At the gate
The Hideout is a gated community. Navigate to 37 Lakeview Dr, Hamlin, PA, which brings you to the main entrance. Turn left into the community and go into the security building to register.
Type it as one word. "Lake View Dr" with a space is a different street in the same zip code, and your GPS will take you to a private house. Do not navigate to the house address either; it will not get you through the gate.
Bring to the gate: photo ID for every adult in the car, valid vehicle registration, and the lot number, 1761.
The speed limit is 25 MPH everywhere inside the gates, including the straight stretches, and it is enforced. Children, deer and turkeys all use these roads.
At the house
- Park in the driveway. Street parking is not permitted anywhere in The Hideout, and neither is parking on a lawn or planted area. Five cars fit comfortably; tell us in advance if you need a sixth.
- Enter your code. Press the home button on the lock, key the numbers, wait for the beep. The code activates at 4:00 PM.
- Prop the screen doors with the hooks while you carry things in. A foot or an elbow tears the screen and lets the mosquitos and squirrels in behind you.
- Find the light switches. They are labeled. Driveway floods are right of the entry door; the driveway light is by the basement door, labeled "Garden Shed."
Bedrooms are lit by lamps on switched outlets. If a wall switch does nothing, try the switch on the lamp itself. The three living room lamps all come on from the switch near the stairs down. Please leave them plugged in as you found them.
Trouble with the lock? Call or message us right away. There is a backup key and we will walk you to it.
Leave the dishes. Check out is 10:00 AM.
Your last morning belongs to the deck and the lake. Nothing at checkout asks you to strip a bed or wash a pan; our crew takes care of the kitchen and the final trash run after every stay, and the cleaning fee covers that full-service turnover.
Please do
- Leave all linens on the beds and towels on the bathroom floor. Stripping the beds slows the crew down.
- Leave the dishes. The crew handles the kitchen.
- Turn off the grill gas valve and the hot tub pumps, and close the hot tub cover on the lake side.
- Leave the mini-splits running. Adjust the temperature if you like, and please do not switch them off.
Please check
- The refrigerator and freezer
- Bathroom counters, hooks and the shower
- Closets, nightstands and under the beds
- Chargers in the wall by the beds and the sofa
- The dock box, the deck chairs and the fire pit area
- Every Hideout badge back where you found it
The crew has one afternoon to turn the whole house. If you need a little more time, ask us the day before and we will tell you whether the calendar allows it.
Message us on your way out, and leave your review while the stay is fresh.
You come in on Tier 4, one below the top. One tier sits above you and is quiet; three step down to the water.
The stairwell is the spine of the house. Warm air rises through it and cool air falls down it, which is how the whole place stays even. Leave the interior doors on the stairs open unless you have a reason to close them.
Four bedrooms, two and a half baths, two pull-outs.
Ten in beds, thirteen at the legal limit.
| Room | Level | Bed | Bath |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine King Loft | 5 | King, writing desk | Full, shared |
| Blue Bird Room | 4 | King | Full, shared |
| Bear's Den | 4 | Two twin bunks | Full, shared |
| Sailboat Suite | 3 | Queen | Half, ensuite |
| Forest Floor sofa | 4 | Queen pull-out | Full, shared |
| Alpine Loft sofa | 5 | Twin pull-out | Full, shared |
Blackout curtains are in the Sailboat Suite only. Every other room has Venetian blinds, which cut the light without stopping it, so the sunrise still reaches you; in June it starts early and comes straight off the water. Put anyone who sleeps late on Tier 3.
The Sailboat Suite's ensuite is a half bath. Showers for Tier 3 are one flight up. Kids in the Bear's Den share the Forest Floor bath with the Blue Bird Room.
Stocked for a real meal for a full house.
Full-size cookware, good knives, sheet pans, the usual utensils, and plates and glassware for thirteen. Coffee lives at the coffee station; help yourself to what is there.
Please
- Wash and put back anything you use, in the spot you found it. The next guest is looking for it there.
- Run the dishwasher before bed and again on your way out.
- Keep the recycling separated. It saves a sort at the facility.
- Tell us if something is dull, broken or missing. We replace it before the next stay.
Nothing outside. No plates, glasses, utensils, food or drink left on the porch, the decks or the dock. The wildlife section explains exactly who comes looking.
Five mini-splits, no central thermostat.
Every space has its own remote, so you set each room exactly where you want it.
