Beautifully restored historic 1930s retreat, 55 miles north of NYC in a magnificent, secluded, small private National Register community surrounded by a 200 acre private forest adjacent to a protected 9,000 acre preserve. Valhalla Highlands is an early 1930s picturesque, nostalgic community with swimming, boating, fishing & ice skating in private Lake Valhalla, superb private mountain hiking/snow-shoeing on groomed trails, a clay tennis court, shuffle board courts & a ping pong lodge. It is the only known community comprised entirely of “Rustic Storybook” architecture. With whimsy and creative playfulness, it is distinguished by the use of log construction, buttressed fieldstone walls and chimneys, asymmetrical peaked, swooping, multi-color roofs, cantilevered entry canopies, free-standing peeled log entrance arches, window awnings, small-paned windows, rock gardens with elf figurines and knotty pine interiors with oversize fieldstone fireplaces. The ensemble blurs the line of fantasy and reality with an inherent sense of humor. The playful, fairy-tale aesthetic of Valhalla Highlands matches the community’s theme of a Nordic paradise.