge alongside the Farmhouse is usually cheaper than paying that overage, and everyone gets a bed — 10 bedrooms sleeping 22. Whether it comes out cheaper depends on the Lodge's rate and the season, so ask when you enquire.
Seven bedrooms and four bathrooms. Bedroom 1 is a king, bedroom 2 has a queen and a twin, bedrooms 3, 4, 5 and 6 are queens, and bedroom 7 has a bunk with a full on the bottom and a twin on top. Bedroom 1 has a private full bathroom; bedrooms 2 and 3 share a full; bedroom 4 is next to a full bathroom; bedrooms 5, 6 and 7 share the full bathroom in the billiard room hallway.
Yes, and it is indoors, so it works in February. It is held at 87°F all year. Pool towels are not supplied — bring your own.
Pots, pans, utensils, plates, cups and mugs, coffee makers and toasters — the standard set for a full house. There is one Keurig and one drip machine. Filters are provided; pods and grounds are not, so bring your own coffee.
On site, with room for 15 cars. No permit, no overflow lot, and no walk from anywhere.
The network is “Hilltop Castle Guest”. There is no password — enter an email address to log in.
Pool and beach towels, paper towels, personal hygiene products, garbage bags, sunscreen, coffee (pods or grounds), hiking shoes, tin foil and plastic wrap, plastic wine glasses, matches or a lighter, cards and board games, and extra toilet paper.
Once you have booked a Hilltop property there are no refunds. Book the dates you are sure of.
Yes. The wedding package takes all four buildings for three nights and starts at $75,000.
The primary renter must be 25 or older. Family groups are welcome with guests of any age, children and teenagers included. In a group of friends, everyone must be 25 or older, and we do not host prom parties.
Up to three dogs per building. Each must be two years old or older and under 70 lbs. The fee is $250 per dog per stay at the Castle and the Mansion, and $125 per dog per stay at the Farmhouse and the Lodge. Say how many when you enquire and it goes on the booking.
Up to a stated number, and it costs $150 per guest per night above the bedding capacity. No extra bedding is supplied for them. The cap is different for each building and is listed in that building's questions below.
Each property page shows its starting nightly rate. For exact pricing and availability, check your dates in Guesty.
Yes. Every booking needs a signed rental agreement, and you can read it here first.
Four separate buildings — the Castle, the Mansion, the Farmhouse and the Lodge — on one private 130-acre hill in Beach Lake, Pennsylvania. Book one or book all four. Between them they hold 39 bedrooms and sleep 92.
Not unless you have booked them. Each building is a separate rental with its own guests in it, and the grounds that come with your stay are the ones around the building you booked; the rest of the hill and its trails are shared with whoever has booked the other buildings. Most large groups take more than one, and only a booking of all four has the whole hill to itself.
It is two hours from New York City and Philadelphia, by car.
The Poconos. Beach Lake sits in the northern Poconos in Wayne County, Pennsylvania, close enough to the New York line that the Catskills are the next range north — which is where the confusion comes from.
Yes, and most large groups do. The four combine in any arrangement, which is how a group of 92 fits. Taking a second building is what turns a full house into room to spread out.
The Castle sleeps 44 and the Mansion sleeps 26, so either does it alone. The Farmhouse sleeps 16 and the Lodge sleeps 6, and any pairing of two buildings clears 20.
Yes — the whole building, to your group alone. It has 18 bedrooms, sleeps 44, and comes with the bowling alley, the theater and the arcade. It is a real castle that people stay in, not a venue you hire by the hour.
Those are resorts: you book rooms in a building other guests are also staying in, and the pool and the dining room are shared with everyone. At Hilltop you take the building, and there is nobody else in it. The trade is that a resort schedules your day for you and Hilltop does not.
Four miles of walking and nature trails across the 130 acres — a 1.5-mile loop marked with red tree markers and a 2.5-mile loop marked with yellow. Indoors, what you get depends on the building: pools, a sauna, billiards, bowling, a theater and arcades are spread across the four.
Indoors, at a reasonable volume. No outdoor music, and no DJ equipment. The hill has neighbours and this is a residential area.
Not indoors, in any building. Smoke outside and dispose of the butts properly rather than dropping them on the ground.
Yes. Hotel-quality linens, beds made before you arrive, and bath towels and face cloths for everyone. Pool towels are the exception — bring your own please, and please keep the bath towels away from the pool and the hot tub.
On request, mid-stay or daily. It is $35 per hour per housekeeper with a two-hour minimum. Ask when you book or once you are here.
Two rolls of toilet paper per bathroom, dish detergent for the dishwasher, and one garbage bag per bin to start you off. A large group goes through all of that quickly, so bring extra — including large contractor bags.
Firewood is $10 a bundle from the shed on site, on the honour system, so bring cash. Propane for the gas grills is supplied. There is a washer and dryer on the property.
Every building has its own network. The name and how to join it are in that building's questions.
Call or text 570-335-6258 an hour before you arrive, so someone can meet you there to let you in and give you the door code. The bedrooms are numbered, so the list of which bed is in which room matches what you find when you walk in.
Sometimes, but it cannot be confirmed until a few days before you arrive — it depends on who is in the building before and after you. If it can be arranged it is $150 per hour.
There are restaurants in Narrowsburg, Honesdale, Hawley and Callicoon, all a short drive away, and the Delaware River is only five minutes away.
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The Farmhouse has beds for 16, and up to 21 can stay. Each guest above 16 is $150 a night, and no extra beds or bedding are supplied for them.
Three nights minimum, all year. Two nights is possible with a $750 cleaning fee.
$115 per person, per night
$3,450 in total for 10 guests over 3 nights
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