NEW! See our FLYOVER and INTERIOR VIDEO of Vista Country Home and your entire country estate! SCROLL TO 3RD PHOTO ABOVE! Vista Country Home, is YOUR elegant, 3-bedroom, private BOUTIQUE COUNTRY ESTATE, embraced in the arms of Vista's ALL ORGANIC and solar-powered farm, Fiddlers Green. Sleeps six adults in elegant bedding, with option to add two more guests (total of 8) for small extra charge. Savor winter evenings beside your crackling living room FIREPLACE, surrounded by 360-degree view of rural splendor! Enjoy summer evenings relaxing on your private hacienda-style patio garden with BBQ and campfire pit. Perfect for people who love history, comfort and beautiful scenery on their vacations. It is beautiful, spacious, and your DOG is MOST WELCOME! Vista Country Home is very private, and seems remote, but is only 3 miles from supermarkets, restaurants (both fast foods and fine--VERY FINE--dining!), a bowling alley, and even a new Brew Pub…and other shopping! Be sure to bring: ...Bring your own MARSHMALLOWS—for the delightful outdoor fire pit in the enclosed courtyard! ...Anglers? BRING FISHING POLES! Guests may go fishing free (no license required!) just steps from your door along thousands of yards of PRIVATE access to our two creeks. Perfect for small family reunions and getaways. Vista's special SENIOR FRIENDLY design features one-level, easy, no-stairs access to the gardens, parking, and to all rooms, except for the optional 3rd bedroom, which is downstairs, where youngsters will love having their own space! --Gorgeous, gas-fired FIREPLACE in living room !!! (Yes, REAL fire!) --Spectacular Patio-Garden with Gazebo, BBQ, Fire Pit, and Lilly Pond! --Comfy wall-to-wall CARPETING in all bedrooms and living room !!! --Completely air-conditioned with no noisy window units to spoil your views. --UNLIMITED data hi-speed WiFi in every room!!! --More than two miles of SAFE AND PRIVATE hiking/biking trails--right outside your door!--through the magical fields, forests...and along the TWO CREEKS on Vista's private estate, where our guests may go fishing for free! --BIRDERS in your group? Vista has a spectacular variety of colorful birds--more than 45 species counted so far (see photos for partial list). You can see them right outside your windows, and on your hikes along our private trail system --Fully designed to be SENIOR FRIENDLY, Vista has NO STAIRS to parking, gardens, or to any rooms, except for the 3rd (downstairs) bedroom. --VISTA COUNTRY HOME is ALL YOURS: We never "share" your space with other renters! And keep in mind that Vista Country Home is at the center of our ALL ORGANIC, NO-SPRAY, NO PESTICIDES, FULLY ORGANIC, SOLAR POWERED working farm, Fiddlers Green, which has been in our family for 75 years! While our friends who love our American Civil War heritage find Vista especially appealing for its proximity to key historic sites, everyone will enjoy the sheer comfort, privacy, and beautiful setting Vista offers. It is an ideal spot year round for a getaway from routine, from stress, from traffic, and all the safety of your own country bubble! Beautifully landscaped with a WALLED GARDEN, a pond with FOUNTAIN, a large GAZEBO, that will immerse you in our spectacular countryside. Enjoy al fresco dining in shade or sunshine with a 4-burner grill (large enough to cook for the whole family at once!) for BBQs, Don't forget the free-standing fire pit for roasting marshmallows while telling stories during the warmer evenings, delicately lit by a constellation of pirouetting fireflies. Listen carefully, and you can hear they are dancing to the distant symphony of frogs, crickets, and other night-creature musicians you can only hear at Vista Country Home! A separate SUNSET & BREAKFAST BALCONY with outdoor table and chairs assures another location for your comfort and relaxation indoors and out. Here is yet another perfect backdrop and environment for PHOTOS!...and remember: All totally private! This airy, light-filled modern home features many beautiful antiques, VAULTED CEILINGS throughout, SKYLIGHTS, and with 3 immaculate bedrooms in an unparalleled setting of country splendor. Unlike some other country homes, Vista has warm, cushy WALL-TO-WALL CARPETING throughout all bedrooms and the luxurious living room for added comfort. Get there first with your companion and choose the master bedroom, with its fabulous SCROLLED OAK, 4-POSTER, ANTIQUE QUEEN-SIZE BED! Your accompanying friends will be thrilled with the 2nd bedroom, with