Every remote is labeled Leave on at all times. Adjust the temperature instead of switching a unit off. A running system holds the whole house even and protects the pipes through a cold Pocono night.
1. Find the right remote
Every remote is labeled with the room it controls. The Forest Floor and the Lake Lounge run on Daikin remotes. Three bedrooms run on Mitsubishi remotes, each tagged with its room name. The Sailboat Suite has no remote of its own: it stays comfortable off the Lake Lounge system.
2. Choose Heat or Cool
Sun icon for heat, snowflake for cool. Never choose Auto. Auto stops the units from working at all. The bedrooms share one system, so if one bedroom is set to Heat, all of them need to be on Heat.
3. Set the temperature you want
Pick your target, say 70 degrees, and let the machine work. Cranking a room to 85 to warm it faster only overshoots and leaves you less comfortable than when you started.
4. Leave the fan on Auto
Auto is right almost always. Raise the fan speed by hand if you simply want more airflow.
Look at that room's remote before you call us. A room that will not warm up usually has the mode on Auto, the unit switched off, or a changed setpoint.
We set the house to comfortable temperatures before you arrive, and we can adjust it remotely. Settings made that way do not always show on the handheld remote, so the display may not match what the unit is actually doing.
Cooling the house fast: the stack
The house was designed around a convective loop. On a hot afternoon it will cool the place faster than the air conditioning can on its own.
- Open the door between the Lake Lounge and the Forest Floor.
- Check that the floor vents in the dining and living areas are clear.
- Turn the ceiling fan on, low.
- Crack a basement window about an inch.
- Crack the Alpine Loft bathroom window about an inch.
Cool air settles along the windows and hot air climbs the stairwell and leaves at the top of the house. The air conditioners carry less heat load, so the house drops faster. Run the ceiling fan on low in every season: it evens out the hot and cold pockets a house on several levels collects.
If the power goes out
The propane burner heats the whole house. It heats slowly and fully. You do not need to plug in the propane heater.
Before you light it: open at least one basement window about an inch (the window by the bar and one by the pool table are the good ones), crack a kitchen window an inch as well, and open the door at the top of the stair so the warm air can rise through the house. Opening a window while you heat feels backwards. It is a safety requirement, and the incoming air feeds the convective loop.
- Check that the red gas valve is on.
- Push the dial fully down and turn it to P.
- Hold the dial down and press the ignitor. You will hear a click at each spark.
- Once the pilot is lit, hold the dial halfway down and turn to 1, 2 or 3. Use 3 to bring the house up quickly.
Open it, get in, close it.
The tub is yours for the whole stay. Everything below is detail.
Before you get in: a quick rinse in the shower keeps the water clear for everyone. Body oils, sunscreen and hair product are what cloud it and leave a scum line.
Keep glassware and alcohol out of the water. One alcohol spill grows mold fast, and then we have to drain, service and refill the entire tub. Full safety rules are posted at the tub.
- Open the cover. Unclip it, lift the left corner and fold it over onto the right half, then slide the support bar gently left to right. Moving it roughly breaks the mount. Do not lift the flap on the cover; it will tear off.
- Check the temperature. We keep it at 102°F and manage it remotely. Want it different? Ask us. Do not get in above 104°F.
- Get in. Use the buttons beside the LED screen for the pumps and the lights. You do not need to change anything on the screen itself.
- When you are done. Pumps and lights off, all jet nozzles left open, cover closed and clipped on the lake side. The wind will lift it otherwise.
Sun on the cover can push the water past 104°F. Leave the cover off and run the jets to bring it down. Add water from the hose nearby if the level is low, without overfilling.
If you want to play with the controls
All of it is optional.
| Lights | Cycles through eight colors |
| Pump 1 | Runs on its own |
| Pump 2 | Adds the extra jets |
| Nozzles | Twist to aim or adjust |
| Right dials | Control the air |
| Volcano jet | Turns counterclockwise only |
Press buttons firmly rather than stabbing at them.
Lambskins are kept indoors so they stay warm and dry. Carry one out with you and put it down before you sit.
The fireplace, Tier 4
Dry wood only. Open the damper before you light it, keep the screen closed while it burns, and never leave it going when the room is empty.
The wood stove, Tier 3
A Franklin stove throws real heat into the Lake Lounge and up the stairwell. Use it only if you already know how a wood stove works. If you are not sure, leave it alone and enjoy the fireplace upstairs.
