Waggle Dance RanchDesigned for people who aren’t very good at sitting still.
A large fire pit ringed with seating for twelve, burning after dark at the ranch

Outside the Ranch

Outdoor play

Waggle Dance Ranch. Come discover other sports you didn’t know you were terrible at.

Courts, turf, water, firelight, and room to make a day of it. Everything is on the property, so the day never needs a car.

  • Twelve outdoor amenities
  • Firewood delivered
Aerial view of the Hurly Burly slip n slide winding around the soccer field and past the jacuzzi, ending just before the pond

Signature

The Hurly Burly.

Seven hundred feet of very bad decisions, a 700-foot slip n slide that winds down the east side of the property, sweeps past the soccer field, and runs out on the grass just short of the pond. “Have you ridden the Hurly Burly yet?” is the question every arriving guest gets asked, and it is the single fastest way to turn a group of adults back into a group of fourteen-year-olds.

  • Length700 feet, multiple turns, one long finish.
  • Best hourLate afternoon, once the water has warmed.
Pickleball courts and a half basketball court in fresh colour-coated surfacing

Courts

Two pickleball courts and a half court.

Bring your favorite people. Discover their questionable sportsmanship.

Play doubles until the light goes, then shift to the half basketball court for a shooting contest nobody planned. Both surfaces sit together so spectators never have to move.

  • PickleballTwo dedicated courts, paddles on site.
  • BasketballHalf court alongside, regulation hoop.

The pickleball page

The basketball page

A young player in navy slides on his knees celebrating a goal by the corner flag at sunset, with the net and a cheering crowd behind

Turf

A soccer field, for the group that still runs.

Full open turf with goals at both ends. It doubles as the landing zone for kickball, frisbee, dog laps, and anyone who wants to walk off dinner—and it is where the weekend's bet finally gets settled.

  • SurfaceMown natural turf, goals at both ends.
  • The deciderPenalty kick shootout, five a side.
  • Also good forKickball, frisbee, long dog walks.

Why soccer, you ask?

A golfer chipping onto the chipping and putting green, with white sand bunkers front and back, azalea beds along the left, a big live oak at the back of the green, and the road with a stand of tall pines beyond it

Short game

Chipping and putting, steps from the porch.

A practice green with real contour and multiple cups, so the wedge work happens between the fire pit and dinner rather than at a range twenty minutes away.

  • GreenMultiple cups with genuine break.
  • ApproachChipping from short grass and sand.
Two cedar cornhole boards on the lawn off the back patio, beside the lit fire pit and Adirondack chairs, with the open kitchen doors and wildflower meadow at sunset

Cornhole

Boards on the lawn, bags in hand.

Two boards set out on the grass, a bucket of something cold between the chairs, and a game that anyone can play with one hand. Which is exactly why it is so humiliating when you don’t land a single bag.

  • Set-upTwo boards and bags, on the lawn.
  • Best playedOne-handed, drink in the other.

Water & recovery

Heat, then cold, then the fire.

The Jacuzzi and the plunge pods sit above ground on their own deck, in a private spot away from the house, with an open view across the meadow at sunset. The outdoor shower and a fire pit big enough for the whole group finish the loop.

The seven-person Jacuzzi steaming on its deck at night, lit from within

Seven-man Jacuzzi

Room for the whole foursome, twice over.

Above ground on its own deck, heated year-round, private and away from the house.

A Polar Dive cold plunge pod with its digital chiller, showing 36 degrees

Two plunge pods

Cold water, right beside the heat.

Above-ground pods on the same private deck, so contrast therapy never means a walk.

A white PVC outdoor shower enclosure with a rain head and handheld fixture

Outdoor shower

Rinse off before you come inside.

Rain head plus handheld, with hot water on demand.

Twelve seats arranged around a large open fire pit

Fire pit for twelve

Seating for the entire group at once.

Log-burning, with firewood delivered so nobody has to source it.

The steaming Jacuzzi on the deck at night, beside a ‘What’s Up North Tonight?’ northern-sky star guide

Stargazing from the Jacuzzi

Dark sky, hot water, no screens.

Built for the hour after the fire dies down. A guide to the northern sky stands beside the tub, so you can find Polaris without leaving the water.

An orchard beside a wildflower meadow in late afternoon light

Orchard & wildflower field

A walk that takes exactly as long as you want.

Fruit trees on one side, a standing wildflower meadow on the other.

Dozy Central under the Dozy Tree in the orchard: a guest asleep on a cream outdoor couch with a panama hat over his face, beside a fringed hammock slung between two trees

Dozy Central · The Dozy Tree

The afternoon nap, brought back.

A hammock and an outdoor couch under the orchard canopy, for one of life’s most overlooked pleasures: sleeping outside in the shade.

Visit Dozy Central

Waggle Dance Ranch

Where trying counts.
Especially when it’s funny.

Ready to hold a weekend?

Check the calendar, pick your nights, and tell us what the group wants.