Red-tail Cottage
“Listen to the wind it talks.
Listen to the silence it speaks.
Listen to your heart it knows.”
For Relaxing
Sit back and take in the raw, heavily-wooded landscape while nestled privately among the treetops of Hawks View Bluff, or enjoy your hawks-eye view of the Mississippi River’s main channel from either of two decks.
Red-tail Cottage has been crafted with hand-hewn timber beams, which define its interior spaces with rustic splendor. These estate-grown, storm-felled oak and elm timbers are the soul of this cottage’s memorable ambience.
Red-tail Hawk Cottage’s sitting area surrounds a fireplace stove, facing expansive windows looking out across the hauntingly beautiful winding backwaters of the Mississippi River.
Features & Practicalities
The fully equipped kitchen comes with a range, oven, and a fridge/freezer. Coffee, tea and breakfast fixings are provided for anyone’s impromptu over night stay. Access to the dry sauna is located close by. You will find a pullout futon bed on the first floor as well as games, books, a DVD player for movies and Wi-Fi internet access.
The largest of our 5 cottages
Spa bath and walk in shower
Onsite parking
Sauna access
Access to vineyard hiking trail
Complimentary Seven Hawks Vineyard’s wine
Any day arrival & departure
Freestanding fireplace stoves
Air conditioning
Outdoor grill on the main deck
Bedroom & Bathroom
From your queen-size bed follow the moon as it sails across the sky through double skylights. The master bath features a parkstone ceramic spa bath, large walk-in shower with waterfall shower head, and is stocked with towels, robes, hair dryer, and toiletries.
Outside
Find parking on the lower ledge of the bluff, sauna access and vineyard hiking trail.
Red-tail Cottage Availability
Rates
Friday or Saturday night, or Holidays — $255
Both Friday and Saturday Night — $475
Sunday through Thursday Nights — $215
Week, Sunday through Saturday — $1450
(Based on 1-2 adults.)
“If only we had more time to spend here! Red Tail is charming, absolutely enchanting. - we will be back!”
About the Red-tail hawk
The Red-tail hawk’s soaring flight is made with wings that are often at a light upward angle, flapping as little as possible to conserve energy. Soaring or flapping its wings the red-tail travels from 20-40 mph. The hawk’s active flight is slow and deliberate but when diving may exceed 120 mph. The red-tail hawk is second only to the peregrine falcon and the great horned owl in terms of its diverse habitats throughout North America.
The Red-tail is a popular falconry bird and is allowed to novice falconers. This bird is highly trainable and tamable which keeps it a favorite for this sport.
The American indigenous people consider this hawk’s feathers to be as sacred as that of the bald eagle. Possession of its feathers are regulated by the Eagle Feather Law and can be found adorning regalia of many Native Americans worn during religious ceremonies.
Green Sustainable & Fantastic
This cottage from structural design to construction has been built to be resource-efficient. Lovely additional features found within Red-tail are its skylight and smaller peepholes windows letting in the light wherever possible.
Seven Hawk’s Vineyard & Winery
Our vineyards are planted with almost 17,000 northern hybrid grape vines, making us one of the largest vineyards in the Upper Midwest. All of our grapes are hand-pruned, hand-tended, and hand-harvested, and all of our wines are estate-grown and estate- bottled, and waiting for you to taste when you visit Coopers Cottage, or when you visit our tasting room, where tastings of our wines are always FREE!