Before any fire, find the extinguisher for that floor. Kitchen, on the wall by the window. Living area, in the wood cabinet right of the fireplace. Basement, next to the Franklin stove. Loft, in the primary bedroom closet.
The grill
This is a gas grill. Please skip the charcoal and the wood flavor chips.
- Pull the grill away from the house. Keep it on the fireproof mat.
- Turn on the gas valve, at deck level below the guard rail.
- Open the lid before you attempt to light it.
- Right hand burner to high, press the ignitor, then light the others in sequence.
The grill runs off a line from the house tank, so there is nothing to swap or hunt for. The valve sits at deck level below the guard rail, and it is the step nearly everyone misses; no burner will light until it is open.
When you finish: leave all burners on high for five minutes to burn the grease off the grates, wipe spills from the lid, the side shelf and the side burner, and turn the gas valve off, every time. Grease collects in the drip pan at the bottom, which is normal. Tell us if it looks close to overflowing.
Two fires, two moods
Two Solo Stoves. One on the dock and one on the driveway side. Both are small, hot and nearly smokeless. Use the spark arrestor screen whenever either one is lit.
The driveway side. Four Adirondack chairs around the fire.
- Dry wood only, never treated, painted or wet
- Never leave a fire unattended, indoors or out
- Nothing smoldering goes on the ground or into the landscaping
- Find the extinguisher before you light anything
Bring your own kiln-dried wood. We no longer supply firewood, and the split wood stacked outside is no longer seasoned, so it will not burn well. Bring in only the wood you plan to burn tonight rather than stockpiling a week's worth indoors, which is how you import spiders and carpenter ants. And remember the Lake Lounge sits directly under the Tier 4 bedrooms: pool at midnight sounds much louder from the Blue Bird Room than it does at the table.
Absolutely no diving. Not from the dock, not from the swim ladder, not off anyone's shoulders. The bottom here is shallower and rockier than it looks, and it shelves off without warning.
Swimming
There is no lifeguard at this dock. Children swim with an adult watching them, in the water or at the edge of it. The swim ladder is the way in and the way out.
Paddling and sailing
Kayaks, a canoe, paddleboards and a small sailboat are at the dock, and the lake is small enough to circle in an afternoon. Use only the craft you already know how to handle.
Wear a life jacket. Kayaking, canoeing, paddleboarding, sailing: all of it. Adult and child PFDs are in the dock box, and Pennsylvania law is specific about children.
The Whaler is different. The motorboat needs a NASBLA boater safety certificate and a call with us before you arrive. The boat section has the details.
Bring the boards and paddles back up out of the water when you are done, put the paddles and vests back in the dock box, and close it.
Sound over water
Voices, music and laughter travel far across a lake at night. What feels like a normal conversation on the dock is clearly audible in a neighbor's bedroom half a mile away. Quiet hours are 10:00 PM to 7:00 AM.
Property lines
Signs mark our boundaries on both sides. Please stay on our property and off the neighbors' docks unless they invite you over. Many of them are full-time residents.
Tubing. We do not provide a tube or a tow rope, and towing is not something we can offer here. Please do not plan on it.
The only motorboat on this lake available to a short-term guest.
A fifteen-foot Whaler skiff sits at our dock, and it is yours to use during your stay.
Two things first
- A NASBLA boater safety certificate. Whoever operates the boat needs one. Pennsylvania requires it, and so do we. The course is online and takes an evening.
- A call with us before you arrive. Fifteen minutes on lake rules, the no-wake zones, where the shallows are, starting and shutting down, and how to tie up. We do not skip this.
Message us as soon as you know you want the boat. Arranging it the morning of rarely works.
- A life jacket aboard for every person, worn at all times by anyone sixteen or under
- Observe The Hideout's lake and marina rules
- No towing of any kind
- No alcohol for whoever is driving
- Back on the lift or tied off before dark
Boating ends when the utility draws the dam down for the winter, usually somewhere around Columbus Day. The exact date moves by a few days each year, so ask us if you are booking late in the fall.
The boat is made available to guests of the house as a courtesy of the property. It is not offered for hire or rent, separately or as part of your reservation. Use of it is not guaranteed: the weather, the condition of the lake, the autumn drawdown and the condition of the boat itself all govern whether it can go out, and no part of the rate is attributable to its use.
Three Renter Guest badges come with your rental. You need them to get into Hideout facilities, and they are the only badges that let you buy alcohol.