its ANTIQUE, 4-POSTER DOUBLE BED, and the 200-year-old CHILD'S DESK they can use for writing postcards home. The extra large 3rd bedroom also has ANTIQUE 4-POSTER DOUBLE BED, and includes two pullout sofas to sleep a total of up to 5 guests. Pak-N-Play available for toddlers at no cost. Each bedroom enjoys VIEWS OF NATURE AND COUNTRY SPLENDOR from all the large bedroom windows. Each bedroom has ultra-fine linens, and its own large bathroom. The LARGE, WELL-EQUIPPED KITCHEN will delight any chef. Culinary experts and amateurs alike will appreciate the fine and plentiful tools, utensils, and cookware provided for preparing fine meals. Serve your meals with nice flatware and dishes and enjoy them outside in the gazebo, on the balcony, or in the large and elegant dining room. The SPACIOUS AND ELEGANT DINING ROOM, with seating for 8-10 diners, and larger living room are bathed in natural light. Enormous and numerous windows open to hundreds of acres trees, fields, streams and wildflowers--all part of your own private country estate! With Vista as your vacation base, you can EASILY DRIVE TO DOZENS OF HISTORIC SITES and some of the world's finest visitor's centers to experience history where it happened, and honor those who fought and died to make America the great nation it is today. A mere 15-minute drive will take you to Gettysburg--to where Chamberlain stood moments before he led a bayonet charge down the slopes of Little Round Top; to Cemetery Ridge, where the rebel yell still echoes from Pickett's Confederates as they charged to the 'high water mark' of the war; to the Gettysburg Cemetery, where Lincoln delivered the most famous speech in history honoring those who gave 'the last full measure.' Vista offers easy access to many of America's other most important historical sites, as well, including Antietam and Monocacy Battlefields, as well as cultural and recreational sites in and around Washington DC and Baltimore, home of our national anthem! After a day of sightseeing, golf, or ANTIQUES SHOPPING in the MANY OF THE EXCELLENT ANTIQUE SHOPS very closeby, you can kick back at Vista. Sip a cool iced tea or glass of wine from under Vista's gazebo as steaks sizzle on the grill, and a red setting sun yields the dimming cornfields and sycamore trees to a constellation of sparkling fireflies. Keep comfortably in mind that Vista Country Home is at the center of our ALL ORGANIC, NO-SPRAY, NO PESTICIDES, FULLY ORGANIC working farm, Fiddlers Green, which has been in our family for 75 years! Or, enjoy the Maryland traditional celebratory feast: a pot of blue crabs from Vince's Seafood, steaming in savory Old Bay seasoning, with cold bottle of delicious locally crafted beer, or a chilled glass of fresh apple cider from nearby Baugher's Orchard. Prefer to dine out? Vista is only 3 miles from Taneytown, where you can find WORLD-CLASS DINING at the Smokehouse Restaurant, named by USA Today BEST READERS’ CHOICE WINNER FOR BEST HOTEL RESTAURANT in 2020. This fabulous restaurant of the delux country hotel, ANTRIM 1844 an elegant ante-bellum mansion. At the other end of the cost spectrum, McDonald's, Pizza Hut and other familiar eateries are nearby and offer faster food alternatives. Check out Taneytown's charming Country Kitchen for old style delicious country breakfasts and crab cakes. The larger, but still nearby towns of Gettysburg and Westminster boast wonderful small-town character in pubs, diners, and family restaurants to please any palate and any budget. For a quiet evening at your Country Home, enjoy a movie or documentary from a large collection of Civil War DVDs and other movie options on a large HD TV. For a quieter evening, curl up with one of the many books in the Vista library of Civil War and American fiction and history books and periodicals. Vista also offers you FREE WiFi for HIGH-SPEED INTERNET access with UNLIMITED data. Use it to look up your Civil War ancestors, check your email, or tell your Facebook friends what a great time you are having! Check the details and photos listed elsewhere on this website to find many more appealing features of Vista Country Home. We invite you to be our guest for an experience of comfort and learning that you will cherish and will want to share with friends and family! Keywords: Gettysburg, Gettysburg area lodging, Country getaway, Fountain, Gazebo, Scenic, Nature views, Elegant, Luxury, Comfort, Historic location, Beautifully landscaped, Civil War, Antietam, Barbecue, Senior Friendly