Wonderful "Ranch House" near the Ark Encounter and Creation Museum
Cottage in Petersburg, KY
8 guests · 3 bedrooms · 1 bath
Reasons to book
Guests love it hereGuests give this property a top rating
Free cancellationFull refund if you change your mind
Well priced for this locationProperty prices in this area are generally higher
About this cottage rental
The Ranch House is located in Historic Petersburg. It sits on half an acre and is near the Ohio River. This house is only 5 miles from the Creation Museum. The large yard with a wonderful front porch is a great way to enjoy the great outdoors.
This house is a perfect home away from home. The living room features a 50” flat screen television and a DVD player with Netflix available. Each bedroom also has a television and a DVD player with Netflix available. There is free WIFI and a spacious kitchen with all of the amenities from home. This is a great place for a nice getaway!
no local rentals please
This house is a perfect home away from home. The living room features a 50” flat screen television and a DVD player with Netflix available. Each bedroom also has a television and a DVD player with Netflix available. There is free WIFI and a spacious kitchen with all of the amenities from home. This is a great place for a nice getaway!
no local rentals please
Amenities
Air conditioner
Kitchen or Kitchenette
Internet / Wifi
Parking
Laundry
Balcony or Patio
Dishwasher
TV
Garden
Family friendly
Map of Petersburg, KY
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Ratings and reviews
5.0 / 5.0
Well maintained, well cleaned and well stocked with everything we needed!
5.0 / 5.0
We had a great stay in Petersburg. Nice and close to the Creation Museum. Also visited Lawrenceburg across the river to walk the trail and eat at Riverwatch. Would definitely stay here again.
5.0 / 5.0
The kids enjoyed the lake, play area down the road and talking with neighbor children. The adults enjoyed the peace and quiet. Went to museums and enjoyed the ability to come back relax and cook a well balanced meal for the family. Multiple tvs so everyone could watch what they wanted however this trip no television was needed. The kids were enjoying the outdoors. Thanks for a great place to stay.
5.0 / 5.0
Quiet, sweet little neighborhood. Loved the Ohio River just down the street with beautiful sunsets.
5.0 / 5.0
We stayed here for a couple days while we went to the Ark Enounter and Creation Museum. The house was very clean and had plenty of room for me, my husband, and our 4 kids! It’s located in a little quiet town. We enjoyed walking down to the Ohio River to collect seashells and watch the sunsets! The house was well equipped with kitchen items and a TV in each room if that’s your thing. We also enjoyed sitting on the front porch in the mornings and evenings. Overall, we had a great stay and would recommend!
5.0 / 5.0
This was our second stay. The house itself feels very homey and there are all the kitchen gadgets to make cooking easy. Any concerns I had, the hosts helped in a reasonable way. I hope others enjoy this home while on vacation!
5.0 / 5.0
clean and cozy
5.0 / 5.0
Description is very accurate. Very comfortable. Controlling shower temperature was a little different. Turning water off is not all the way to one side as would be expected. It's necessary to turn knob toward a more central position. Adjusting temperature requires similar hunting but once understood works fine.
5.0 / 5.0
We loved all the room for our family, the closeness to the Creation Museum, the quiet setting, & the quaint town to relax in. Great place to stay!
5.0 / 5.0
Very quaint clean home with all the amenities we needed and then some. Also very interesting history of neighborhood.
5.0 / 5.0
This is absolutely the best place to rest and relax after busy days at the Ark Encounter and Creation Museum. Everything we needed was there.
5.0 / 5.0
It was everything we needed and more!
5.0 / 5.0
We enjoyed our stay at this cozy & comfortable home. It was very clean & had a good variety of kitchen items.
5.0 / 5.0
This house was the perfect place for my family to stay while visiting the ark and creation museums. The creation museum is very close by. The house is in a quiet neighborhood- just as the listing described. All the basic supplies you need are supplied at the house. My 10 year old daughter loves dolls- she was delighted to have a booster seat available for her "baby" to sit at the table with us. The dishwasher and washer and dryer were a big plus for us. There is even an air fryer we were able to use for chicken nuggets. You can tell they have really thought about making your stay easier and more enjoyable.
The infomation provided by the owners was all accurate and helpful. While it is not a complaint about the house or the owners, if you are planning to stay here, just know that the library in the neighborhood is closed. Also the little store/restaurant only sells the very most basic supplies. They do sell eggs, which was nice.
5.0 / 5.0
This is a clean comfortable home close to the Creation Museum. Well appointed kitchen, comfy beds and nice yard. We enjoyed it and would stay again.