As a courtesy we leave six additional Member Guest amenity badges. These get you into the amenities and do not work for alcohol purchases.
Check pockets and bags before you go and put every badge back where you found it. The POA charges for a replacement, and that charge passes to you.
Water
- Main Beach. Sand, lifeguards, picnic tables and a swim dock, plus a pool, kayak rentals, a tiki bar and an ice cream shack.
- North Beach. Sand, lifeguards, picnic tables and a swim dock. Quieter than Main.
- Two outdoor pools.
- Five community lakes across the property.
Play
- Ski hill and tubing hill, in season
- Nine-hole golf course
- Miniature golf
- Indoor and outdoor tennis and pickleball
- Fitness center and sauna
- Arcade
- Nubia Malkin Art Center
Hours change by season. Beaches, pools and the ski hill all run their own calendars. Check with the POA before you drive over.
Everything above is inside the gates and a short drive from the house. Amenity parking lots are the place to leave the car.
Most of the region is within an hour of the house.
Within 20 minutes
- Promised Land & Gouldsboro State Parks · trails, lakes, swimming, boating
- Lacawac Sanctuary · 545 preserved acres of forest and lake
- Three Hammers Winery · tastings
- Ritter's Cidery · small-batch ciders and live music
- Nurnberger Bierhaus · classic German fare
Also within 20
- The Silk Mill, Hawley · boutiques, galleries, seasonal pastries
- The Settlers Inn · refined dining for special evenings
- Ledges Hotel · dining above the gorge
A little further
- The Spa at Woodloch · destination-level treatments, just over 30 minutes
30 to 60 minutes
- Elk Mountain, Montage, Jack Frost · full ski terrain for all levels
- Hawley, Honesdale, Milford · bookstores, bakeries, farmers markets, Winterfest
- Upper Delaware River · scenic drives, hiking, rafting in season
- Bushkill Falls · the "Niagara of Pennsylvania"
Hours and seasons change. Call ahead before you drive.
Nothing stays outside.
No garbage, trash or recycling may be left or stored outdoors at any Hideout property. It is a community rule, written because of the bears.
Turn left from Rockpoint Court onto Lakeview Drive. The facility is on the right, after the second stop sign. About 1.2 miles.
| Hours | 8:00 AM to 8:00 PM, holidays vary |
| Where | Hideout Trash and Recycling Center, north end of Roaming Woods Lake, across from North Beach and next to the North Entrance |
| Walkable? | Yes, with one small bag. It is 1.2 miles. |
| Best time | On your way out of the community |
Sorting your recycling at the house makes the drop-off take about a minute instead of ten.
The screened porch counts. The decks count. Beside the grill counts. The fire pit and the dock count. If it is not behind a closed house door, a bear can smell it and a raccoon can reach it. Guests are responsible for damage caused by refuse stored outside.
Wildlife here eats anything it can smell.
Bears, raccoons, foxes, deer, squirrels, mink, wild turkeys and a good number of cats all live here. Leave nothing outside: no trash, recycling, food, drink, plates, glassware, utensils or containers. Not on the screened porch, not on the decks, not by the grill, not at the fire pit, not on the dock.
What actually happens
- Raccoons break into the screen porch and do real damage on the way in.
- Bears open sealed cans and leave a mess that takes a morning to clean.
- Squirrels are harmless until the porch screen is already torn, and then they are a genuine nuisance.
- Foxes, deer and cats go after leftovers and greasy grilling tools.
Please do not feed anything. A fed bear becomes a problem bear, and problem bears do not get relocated twice.
Hooks are there so you can prop the doors open while your hands are full. Kicking a screen or holding it with an elbow tears it, and a torn screen lets all of them in. If you do tear one, tell us so we can fix it fast.
We have a lot of them, and they are good at keeping mosquitos and flying pests off your deck. Some are beautiful orb weavers and some are entirely ordinary. We clear cobwebs and egg sacs off the eaves constantly, and they keep coming back because they like it here.
Summer
In summer the day centers on the dock and the water. Use the stack ventilation in the late afternoon and the house drops several degrees before dinner.
Autumn
The best weather of the year, with full fall color. Boating continues until the dam draws down.
Winter
Late December through February is the snowy version of this house: two fires, the hot tub in the cold, and a ski hill inside the gates.
- Shovels are on the screened porch.
- Ice melt is in the large can on the deck, with a small bucket and trowel for spreading the right amount. Tell us when it runs low.
