Frequently Asked Questions
Have questions? You’ll find answers here. And if you need anything to make your Blue Ridge Mountain stay at the Retreat at Crabtree Falls the best it can be, our host Beth-Anne is glad to help.
FAQs
We are ½ mile from the Crabtree Falls trailhead. Just take a right onto State Route 56 and it will be on your left.
Check-in is at 4:00 pm. Check-out is at 11:00 am. If you would like to request an early check-in or late check-out, please call Beth-Anne Norman at (571) 918-1268 and she will discuss options with you.
We supply our guests with most everything they will need for their stay. Guests are provided with bed towels, bath linens, and kitchen towels. The kitchen has all of the amenities you’ll need including pots, pans, dishes, flateware, glassware, coffee makers, coffee filters, coffee, napkins, and paper towels. The bathroom offers small toiletries and toilet paper. We sell firewood on site for $0.50 per stick if you desire to have a campfire. Grills are provided but please bring your own charcoal.
YES! We now offer Wi-Fi in all of our cabins, glamping tents, and Lodge!
No, there is no cell phone service on the mountain. There are also no landlines in the cabins. In case of emergency, you may use the guest phone. If you’d like to leave someone a number to reach you on in case of emergency, please have them contact Beth-Anne.
Each cabin is clearly marked with a sign indicating the name of the cabin. Upon your arrival go to the address provided in the directions and look for the sign indicating the cabin you have reserved.
Yes. For the sleeping comfort of our taller guests, Richard's Retreat, Tony's Place and Barb's House each offer a queen bed.
A telephone is available for use by guests in The Priest View Internet Lounge.
The Retreat at Crabtree Falls is committed to furthering the accessibility and usability of its website, crabtreefalls.com. The Retreat at Crabtree Falls will be using the relevant portions of the World Wide Web Consortium's Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) to guide its compliance. The relevant portions of the WCAG will serve as our primary web accessibility standard, though other standards may also be used to provide accessibility to the extent required by the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
Please be aware that our efforts are ongoing. If you have specific questions or concerns about the accessibility of any particular webpage on crabtreefalls.com, please contact us at [email protected] or 571-918-1268. If you encounter an accessibility issue, please be sure to specify the particular web page in your email or phone call, and we will make all reasonable efforts to make that page accessible for you.
We are in the woods, in the mountains. There is every type of wildlife, including snakes. The venomous variety includes rattlesnakes and copperheads. Caution should be used when walking through the woods especially in high grass and underbrush. Be careful when lifting rocks or logs as snakes hide under them. Make noise when walking through the woods to give snakes a warning that you are coming. They are as afraid of you as you may be of them. If you happen to encounter a snake, give it space and allow it to leave, then proceed. If you are hiking in the backcountry you may want to take a snake bite kit with you. If you are bitten, go immediately to the nearest rescue squad or the clinic in Lovingston for treatment.
There are smart TVs in all of the cabins and complimentary WiFi in each cabin.
Yes. There is chopped firewood available in the woodshed for a modest fee of $0.50 per stick. Feel free to pick up any small sticks and branches which are dead and down to use as starter for your fires. Please do NOT cut wood from the trees, it is green and will not burn properly and it will harm the trees.
Yikes! What is there not to do? Check out our Things To Do section here on the website. You can do almost anything up here. Sightseeing, antique hunting, shopping, dining out, golfing, fishing, biking, hiking, canoeing, kayaking, riding the Blue Ridge Parkway, you name it! Or you can do nothing at all. Try sitting on a rock in the middle of the Tye River and just contemplating life! Or build a campfire and roast marshmallows or hot dogs. And if the peace and quiet starts to drive you nuts, bring along a good book or some DVDs and watch your favorite movies.
Yes, from Tony’s, Jack’s, Annie’s and Richard’s. Tall trees block most of the view of the mountain from Barbs.
You can only view the Tye River when there is no foliage on the trees. Although the river is only about 100 yards away, the foliage of the trees blocks the view, but not the sound of the water rushing over the rocks, which can be heard from the porches. A visible babbling brook runs by the glamping tents, as they are all cantilevered over it.
The Food Lion on U.S. Highway 29 in Lovingston is the nearest supermarket. There are some small convenience stores in the area, the closest being about five miles away at Montebello.
Dogs that are friendly with other dogs are allowed in all of the cabins. We do NOT allow other pets (cats, birds, reptiles, etc.). Since our furry little four-legged friends leave behind memories of their presence, there is an additional dog fee of $50 per night for them. Please pick up and properly dispose of any waste your pet may leave in the yard! Please let us know when making your reservation if you plan to bring your dog. If your pet-plans change, we can adjust the reservation and cost accordingly upon arrival. We do have a German Wirehaired Pointer, Ruger, who lives on site and off leash that is very friendly with dogs and people. We kindly request that if your dog is not friendly with other dogs you make other arrangements for them. If there are damages to the cabins or their furnishings during your stay, the cost of clean-up or repair will be applied to the credit card we have on file.
Our property has the following potential barriers to accessibility:
- Steps to access all cabins
- Narrow doorways.
- No roll-in tubs, transfer seats to tubs, or grab bars by tubs.
- No wheelchair accessible lobby, public entrance, or public restrooms.
- No closed caption decoder.
- No braille features.
- No text telephone.
- No short stature accessibility kit available upon request.
- Controls may not be operable without grasping or twisting.
