The Porch House is the indoor-outdoor unit at The Getaway on Ranger Creek: 480 square feet of cabin plus 370 square feet of covered porch spread across three levels. This porch house cabin rental has almost as much outdoor living space as indoor. A queen bed plus a fold-out couch inside sleep up to four. Year-round.
Not quite ready for guests. The Porch House is finishing up. Email us at bookings@thegetawayon.com and we’ll let you know the minute it opens.
The Porch House is named for its porch, and for good reason. 370 square feet of covered outdoor space split across three levels, all under the same connected roof, gives you almost as much living area outside as in.
The porch works as a second living room. You can eat out there, cook out there, sit out there through a summer rainstorm. In three seasons it’s the part of the cabin most guests spend the most time in. Because every level is covered, a change in the weather doesn’t cost you the outside.
The cabin faces the woods on the private side of the property, so the porch looks out at trees, not neighbors.
At 480 square feet, the Porch House has plenty of room for a small group. A queen memory-foam mattress plus a modern convertible couch that folds out into a sofa bed. The couch is the skeleton-free kind, not the old metal-bar-in-your-back kind. Sleeps up to four total. A breakfast table for four sits against a window looking into the woods. A 55-inch Smart TV for evenings in.
The full kitchen has a real fridge, electric range, sink, microwave, and a Keurig with a really nice selection of pods. We provide dishes, utensils, silverware, pots and pans, and cups.
A full bathroom with a large 6-by-3-foot walk-in shower. A mini-split for heating and cooling, plus full insulation throughout, keeps the cabin comfortable all year round.
The ceiling is vaulted: 10 feet on the low side and 12 feet at the peak. Windows along the top of the high wall bring in natural light all day, and a ceiling fan helps move the air. Custom color-changing LED ceiling lights wash the room in any color you want, with fade and chase settings if you want to make the place feel like a party.
Three levels, each with its own use, all connected under the same covered roof. Warm Edison-style bulbs run along the porch and come on as the sun drops.
The top level is the landing off the sliding glass entrance door. A porch swing faces out into the woods.
The middle level is the largest of the three. A four-person dining table for meals outside, plus outdoor furniture for coffee, reading, or an afternoon with a book.
The lower level sits on a concrete pad, still raised off the ground and still under the covered roof. This is the outdoor kitchen: a built-in cabinet with countertop, an electrical outlet, and a large built-in propane grill. We provide the propane.
A few steps down from the lower level, the fire pit sits at ground level. We provide the firewood.
Every level connects by steps with railings, and every porch level has railings all around.
Bugs are part of life in the woods. Ladybugs, beetles, the occasional spider, and flying insects sometimes find their way in. The chickens and Muscovy ducks roaming the property keep mosquito and tick numbers genuinely low.
The Getaway sits in Coalmont on the South Cumberland Plateau, central to the waterfalls, trailheads, and music venues that draw people to this corner of Tennessee. The Caverns underground concert venue is 19 miles away. Greeter Falls trailhead is 7 miles, Foster Falls is 12 miles, and Savage Gulf State Park is 13 miles. Bonnaroo in Manchester is 26 miles. Chattanooga is about an hour south, Nashville is about an hour and 45 minutes north, and Fall Creek Falls is about an hour northeast.
The Porch House rental is built for small groups and couples who want a cabin where the porch is as much of the stay as the inside.
While The Porch House finishes up, our three open units are taking bookings:
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