5.0 / 5.0
Fresh and clean beautiful property. Beds were so comfortable- even the fold out couch bed. Great washer /dryer. Loved sitting on front porch. Very safe- quite neighborhood. Easy to find. Loved the area!! Truly a home away from home. Anything and everything we needed was there. Creation Museum ten minutes away and ARK about 50 minutes away / and reason for our trip. Our vacation was wonderful. We would do it all again including this country vacation home!!!! Homeowners were informative and thought of everything you might need— night lights in each room so ya don’t stumble in the night! You guys are the BEST!
Thanks for sharing your home with us.
5.0 / 5.0
Recommend the property for rental
5.0 / 5.0
This was a perfect spot to stay our ski trip. It was a short getaway trip for my twin sons and me. They are graduating this year and are off to college soon so trying to get in as much time as possible. We had a great time! Thank you!
5.0 / 5.0
This was such a sweet place and we surely enjoyed our stay. It had everything we needed and the town was quaint. Thank ya'll for everything. Mr. Dan found some jewelry that was accidentally dropped and he was going to mail it to us. THANK YOU!!!
The earth is the LORD'S, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein. Psalm 24:1
5.0 / 5.0
Our family enjoyed our stay at the Ranch House. The owners have taken a small home and made it into a very nice, simple rental. We enjoyed the short drive to and from the Creation Museum.
5.0 / 5.0
Rental was as advertised. Very nice and clean. We all enjoyed it! Highly recommended. Also met a few of the locals and enjoy breakfast at the local establishment. Wonderful time.
5.0 / 5.0
Cute little cottage out in the country with just enough room. Very clean and had all the kitchen and bath supplies we needed. Very quiet area and we enjoyed buying food from the country store and cafe there. Beds were a little firmer than we prefer, but other than that we enjoyed our stay while we visited the Creation Museum and Ark Encounter. We would stay there again.
5.0 / 5.0
The house was smaller than we anticipated, but still worked great for our family of 8 as a home base to see the Ark and Creation Museum- definitely recommend!
5.0 / 5.0
Great place! Excellent location for day trips to Creation Museum and Ark Encounter. Stocked with a lot of needed items…over and above places we’ve stayed before. Owners super nice and answered questions quickly. Will definitely be recommending it to others I know that will be going that way.
5.0 / 5.0
Everything we needed! Plenty of room for our family of 8. Good location for the ARK and Creation museum visit. Quiet neighborhood. The house was clean and nice. Thank you !!!
5.0 / 5.0
House was clean, fresh, and well maintained. The kitchen was well stocked with plenty of pots, pans, utensils, and dishes. The owners go above and beyond by providing laundry soap, paper towels, TP, dish soap, and even coffee. This was much more comfortable than staying at a hotel for us with the ability to cook our own food while on vacation. Thank you for all you do as a property owner.
5.0 / 5.0
A very comfortable home away from home
We used the kitchen for 2 meals a day and it was wonderfully equipped. The pull-out couch was surprisingly comfortable! The other 3 beds were comfortable as well. There were plenty of chairs in the kitchen for all of us to eat around the table. Overall, it was a very comfortable stay, and we truly felt we were in a home away from home!
4.0 / 5.0
Great house
The house was great. Very clean and had everything we needed. We easily found all cookware as we made a meal during our stay. The checkout process was easy as well. Communication with the owner was good. He sent emails showing with local non-chain restaurants and hours in case we were checking in late.
Our purpose for staying there was because we were visiting the creation museum and ark encounter. It is 10 mins from the creation museum. The one thing I wish the listing was more clear about was the neighborhood. While it wasn't necessarily bad, it was in the "sticks." Basically in the Middle of nowhere. This isn't necessarily the worst thing. It was quiet with no disturbances. It wasn't close to any civilization; meaning, we had to drive nearly a half hour to find a restaurant, grocery store, gas station etc. This may be fine for some, but I would have rather stayed somewhere closer to civilization. We were coming from the Louisville area (from a previous stop) and the Google map directions took us an hour on back roads which were narrow and very curvy and difficult to navigate since we weren't from the area.
But the house was great and the owner was good as well. I recommend the owner, but be careful about what kind of neighborhood you want to stay in.
4.0 / 5.0
Great spot for a family
We have five kids, and I was looking for a place to stay while we visited the Creation Museum and Ark Encounter. The house is located ten minutes from the Museum and 44 minutes from the Ark. There’s a playground nearby, the river in site, and is in a very historical small town.
