Solar Powered Rindge New Hampshire Yurt Looks Like a Hobbit House

One look and you won’t believe your eyes. This beautiful off-the-beaten-path structure resembles a hobbit’s house and a natural wonder, built in the style of architect and author Bill Copperthwaite.

This solar-powered yurt was created in 1974 to house the faculty of The Middle School. It is now occupied by an “intentional community” known as the South of the Monadnock Community.

If you are looking for a peaceful, quiet, rustic retreat, this is it. There are farm animals around and a CSA across the street.

It measures approximately 35 feet in diameter with an upstairs bedroom with solar electricity, wood heating with gas backup, a full kitchen, a bathroom and a laundry room.

Other amenities include wifi, a pack ‘n play crib, indoor fireplace, work area and coffee maker, and on top of all that, breakfast is provided.

The cost per night on Airbnb is $86 per night. It is a charmer and approachable.

To get a sense of the sense of community here, you have to look at the philosophy of the man who made yurts famous. Maine’s Bill Copperthwaite is the “father of yurts”, but mostly for encouraging the simple life.

According to insearchofsimplicity.netCopperthwaite wrote in his 2004 book A handmade life“The thrust of my work is not the simple life – not the design of yurts, not social change, although each of them is important and receives large blocks of my time. But they are not not central. My main concern is encouragement – encouraging people to seek, to experiment, to plan, to create and to dream. If enough people do it, we will find a better way.”

Motorized vehicles are not allowed, but you can drop off your luggage. It’s only a quarter mile from the road, but you feel pulled from the frenzy when you only have the essentials for your stay.

Let’s look inside this remarkable structure.