From Long Pond to Greenwood Lake
The water outside is not a natural lake, and it has been called three things. How it got its shape, its name, and a border down the middle of it.
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Greenwood Lake · West Milford, NJ
A house
A house
on the water.
Right now — waterfalls and wildflowers, and the lake waking back up.Right now — long days on the water and warm nights in the hot tub.Right now — the ridgelines turn; hike by day, fireside by night.Right now — snow on the deck, the fireplace lit, the hot tub steaming.
A drawing of the house being rebuilt, seen from the lake.
Welcome
An unhurried lake house, an hour from the George Washington Bridge.
Mornings on the water, afternoons on the trail, evenings by the fire or under the stars in the hot tub.
The materials are plain and meant to age: stone at the fireplace, cedar at the hot tub, a table long enough that nobody eats standing up. Ten people sleep here, in four rooms.
Why Kaia
The reasons you’ll remember it.
01
On the water
Private lakefront on Greenwood Lake — swim, paddle, and watch the light change over seven miles of water.
02
Cedar hot tub
Sink into a cedar-clad hot tub on the deck, with the water a few feet beyond the rail.
03
Stone fireplace
A floor-to-ceiling stone hearth anchors the great room — the heart of the house on a cool evening.
04
Trails at the door
State forests and the Appalachian Trail are minutes away, then home to a warm bath and a quiet deck.
The Home
Designed around the fire and the view.
A floor-to-ceiling stone hearth, vaulted ceilings, and walls of glass that hand the lake straight to you. Cook for the whole house in the chef’s kitchen, then drift out to the deck as the light goes gold.
The Lake & Beyond
Seven miles of water. Trails at the door.
Swim and paddle from your own shoreline, hike the Appalachian Trail and state forests minutes away, and end the day at a lakeside table. Greenwood Lake is the rare place that’s both an escape and an easy drive.
Around Greenwood Lake: trails, the valley, the table
Find a walk: every one of the 86 mapped trails near the house
Lake Notes
All Lake Notes
From the journal.
Living Lightly on the Lake
There is no water main and no sewer out here. That is the whole reason the place feels the way it does, and why it asks three things of you.
ReadThe Story of This House
We wanted a lake we could reach after work on a Friday. That rules out far more places than you would think.
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Hiking Trails
Ridge walks, a cliff-ringed pond, and the Appalachian Trail — everything within about twenty minutes of the door.
Read the guideWineries & Cideries
The Warwick Valley has more wine, cider and spirits than anywhere its size has any right to — and the good ones are all within half an hour.
Read the guideThe Lake, End to End
Seven miles of water, two states, and two completely different lakes joined in the middle — one of which is under our dock.
Read the guideMade for Gathering
The Hollow — a den built for play.
The second building has a den set into its lower level. That is where the evening goes once the day on the water is over: projector, pool table, poker table, wet bar.
On the board-game shelf
- Codenames
- Catan
- Wingspan
- Scrabble
- Backgammon
- Cribbage
- A proper poker set
Opening 2027
Get the opening dates.
The house is being rebuilt and opens in 2027. Leave your address and we’ll write once, when dates open.