A bird does not sing because he has the answer to something, he sings because he has a song.

— Chinese proverb

For Relaxing

At the front of Osprey Cliffs perches this secluded lodge, just minutes away from historic downtown Fountain City. It is the perfect gathering place for those who love nature, but who also want to be close to coffee shops, dining, shopping, and activities of town.

Osprey’s cheerful lodge is flooded with natural light, and features an open floor plan with vaulted ceilings, free-standing fireplace stoves, and locally salvaged timber beams which define its interior with rustic splendor. Enjoy the sitting area surrounding the fireplace and facing expansive windows where you will look out at old forests, vineyards, and the magnificent Mississippi River valley.

Features & Practicalities

The fully-equipped custom kitchen has everything needed for cooking and entertaining, including range and oven, microwave, drip coffee maker, and much more. We keep basics such as dish soap, paper towels, spices, and sugar on hand. Your morning’s coffee and tea, eggs, oatmeal and juice are on us as well. The living room is furnished with a flat screen TV, DVD player, Wi-Fi internet, board games and DVD’s.

  • Kitchen and spacious living room
  • Large screened porch with table
  • Front deck with outdoor grill
  • Two master bedroom suites, each with their own private decks, and private spa bathrooms with walk-in shower
  • Deep woods warm weather outdoor shower
  • Large spa tub
  • Three freestanding fireplace stoves.
  • Immediate access to vineyard deep woods hiking trail
  • Roomy on-site parking area
  • Complimentary Seven Hawks Vineyards wines
  • Central air conditioning
  • Any-day arrival and departure
  • Surrounded by 17.000 grape vines and old growth woods wilderness

On the Main Level

You’ll enjoy a powder room, living room, kitchen, and dining room with large table and hand crafted timber chairs. The screened porch is accessed off the dining area and is a great place to sit and watch the sun set behind the Minnesota bluffs.

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On The Upper Level

The two master bedrooms have queen and king beds and walk-outs to their own private decks. Each suite has access to a parkstone ceramic spa bath, with walk-in showers with waterfall shower heads, and stocked with towels, robes, hair dryer, and toiletries.

What a great place! In the morning we gazed up at two hawks soaring above… reminds me of being in some special tree house as a kid, but with all the comforts of home.

— Minneapolis, MN

About the Osprey Raptor

Ospreys can reach more than 24 inches in length, and 71 inches across its wing span.

Interesting to note, there was a medieval belief that fish were so mesmerized by this handsome raptor, they would float belly-up in surrender. Mentions of the Osprey are found in the famous Chinese poem “Guam Guam Ju Jiu”. In this poem, due to its highly monogamous habits, the Osprey is considered to be an icon of fidelity and harmony.

Green Sustainable & Fantastic

Osprey Lodge has been designed to be extremely resource and energy-efficient, with minimal impact on its ruggedly wild site. Osprey’s interior features windows large and small to connect you to the surrounding landscape, while streaming natural light throughout its solid and comfortable interior spaces, and its skylights help you track the moon and stars.

Seven Hawks Vineyard & Winery

Our vineyards are planted with almost 17,000 northern hybrid grape vines, making us one of the largest vineyards in the Upper Midwest. All of our grapes are hand-pruned, hand-tended, and hand-harvested, and all of our wines are estate-grown and estate- bottled, and waiting for you to taste when you visit Coopers Cottage, or when you visit our tasting room, where tastings of our wines are always FREE!