- Plowing happens for snowfall over 3 inches. There are many driveways and few drivers, so we cannot promise it will be quick.
- Help shoveling may be available. It takes time to arrange, so ask early.
Spring
The trees leaf out, and the lake is quiet before the summer season.
When nobody is sleeping in it, leave the door open. That room is heated off the Lake Lounge, and the air needs to circulate to keep pipes from freezing and moisture from settling. The light switch is behind the door.
Six rules. That's all.
1. No smoking
No smoking and no vaping anywhere on the property, inside or out. We enforce this one, and the cleaning that follows a violation is charged back.
2. Nothing left outside
No trash, recycling, food or dishes left outdoors, ever. Trash and recycling has the details and the reasons.
3. A quiet environment
Quiet hours run 10:00 PM to 7:00 AM; sound carries down the whole lake after dark. Daylight is not an exception for raucous parties or thundering music.
4. Stay on our property
Signs mark the property lines. Please do not cross onto a neighbor's land or dock unless they invite you.
5. Water safety
No diving from the dock. Use only watercraft you know. Wear a life jacket on the water, every time.
6. Fire safety
Gas grill only, dry wood only, spark screen on the Solo Stove, no unattended fires, and find the extinguisher before you light anything.
The Hideout cites occupants for violations of community standards on noise, parking, speeding or occupancy, and bills the owner. Any citation issued during your stay passes through to you at cost.
34 Rockpoint Court
The Hideout, Lake Ariel, PA
That is the green emergency sign number at the road, assigned by the county in 2018, and it is the address for emergencies, deliveries and everything else. Emergency services navigate by it.
1761 is the Hideout lot number, not an address. Give it at the gate and nowhere else; writing it as "1761 Rockpoint Court" sends people to the wrong place.
Smoke and carbon monoxide
Dual smoke and CO detectors are in every bedroom and on every floor, all on extended-life batteries. They do not chirp for low batteries.
If one alarms, it is not a false alarm. Get everyone out of the building and call 911. Once you have called, tell the local manager if the house has been damaged.
Pennsylvania law forbids removing or damaging a smoke or carbon monoxide detector, and sets a penalty for doing it.
Fire extinguishers
| Kitchen | On the wall by the window |
| Living area | Wood cabinet, right of the fireplace |
| Basement | Next to the Franklin stove |
| Loft | Primary bedroom closet |
Life jackets
Adult and child PFDs are in the dock box.
Flush waste and toilet paper. Nothing else. No wipes, no paper towels, no cotton, no hygiene products, no "flushable" anything.
Every house in this community runs on an ejector pump with an alarm and a red emergency light. Setting off that alarm means an emergency service call at your cost, plus any repairs.
Numbers
| Fire / medical | 911 |
| Hideout Public Safety | (570) 630-3737 |
| On site | Candace, (570) 390-0874 |
| Owner | (570) 213-9280, or message us on the booking platform |
Tell us while you are still here, so we can fix it during your stay.
Posted in accordance with The Hideout's short-term rental rules.
Ownership and management
This property is owned by Poke A Nose Inn LLC, a Pennsylvania limited liability company, and managed by Next Level STR.
Local Person in Charge / Managing Agent: Candace Reidel, (570) 390-0874
Emergency
| Fire / medical | 911 |
| Hideout Public Safety | (570) 630-3737 |
| Green sign number | 34 Rockpoint Court |
| Hideout lot number | 1761 (not an address) |
Occupancy
| Maximum occupants | 13 |
| Maximum day guests | 0 |
| Maximum vehicles | 6 |
| Party size | Over 10 may carry a charge for additional cleaning, linens and utilities |
All guest parking must be in the parking areas on this property or at Hideout amenity lots. No parking is permitted along any private or common roadway, or on any lawn or vegetated area. An occupant or guest may be cited and fined for creating a disturbance or for violating any provision of The Hideout's short-term rental rules or community standards, including noise, parking, speeding and occupancy limits.
Trash
Neither trash nor recyclables may be left or stored outside. Both are to be taken to the Hideout trash facility, open 8:00 AM to 8:00 PM.
Snow
The Hideout POA removes snow from all community streets. Accumulation over 3 inches is removed from this property by a private contractor. Shovels and ice melt are provided for walkways and decks.
Video disclosure
For the safety of our guests and the property, all exterior areas are subject to video monitoring. Recordings are destroyed after 30 days. There is no video monitoring of any kind inside the house.
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