Room for a crowd at Akey Valley

Akey Valley, LLC. is a vacation rental home located in scenic Richland County in southwest Wisconsin. Join us in the country! Our 140+ year old farm house has over 4,000 square feet with six bedrooms and a beautiful remodeled kitchen. Room for many! We are currently closed for the winter. We will open for guest stays starting in May. Check the calendar to plan your 2022 stay with us in the country! Akey Valley , LLC. is a vacation rental home located in scenic Richland County in southwest Wisconsin. The 140+ year old farmhouse has over is 4,000 square feet to enjoy. The home is fully furnished and sleeps 12 comfortably with six bedrooms (five bedrooms upstairs and one bedroom on the main level): three queen beds, two full beds and two twin beds and plenty of space available for air mattresses. Make yourself at home for the week or weekend. Akey Valley is a family affair, not part of a property management company, resort or hotel chain looking to make tons of money off our rental. Eric & Amy do the day to day management the property. Amy's sister & brother-in-law own the farm. Eric's dad mows the lawn. Amy's mom does the laundry. Akey Valley is a working farm. The cows in the barn and the tractors being used belong to Amy’s parents. At Akey Valley, we want people to experience & enjoy their time in the country. The Akey Valley farmhouse is over 140+ years old. We offer great accommodations but please know it is NOT new construction. The main floor has central air but there is no AC (for summer) or heating (for winter) to the upstairs. For the summer, we have box fans in every room with large windows. In the fall, we have big comforters to keep cozy. We close the farmhouse for the winter. The home includes a living room, dining room, sitting room, and two bathrooms both on the main level - there is NO bathroom upstairs. The large fully equipped kitchen was remodeled in 2012. It has a wall oven, electronic cook top, oversized refrigerator, dishwasher, microwave, coffee maker and other small appliances like waffle maker, toaster, popcorn maker, blender and a tabletop George Forman grill. All cooking utensils, silverware and dishware are included. Guests will need to bring in and prepare their own food. All bed linens and towels are provided. The house also includes a 26x26 great room addition that’s perfect for gatherings or activities with a larger group! We installed Wi-Fi at the house in October 2014. It has worked well for guests but know it's not super fast (we would not advise streaming movies). Some things we DO NOT have: cable or dish (we do have one smart TV with local channels). Cell phone service is spotty due to the valley and hills. We have a landline for emergencies and the number can be passed along to family if needed. We hope our guests enjoy the beautiful scenery of the country and have a time to set back, relax and truly get away. Please note: 3-night minimum is required for Memorial Day and Labor Day weekends (Friday, Saturday, Sunday), and when July 4th falls on a Friday or Saturday. There are so many things to do in southwest Wisconsin and the driftless area. Enjoy Frank Lloyd Wright destinations like House on the Rock and Taliesin, along with the outdoor American Players Theater and great golf at The House on the Rock Golf Resort in Spring Green (only 15 minutes away). Enjoy fishing? Richland County alone has over 270 miles of class I and class II trout stream. Along with the Wisconsin River and nearby fisheries, this area is the ultimate getaway. Within a 20 minutes drive, enjoy the Wisconsin River, Willow Creek, Bear Creek, Whitemound Lake, Ash Creek, Melancthon Creek and Mill Creek. If you want to drive a little farther, you can explore Blue River, Fennimore Fork, Black Earth Creek, West Fork of the Kickapoo River, Billings Creek and Devils Lake and State Park. If golf is more your style, you can golf a different course every day of your stay with multiple courses all within a short drive. Visit The House on the Rock Golf Resort in Spring Green (15 minutes), The Baraboo Country Club, Baraboo (55 minutes), The Reedsburg Country Club, Reedsburg (40 minutes), Viroqua Hills Golf Course, Viroqua (45 minutes) and the West Brook Hills Golf Course in Plain (25 minutes). The farmhouse is great for quilters, scrap bookers, and family reunions. We invite our guests to unplug and unwind and take in the beauty of the area. Be amazed at the peace and quiet at our classic country retreat. Area attractions within a half hour’s drive include: American Players Theater, Frank Lloyd Wright’s Taliesen, the Spring Green Art Fair, The House on the Rock Golf Course, Tower Hill State Park, the lower Wisconsin River, the Morel (mushroom) Festival in Muscoda, the Fall Art Tour, Oakwood Fruit Farm, and the Mid-Continent Railway Museum. Amish shopping and Wiggy Winery is north of Richland Center. Our back country roads are perfect for biking, pedal or motorcycle! Area attractions about an hour away include: the House on the Rock, Governor Dodge State Park in Dodgeville, the Circus Museum, Devil's Lake State Park, the International Crane Foundation in the Baraboo area, the Wisconsin Dells, Mt Horeb, Wollersheim Winery (peronal favorite!), Cave of the Mounds and Tyrol Basin for downhill snow skiing. Madison is 60 minutes east, Viroqua is an hour west and La Crosse is 90 minutes west. Akey Valley is a limited liability company. The property is still an working farm. Eric and Amy do not live on the property but Amy's parents, Bill and Marilynn, will stop in from time to time. Bill has turned into the unofficial welcome wagon! He'll stop by to say hello and make sure you've got what you need. Since it is a working farm, for your safety do not cross any fences, go into buildings, or into the pasture. Stay on your side of the fence as we like to say on the farm. There's plenty of yard to enjoy, along with a fire pit and front porch. Travel time (ish): Madison 60 minutes, La Crosse 90 minutes, Chicago 3 hours and 30 minutes, Twin Cities 4 hours, Rochester, MN 3 hours and Wisconsin Dells 60 minutes. As kids, we dreamed about getting out of "the country" and moving to the big city. As we grow older, we realize how lucky we are to have grown up in such a beautiful area of Wisconsin. We invite others to enjoy the scenic landscape and driftless area. Please note: 3 night minimum is required for Memorial Day and Labor Day weekends (Friday, Saturday, Sunday).