Also available is a gas grill for outdoor cookouts. Linens and towels are furnished, but meals and daily housekeeping are on your own. Sleepy Creek meanders around three sides of The Gatehouse's 27 acres and is suitable for wading. If the water is higher, bobbing along in a tube on Sleepy Creek makes for a pleasant afternoon. A path runs alongside the creek the length of the farm.
Sleepy Creek is host to harparella, a near-extinct plant that grows only in clean water.
A groundhog family lives under the barn. In the spring, look for babies in the meadow. Who knows what you might add to your life list. There's also a wonderful hill for sledding if the weather cooperates. The Gatehouse is 6 easy miles from historic Berkeley Springs with its fine shops and restaurants.