Tent site · Sleeps 6The Big Sky Tent Deck is our most popular site! It's no wonder: you get to experience all the perks of backcountry camping without the long hike in. Sweeping pastoral views of the Vermont countryside await you less than 6/10ths of a mile from your car.
The site includes an 8 x10 floating tent deck, commercial park grill, Adirondack chairs to kick back and enjoy the view, a fire ring, and a picnic table. (And yes, volunteers carried everything up there on their backs).
Don't have a tent? Are you trying to squeeze three people into your two-person tent? Do you just want some additional space? We have four-person tents for rent!
Important: this is a hike-in site up a hill (to the view). This is a great place to commune with nature, deepen your relationship, and embrace solitude. We think it is worth the extra effort!
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When you register, we will email you our 50-plus-page Orientation Guide, which includes directions to the rescue, local resources, attractions you won't find on Google, nearby hikes, and more (including the WiFi password).
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The Big Sky Tent Deck now features a robust, comfy, hygienic backcountry toilet for your pooping pleasure with a spectacular view. We think it is the best place to poop on the planet!
Your backcountry toilet is comprised of four components: 1. a portable composting toilet which you check out on arrival and return clean on departure, 2. a biodegradable collection bag, 3. an open-aire wooden structure, for privacy and concentrated use, and 4. a composter at your site.
The portable composting toilet has no separating function for liquids and solids and is foolproof to set up and use. It is designed to give you the comfort of a home toilet: with an open size of L 17.3 * W 15.7 * H 16.1 inches and a seat diameter of 11.8 * 9.1 inches, providing a wider and higher seating area that can support up to 400 lbs. It has a foldable design that easily collapses to a mere 5.5 inches in height. It is provided as a kit, complete with supplies you need for a 2- to 3-day stay, that you check out when you arrive.
At the end of your stay, you must return it cleaned (using the provided cleaning wipes) and ready for the next camper.
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See our other listings! Click on the link to "Willoughby Farm Animal Rescue" located directly above the site title (Farm Animal Rescue - Group Site) to see our two tent decks, RV site, and glamping site (the Greenhouse)!
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Looking for something private but closer to your car? Embrace the forest and pitch a tent at one of our other private tent decks: a. Buddha North b. Grandmother Pine
Just like the Big Sky Tent Deck, each site features a large 8-foot x 10-foot raised deck, a private grill, a picnic table, and a private fire pit.
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Need gear? We have it for rent, from cast iron grill baskets and griddles to make cooking over a charcoal grill or fire a breeze to tents to 1- and 2- burner propane stoves to tarps to water containers. We even have an Anker Portable Power Station and Portable Kerosene Heater for rent!
Need Supplies? Charcoal? Propane? We've got it.
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Don't have a tent and don't want to rent one from us? Then consider sleeping out in The Greenhouse! You will feel completely connected with nature all around you when you sleep in our 8-foot x 14-foot greenhouse.
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Have a trailer or camper van? You can park at our RV site (with a 30-amp electric hook-up and WiFi).
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Skip those commercial campgrounds, where your tent is 3 feet from the other tents pitched next to you like sardines! You won't have crowds walking by your site (or going by on bikes) checking out your set-up.
Though you might have a donkey or alpaca come by for a look.
Swim in our three ponds, relax around a campfire, gaze at the stars, take in a movie at a local drive-in, and more.
Money from your camping fees goes directly to supporting the non-profit farm animal rescue! Not only do you have a great time when you camp with us, but you make a difference in the lives of abandoned and abused farm animals!
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CHECK-IN TIME: 3:00 p.m.—7:00 p.m. Please arrive within this time window. If absolutely necessary, you may purchase a check-in extension for $15 in advance or $30 on arrival.
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CAMP FOR FREE WEEKEND SEPT 20-21 2024
Come for the weekend and make a difference in the lives of Rescues. Spend the weekend helping us prep for Winter, maintaining and building fencing, planting daffodils, clearing brush, pitchforking manure (important and necessary work), hoof trimming, painting, and everything in between. Watch the sunset from the Big Sky Tent Deck on the Equinox. Sit around campfires with new friends. Eat great food -- we'll make you dinner each evening! Just (1) message us that you are interested and (2) sign up on the event page on our Facebook profile.