What you’re stepping into .
Five Great Camp outbuildings as cottages on Lake Pleasant.
Bearhurst Drive in Speculator, on Lake Pleasant in the southern Adirondacks. The cottages are the original outbuildings from a Great Camp estate: the Boathouse, the Icehouse (which was the stable and ice storage), Cubhurst (the former pump house at the water's edge), and the Cherry East and Cherry West halves of a duplex. The provenance is the differentiator, and it's real rather than a marketing label.
The Boathouse sleeps up to six in three bedrooms with two baths, laundry, and its own marina slip. The Icehouse is a couple's cottage. Cubhurst sits right on the water with the best view of the bunch. The Cherry duplexes each have two bedrooms, a fireplace, a private deck, and dock access. Most have been updated for working kitchens and reliable plumbing while keeping the period detail intact.
The Armstrong family runs the property, which keeps it a working family rental rather than a corporate booking. Lake Pleasant is the calmer alternative to Sacandaga or Indian Lake for groups that want a quiet week. Best for extended families who want adjacent but separate buildings without sharing walls.
The setting .
Speculator · Speculator.
The hamlets around you.
Lemon Tree Brewery
Lakeside taproom pouring Sasquatch Hazy and other house brews year-round
1.3 mi awayThe PERKS of Speculator
Speculator coffee shop and bakery — specialty espresso, fresh-baked bagels, breads, and pastries.
1.3 mi awayFiretower Pizza
Speculator pizzeria with hand-tossed pies named after High Peaks — plus a retro jukebox and arcade.
1.7 mi awayAcorn Pub & Eatery at Oak Mountain
Ski-lodge pub serving comfort plates and cold beer at Oak Mountain
2.4 mi away
Within a short drive .
- § Peak · 1.5 mi
Speculator Mountain
- § Peak · 1.6 mi
Guideboard Hill
- § Lake · 1.1 mi
Lake Pleasant
- § Lake · 1.5 mi
Sacandaga Lake (small)
- § Listing · 1.0 mi
Camp-of-the-Woods
Four-season Christian retreat where Adirondack wilderness meets intentional fellowship
- § Listing · 1.5 mi
Speculator Historical Museum
Speculator's first town hall, now the local history museum.
The essentials .
- § Nearest villageSpeculator
- § Nearest grocerynone nearby
- § Nearest gasnone nearby
- § Nearest hospitalnone nearby
What’s closest .
- Speculator Mountain1.5 mi away
- Guideboard Hill1.6 mi away
- Sturges Hill2.2 mi away
- Lake Pleasant1.1 mi away
- Sacandaga Lake (small)1.5 mi away
- Echo Lake2.0 mi away
- Auger Falls Trailhead5.3 mi away
