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The front of Spoonbill Lodge at dusk — a two-story home with three dormers, a standing-seam metal roof, and a covered porch that wraps the front. Lanterns are lit beside the arched front door, and pines stand behind the house.

Spoonbill Lodge

Up to 30 guests in Happy Jack, Arizona

Five bedrooms, a study, and six bathrooms on 17 acres of ponderosa pine. A theater, a game room, pickleball, disc golf, and a firepit. 45 minutes from Flagstaff or Payson.

The family room — sofas and armchairs around a floor-to-ceiling stone fireplace, under a vaulted ceiling with exposed beams and tall windows on two sides.
Family roomOpens onto the back deck
The dining table closer in, showing the chairs and the light from the window behind it.
Dining roomThe table seats about 12
The kitchen — pine cabinets and a quartz island under a skylight and exposed beams, with a gas range, a stainless refrigerator, and a built-in banquette with a long wooden table.
KitchenTwo full-size refrigerators
The game room — a long room under a corrugated metal ceiling, with a large sectional sofa and a wall-mounted TV at one end and a billiards table, three arcade cabinets, a skee-ball lane, a foosball table, and an electronic dart board at the other.
Game roomBilliards, foosball, and arcade cabinets
The Window Room — a queen bed beneath a high wood-panelled ceiling, with tall windows along one wall looking into the forest.
The Window RoomTwo queen beds
Madison’s Room — a king bed with a dark carved headboard under a vaulted wood-beam ceiling. A blue sofa sits at the foot of the bed, and a fireplace is set into the far wall.
Madison’s RoomA two-way fireplace
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Bedrooms

Madison’s Room — a king bed with a dark carved headboard under a vaulted wood-beam ceiling. A blue sofa sits at the foot of the bed, and a fireplace is set into the far wall.
Madison’s Room1 king · 1 queen sleeper
The Window Room — a queen bed beneath a high wood-panelled ceiling, with tall windows along one wall looking into the forest.
The Window Room2 queens
Harper’s Room — a queen bed and a blue sleeper sofa under a sloped ceiling, with a wood stove against the panelled wall and a built-in window seat at the far end.
Harper’s Room1 queen · 1 queen sleeper
Jane’s Room — a queen bed and a blue sleeper sofa under a high sloped ceiling, with a cream-coloured gas stove against the panelled wall.
Jane’s Room1 queen · 1 queen sleeper
Nora’s studio seen from the door — one open room under a vaulted ceiling. A king bed sits on a red rug on the right, under a window and a mini-split unit. A sofa, a dining table, a kitchenette, and a standing desk run down the left side.
Nora’s Room1 king · 1 queen sleeper
The Study — a green convertible sofa between two glass-fronted bookcases, under an exposed wood-beam ceiling, with a framed world map on the wall.
The Study1 queen sleeper

On the property

The theater — four full-size reclining couches facing a 200-inch screen, with a ceiling-mounted 4K projector, surround-sound speakers, and a small stage at the front.
TheaterSeats 16
The back deck seen from the lodge’s back door, with steps down to the yard and the forest beyond.
Deck750 square feet, half roofed
The finished sport court, painted green and striped in white for pickleball, with the black line of a basketball key on it. The pickleball net stands across the middle. Ponderosa pines surround the court.
Sport courtMarked for pickleball
The firepit in the back yard — a wide, dry-stacked flagstone ring with a raised seating wall around it and a steel grate over one side. The lodge and the guest house stand in the pines behind it.
FirepitFlagstone, with a seating wall
The dog run on the side of the lodge — a long screened enclosure under the roofline, framed in green-painted posts, with a screen door in the middle of it and pines behind.
Dog runScreened
Tall ponderosa pines standing over open, shaded ground at the edge of the undeveloped land.
17 acresOpen ponderosa forest

Groups and events

15 minBlue Ridge Reservoir45 minFlagstaff45 minPayson1.5 hrSedona

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