Your heart is not a fragile, delicate bird, but a resilient, powerful hawk learning to fly.

— Heather Ash Amara

For Relaxing

Enjoy coffee and spectacular views of the Upper Mississippi from the large deck in the morning, and then venture out for a wine tasting at Seven Hawks tasting room, just minutes away.

Goshawk cottage has been crafted with hand-hewn timber beams, which define its interior spaces with traditional rustic splendor. These estate-grown, storm-felled oak and elm timbers are the soul of this deep-woods cottage’s memorable ambience.

Goshawk Cottage’s sitting areas have a cozy couch and chairs surrounding the fireplace stove, facing expansive windows looking out across the hauntingly beautiful winding backwaters and myriad islands of the Upper Mississippi River Wildlife Refuge. View our policies.

Features & Practicalities

The fully equipped kitchen comes with range, oven, and 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 games, books, and Wi-Fi internet access.

  • Spa bath and walk-in shower
  • Onsite parking
  • Sauna access
  • TV & Roku
  • Any day arrival & departure
  • Vineyard hiking trail access
  • Complimentary Seven Hawks Vineyard’s wine
  • Freestanding fireplace stoves
  • Air conditioning
  • Outdoor grill on the main deck

Bedroom & Bathroom

From your queen-size bed watch the moon and stars through the skylight. 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.

Additional Details

This is our smallest cottage. It is located just below Coopers Cottage and has approximately 80 steps to the front door. This is a 2-story cottage with the bedroom upstairs and the kitchen/living area on the main level.

Goshawk Cottage 8

What a great place! In the morning we gazed up at two hawks soaring above… reminds me of being in some special tree house as a kid, but with all the comforts of home.

— Minneapolis, MN

About the Goshawk

A goshawk is comfortable living at mountain altitudes of up to 9,800 ft in elevation. The goshawk’s call is a repeat note varying in speed and volume changing for different situations.

This raptor calls, perched from high, turning its head slowly from side to side. This creates a ventriloquial effect. The male goshawk calls in a high pitched sound “kew-kew-kew”.

Green Sustainable & Fantastic

The cottage from structural design to construction has been built to be resource-efficient. Discover the natural hand-hewn post the kitchen’s island table as a center piece.

Check-In & Check-Out

  • Check-in: 4:00-6:00 PM
    Check in at the Seven Hawks Vineyards Tasting Room, 17 North St., Fountain City, WI. (608) 687-9463 / (866) 946-3741

  • Check-out: 11:00 AM

Rules

  • Pets: Sorry, no pets allowed.
  • No Smoking/Excessive Wear and Tear Policy: Please enjoy smoking in the outside areas only. Smoking inside the cottages or lodges, or excessive wear and tear on the premises, may result in additional charges to your credit card. No fireworks or explosives of any kind are permitted on-site.
  • Children: Hawks View Cottages and Lodges may not be best suited for children. The grounds are very steep, heavily wooded, and wild. If you visit with children, please supervise them at all times.

  • Motorcycles: For safety reasons, we cannot accommodate motorcycles at our cottages, and parking cycles off-site may not be an acceptable alternative. There is street parking available at our suits for motorcycles.

  • Trailers: We do not allow trailers to be parked at any of our cottages. There is street parking available at our suits for trailers.

Booking & Cancellations

  • Payment Schedule:

    • 50% of the total amount is due at the time of reservation.
    • The remaining amount is to be paid on arrival.
  • Cancellation Policy:

    • Reservations may be canceled at any time with 100% of prepayments refunded.
  • Security Deposit:

    • A pre-authorization of $100 is held 1 day before arrival and voided 3 days after departure.

Seven Hawks 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!