Serenity Now
22 Acres of Silence
Everything you've been renting by the weekend, you could own.
890 Lapla Road, Kingston, NY
If you live in Manhattan or Brooklyn, and you try to hold 22 acres against something you know, you’ll get to roughly four full Manhattan blocks. Picture the stretch from Houston to Spring, from West Broadway to Greene. Now imagine it's yours with no one exept you on it. No sound but what the land makes on its own — wind through trees, birds, insects, your footsteps on the forest floor. It’s a very specific quiet that only exists when density is measured in trees, not cars.
Lapla Road is the kind of road that you want to slow down on, just because the land on either side of it makes speed feel kind of wrong. The property sits in the Town of Marbletown, in the heart of Ulster County, surrounded by the preserved watershed land that keeps this corner of the Hudson Valley looking the way it does — and always will.
The 22 acres come with their own walking and biking trails, cut through the property and meant to be used. There isn’t any manicured lawn. It is land that has presence: wooded sections, open stretches, rock outcroppings, spots where the light breaks through the forest ceiling, creating patterns on the ground. And you can be genuinely out of sight of everything, including your own house, and feel the specific pleasure of that.
Privately sited among rock outcroppings and oak trees, the house is drenched in sunlight. The light follows you inside to a warm and welcoming interior. The living room boasts cathedral ceilings, grounded by a floor-to-ceiling native stone fireplace, with access to the deck for summer barbecues beneath the stars and unforgettable sunsets. The dining room invites gatherings, game nights, or quiet evenings at home. In winter, the back of the fireplace radiates warmth; in summer, it absorbs the glow of the evening sun. The kitchen features a center island, granite countertops, and a lovely sitting area beside large picture windows. It is an ideal nook for a first morning coffee, a good book, or simply listening to the birds. The primary bedroom suite offers a large walk-in closet, a Jacuzzi tub with mountain views, and a screened-in porch--perfect for sunset yoga, meditation, or simply slowing down at the end of the day.
Kingston is twenty minutes away. Woodstock is just up the road. Stone Ridge and High Falls sit nearby with the cafes, farm stands, and gallery openings you'd expect from a region that has been drawing creative people for fifty years.
The Catskill Mountains are visible to the west. Mohonk Mountain and the Shawangunk Ridge rise to the southeast. The Ashokan Reservoir — the one that's been supplying 40 percent of New York City's drinking water since 1917, traveling 92 miles by gravity alone through the Catskill Aqueduct directly beneath the city's streets — is a short drive from your door. You have been living downstream from this land your entire life. This is the chance to live on it. 22.3 ares, 1840 sqft, 3 BR, 2 Bath, $899,900
(video by Catskills Nomad)