5.0 / 5.0
So quaint & quiet!
My husband and I stayed two nights and wished it could have been 2 weeks. Dan and Mary are so wonderful to work with and are there whenever you need them. We arrived at 1 am and the light and heat were both on and it made us so comfortable the moment we walked in.
The gorgeous home is clean and has everything you need to relax and take a load off!
Thank you both for everything!
Holly & Toby
5.0 / 5.0
Great place to stay
Our stay was great! It is a nice place in a quiet neighborhood. The owners even allowed us to change our dates due to inclement weather and we could not get there on our initial date. We hope to get to go back again next year. I would definitely recommend!
4.0 / 5.0
Clean and Tidy
We had a great time, the place was clean and tidy. We are glad we brought our own TP as what was there was like sandpaper. If you stay here come prepared as nothing is around. They state that very well and we were prepared. Would stay again.
5.0 / 5.0
Great location for ski trip
The property was clean and well kept, exactly as described in the listing. Great alternative to a hotel room.
5.0 / 5.0
Creation Museum
This house was perfect for my families short trip to visit the Creation Museum and Ark Encounter. It was great to be able to make breakfast before we left for the day and eat dinner in the evening there. Everything was exactly as mention and pictured.
5.0 / 5.0
Homey, cozy cottage!
Very enjoyable. Would recommend to anyone.
5.0 / 5.0
Great house in a quaint neighborhood w history
Went in from PGH to be w Family in the Cincinnati, and Lawrenceburg areas, and my sister came in from MN and stayed at a neighboring property. We were close to all the family and had a very wonderful and Merry Christmas together.
5.0 / 5.0
Wonderful Getaway
My husband and I stayed 5 nights at this property. It was just as described on line. The house was very clean, spacious, very nicely decorated, the kitchen had more than we needed, the beds were very comfortable and there were plenty of linens. It is located in a quite neighborhood we had no problems with noise. Overall it was very relaxing. We were there to once again experience the Creation Museum (very close) and visit the Ark Encounter. We had a dusting of snow one night and the next morning our host was there shoveling the sidewalk and icing the pathway. He even blew the snow from our vehicle. Great people. easy communication with them.
5.0 / 5.0
Perfect spot for Ark Encounter and Creation Museum
Very clean house with all amenities needed. Creation Museum 10 minute drive and Ark Encounter 45 minute drive.
2.0 / 5.0
The entire family enjoyed walking to the river at the end of the block, and despite the cold damp weather, we did this several times. The porch, fire pit and the grill were cute features outside that we liked when we booked the property. Although the weather didn’t cooperate, we were able to get a nice picture on the front porch. The pictures of the playground are misleading. It’s a fenced playground on private property. On our first night in town, we went into Cincinnati to eat dinner and we had a horse drawn carriage ride for a very reasonable price. We spent our other days at the Ark and the Creation Museum. Both of those have parking arrangements that are not close to the museum. The Ark busses you up the hill to the museum. The Creation museum has changed and now you walk through the botanical gardens in order to get to the museum. I mention this for those who have young children who might want to bring a stroller and so you know to bring a coat in cold weather. The house is set back away from the street in a very quiet neighborhood. The kitchen had a lot of dishes but remember to bring foil, plastic wrap and plastic bags. It was nice to have 4 beds at this price. We brought our two young children and my mother, and there was plenty of room. The home was a bit dusty and the windows are not sealed well, but the furnace kept up fine. This was the perfect location for us. Thanks so much!
5.0 / 5.0
Great place for a family
This was a perfect place to stay as a family while visiting the creation museum. Property manager was very nice. It was a very comfortable and pleasant home to stay in.
FAQs
How much does this cottage cost compared to others in Petersburg?
The average price for a rental in Petersburg is $394 per night. This rental is $178 less expensive than the average.
Is parking included with this cottage?
Yes, parking is listed as an amenity at Wonderful "Ranch House" near the Ark Encounter and Creation Museum. For more information, we encourage you to contact the property about where to park.
Is there a pool at this cottage?
We didn’t find pool listed as an amenity for this cottage. It may be worth double checking if a pool is important for your stay.
Is Wonderful "Ranch House" near the Ark Encounter and Creation Museum pet friendly?
Unfortunately, this cottage is not pet-friendly. Try searching again and filter for "Pets Allowed"
What amenities are available at Wonderful "Ranch House" near the Ark Encounter and Creation Museum?
We found 10 amenities for this rental. This includes air conditioner, kitchen or kitchenette, internet / wifi, parking, and laundry.
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