For Rent: 2 Bedroom 2 bath Cabin in the Osceola Forest, ten miles outside Lake City, Florida Short-term Vacation Rental located in the middle of the Osceola National Forest, great place for; great hiking, camping, horseback riding, Olustee Battlefield Historical Reenactment!1 hour to Jacksonville and less than 40 miles from the Gator Bowl (NFL Football), 25 minutes – Gainesville – (University of Florida and Gator National Speedway),1-1/2 hours to St. Augustine,2 hours to Daytona Beach,1 hour to Silver Springs/Ocala,3 hours to Tampa/St. Petersburg,2-1/2 hours to Orlando/Disney World, 25 minutes Gainesville Airport,1-1/2 hours Jacksonville Airport

  Fish, ski and hunt just minutes away! Ocean Pond, egrets, trout, fishing, skiing, swimming. Osceola National Forest, Nature Lover's Paradise. Olustee Battlefield Reenactment minutes away!
If you're looking for Pure Country-this is it
Sharon's Cabin in The Woods, Lake City, Florida
1-800-750-4712
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Make REAL Cornbread in my cast-iron skillet-Heres it and other old-timey RECIPES!

cornbread
Pure Country; Sharon's Cabin In The Woods
ALL YOU NEED IS YOUR SUITCASE!  
  • Daily Rate $125 per night, plus one-time $75 cleaning, 7th night Free, 9% FL tax
  • $1,500 per month, plus tax, available for those needing to stay a bit longer.
  • 2 Bedroom, 2 bath on 1 acre, butted against Osceola National Forest, huge great room, fireplace and a forest view, what more do you need?
ATV Info
 
  • All Dishes Provided
  • Microwave, Coffee Pot (Mr. Coffee)
  • Queen bed, Trundle Twin, with Twin Underneath and Toddler Bed
  • Bed and Bath Linens Provided
  • Smoke FREE (Smoking allowed outside only)
  • Pets Allowed, with Deposit (Deposit Waiver Available)
  • Horses Allowed, too. Great trails behind house to ride on.
  • Yard fully-fenced.
  • Bird feeding station with binoculars
  • Central Air and Heat
  • TV, with Satelite
  • DVD, VCR and Stereo
  • High-speed Wireless Internet
  • Fireplace, with cut wood and starter supplies provided.
  • Games, checks and puzzles .
  • Marked ATV Trails closeby

November 2005, Vacation Odyssey ~ Soaking up the sun at my cabin in the woods.

Snuggled deep in the Osceola Forest amongst the Ponderosa Pines, about ten miles east of Lake City, Florida, sits Sharon's Cabin In The Woods.

This 2 bedroom, 2 bath cedar cabin comes fully furnished, including; all furniture, kitchen pots, pans, dishes, linens, sheets, towels. All you need to bring is your clothes.

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House from road

Close-up of house

Main bedroom

Small bedroom at front of house

Kitchen / Dining

Back door (Main Entry)

Living area, with fireplace: On cool winter evenings, there's wood waiting to start a fire in our huge fireplace..

Living area

Reading corner: I'm an early riser. I love sitting here in the morning and watching the sun rise through the pine forest.

Sunrise, Deer and Rabbits: Deer frequently walk along our fence, often hopping right over to sample our blueberries and other garden delicacies.

Sharon's Cabin Vacation Rental, Lake City, Florida

Backyard: Simply walk about 100 yards through the woods behind the house to go fishing. We have cane poles for you to use.

Back door, but main entry

Sharon's Cabin Vacation Rental, Lake City, Florida

Sharon's Cabin Vacation Rental, Lake City, FL
This is the gate to the pond, just follow it to the left and then take first right to get to pond.
This is the path you follow to the pond. On cold days, look for the steam rising.
Sharon's Cabin, Guest Notes, Lake City, FL
Sharon's Cabin, Guest Notes, Lake City, FL
The pond
Be sure to watch for snakes and gators. You almost never see them, but remember you are in a natural forest.
Sharon's Cabin, Guest Notes, Lake City, FL
Sharon's Cabin, Guest Notes, Lake City, FL
Sunset on the pond. See the moon.
Artistic scene.

Cabin Layout

This end of the house faces the road, but the best entry is the sliding glass doors at back of house, which bring you into the living/kitchen area.

It also comes 32 inch TV with satellite TV service, stereo, dvd player and phone for local calls only.

It has sleeping accommodations for up to 4 people, with 1 queen bed, and 1 trundle bed (A trundle is a twin that has a mattress underneath that pulls out to sleep 2.)

It's located deep in what is known as Osceola Estates, a small country community of about 45 homes that sit in a niche that is carved out of the Osceola National Forest. See map here.

Like to ATV? Bring your quads and go 4-wheeling in the forest behind the cabin. Marked trailes invite you along Osceola trails for lots of family fun.

Like to fish? It sits within minutes of several lakes that are great for fishing. Like to hike, bird-watch, or just explore the forest?

Historical trails wind all through the forest right behind the cabin. Ocean Pond is minutes away, a great place for swimming, skiing and fishing.

Olustee Battlefield, where one of the most renown battles of the Civil War is also minutes away and offers a well known reenactment every February that people come from all over for.

From my reading corner, have coffee, watch the sunrise and watch for regular visitors from the forest, including deer, rabbit, raccoon, hawks, egret and more.

October 2007 Photo
A new photo from my 2007 visit to my cabin. Click to zoom. I love the goldenrod that blooms in October when I'm home, and here, the tiny honeysuckle vines.
Sharon's Flowers
I love working in my flower beds. Problem is the deer love eating them..., but here are some you may see, depending on when you visit. Click on images to see enlargements.
Japanese Magnolia
Jan-March: This is my Japanese Magnolia, which I love. CH got it for our 30th anniversary, so it's very special to me.
Bearded Iris
Spring: These are my Iris's. Gabi and I dug a couple up from a wooded road years ago, and they've spread since.
Confederate Rose
Confederate Rose, or you'll hear local folks also call it a Cottonwood. Has huge white roses that open, the next day they are pale pink, the next dark pink. Very pretty and as you can see tall as my house. Blooms in late October, early November.
Lake City, Florida
When it opens
Lake City, FL
My sister, Louise, showing the CR on it's second day, see behind her others in different stages.

Spring: Moonflower: Beautiful and another favorite of the deer. I only saw this one one day as it was gone the next morning. These are florescent in the moonlight.
Spring:Wild Easter Lilly's: These spring up wild right around Easter in the back yard. I love them because they evoke such wonderful memories of when my grandmother and I would hit the woods just before Easter and dig them up for her yard. The challenge is me getting to see them before the deer eat them...
Summer: This is called Cypress fern by the local folks. It's a small red tuber that hummingbirds just love.

May-July: Gardenia, my most favorite. I have 4 HUGE bushes, which start opening about May 15th, always just in time for me to give them to my sister-in-law for her May 20th birthday. Their smell in the forest is unequaled.

Okay, so I guess it's not fair to show only my flowers, so here is CH's blueberry bush... Again, it's a struggle with the deer. When living there full-time, we kept an electric fence, but that didn't even help.

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Huge Oak in Front Yard

 

picnic table in back yard

 

Ginger Lillies that grow beside house

deer in backyard

 

sunrise

 

Huge Oak in front yard
Picnic Table
Ginger Lilies. These smell sweet as gardenias and bloom in October-November.
Fuzzy photo, deer in yard
Sunrise through the forest

For questions, call me at 1-800-750-4712 or
or e-mail me at Sharon Romine

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