Knarly Oaks Midpines Manor, spa, secluded, spacious home in Yosemite

Relax in our large 2600 square foot house, with two upstairs decks, three bedrooms, three bathrooms and spacious living area on 2.5 very private acres.  We've have room to easily sleep 10 in our three bedrooms and one den.

Location:

Located ten minutes off of the Yosemite All-Weather Highway 140 in Midpines, county maintained paved roads connect to Midpines Manor.  We do also have a 1 mile (3 minute) shutcut on a county maintained gravel road to Midpines, which takes you to the Merced River, and Yosemite Arch Rock Entrance and saves you ten minutes from taking all paved county roads.

We're about 40 minutes to the All Weather (Hwy 140) using shortcut, and an a little more than an hour South Park (Hwy 41) Yosemite National Park entrances when traffic is light. We’re ten minutes from the historical town of Mariposa, where you’ll find the California State Mining and Mineral Museum, the Mariposa Museum and History Center, many restaurants, and a couple really great gift shops.  We are forty minutes from the town of Oakhurst, and an hour from the Chukchansi Gold Resort and Casino. We’ve provided a loose-leaf notebook to tell you all about the local sites and restaurants. 

Midpines Manor top floor:

Midpines Manor top floor has three bedrooms, two full baths, large kitchen, den, large living room, large dining room, breakfast nook, laundry room, large second story east facing entrance deckwith spa and north facing kitchen deck.

The large master bedroom has a king size bed, dresser, bookcase, entertainment center with 32" HDTV with satellite/HBO, ceiling fan, and attached master bathroom.  The spacious master bathroom has two sinks, bathtub with fantastic view, shower, toilet, and walk in closet.

The two other upstairs bedrooms share a full bath located right outside their bedrooms doors.  The king bedroom has a king bed, dresser, closet and ceiling fan.  The bunk bedroom has a double bed, two twin beds in a bunk bed frame, dresser, closet and ceiling fan.  There is also a downstairs bathroom with shower, toilet and sink down stairs if needed.  The hallway has our Ansel Adams collection, and the manor has other local nuggets like a 1896 map of Yosemite drawn by the 5th Calvary.

The kitchen is stocked with dish, glass and flatware sets of 18.  There is stoneware set and a plastic ware set (for outside use).  There is a double oven, four burner stove, pots and pans for cooking, along with a rice cooker/steamer, microwave oven, blender, hand mixer, toaster,, coffee maker and coffee bean grinder.  The refrigerator is equipped with filtered ice and cold-water dispensers.  There is a dishwasher with provided environmental friendly dishwashing soap.

The living room has a magnificent fireplace, 56" HDTV, satellite/HBO and Blue-Ray player, sofa, theater surround sound, recliner and fantastic view.  Adjacent den has comptuer and cell phone hookups, queen sofa bed, and privacy panels if sofa bed is used.

The dining room tables seats ten, and can be expanded to seat fourteen with our two extra leaves.  A 39" HDTV with satellite/HBO is on swivel bracket for dining room, kitchen or breakfast nook HDTV viewing.

Breakfast nook seats four, has that 39" swivel HDTV option, next to kitchen, dining room, laundry room, and kitchen outdoor deck.

Fairly large upstairs laundry room with washer, dryer, vacuums and cleaning products.

Complimentary fresh coffee beans and cocoa from Mariposa Coffee are included for your stay, along with a bottle of wine from one of our local wineries for stays over 5 days.  We stock paper products, soap and shampoo.  

Midpines Manor bottom floor:

The bottom floor is mostly garage, but does have a 3/4 bathroom.  There is also a queen sofa bed in the garage which we use for our family Thanksgiving overflow.

Wildlife:

Deer and wild turkeys like the river and are present every day on the property even when we bring our dogs.  Of course you are bound to spot tree squirrels and perhaps a chipmunk, raccoon, or gray fox.  Hawks, turkey vultures, finch and hummingbirds frequent the trees.  Kick back and enjoy the show from our two decks.  

Our current toll free 855 phone service does not have an option to go to voicemail prior to ten rings if we are unavailable.  We thank you in advance for your voicemail patience.

Let us be the home base for your Yosemite Vacation!

Kim & Keith

Private, secluded manor with spa and great view.

Large living room with fireplace and stocked firewood.

Backup generator for those winter storms.

Fully equipped gourmet kitchen, with stove, double oven, dishwasher, microwave, and refrigerator with chilled water and ice maker.  Full freezer and half refrigerator off of garage downstairs.

WIFI, Hi-speed internet, USB cell phone power cables, and local phone service.

Cell service: Good Verizon and Sprint, poor ATT, and unknown other cell service (let us know we'll update).

56 inch HDtV with Satellite/HBO, surround sound in living room, with HD Satellite/HBO, Home Theater, Blue-ray/DVD player and WII.

39 inch HDTV with Satellite/HBO on swivel bracket for kitchen, breakfast nook, dining and living room viewing.

32 inch HDTV with Satellite/HBO in master bedroom

Washer, dryer and ironing board in laundry room

High thread count sheets

A 10-quart quart ice chest

A good supply of beach towels

Board games, DVDs and Books

BBQ (propane fueled) with awesome deck view

64 oz Growler from our local handcrafted Prospectors Brewing Co. to bring beer home

Soap, shampoo and toothpaste

Yosemite National Park

White water rating in the Merced River

Mono Lake

Sugar Pine Railroad

Water sports at Bass Lake

California State Mining and Mineral Museum

Wine tasting at the Butterfly Creek Winery

And for rainy days, or when you just don't feel like going out, kick back with a good book from our library or challenge others in your party to a board game such as backgammon or pictionary or an old fashion game of cards.  All available on site.

Peak Season: May through August, including all major Holidays, 3 night minimum stay.

Weekends and all major Holidays;  $275 per night for up to six people, $10 per night for each additional person.

Weeknights; $250 per night for up to six people, $10 per night for each additional person.

Mid Season:  September, October, April, 2 night minimum stay, excluding all major Holidays.

Weekends;  $235 per night for up to six people, $10 per night for each additional person.

Weeknights; $200 per night for up to six people, $10 per night for each additional person.

Off Season:  November through March, 2 night minimum stay, excluding all major Holidays.

Weekends;  $200 per night for up to six people, $10 per night for each additional person.

Weeknights; $175 per night for up to six people, $10 per night for each additional person.

Plus 11% County Tax to above nightly fees

Non taxable cleaning fee, any season:

$125 per stay for up to six people, $10 per person per stay for each additional person.

$400 fully refundable security deposit.  We will wash all linens and towels, empty trash, empty clean dishwasher, abd clean bedrooms and bathrooms. Guests are expected to leave all other areas as clean as they found it within reason.  Please leave used beds unmade and used towels on hooks in bedrooms and bathrooms to help out cleaning crew expedite the cleaning process (we have extra sets of everything so they can grab used laundry and wash off site, and still have extras for your stay).

Pets (dogs only):  Security deposit $500, and an additional $20 per day (cleaning fee) for dog stays.