Groom Creek: The Forest Neighborhood Where Our Cabins Hide

Drive about six miles south of downtown Prescott on Senator Highway and the town falls away behind you. The road climbs, the ponderosas close in, and the air goes cool and pine-sweet. This is Groom Creek, and it’s where both of our cabins hide.

Higher, cooler, quieter

Groom Creek sits well above Prescott, at around 6,400 feet, which means even thicker forest and even cooler evenings. It’s a small, woodsy community threaded with dirt lanes and tall trees, where deer wander through at dusk and the night sky goes properly dark and star-thick.

A local landmark is the Groom Creek Schoolhouse, a historic little school that’s been serving mountain families for over a century, a reminder that people have been quietly loving this patch of forest for a long time.

Trails right out the door

Groom Creek is best known to hikers as the gateway to Spruce Mountain. The Groom Creek Loop Trail starts at the horse camp here and climbs through the pines to a historic fire lookout, one of the area’s classic hikes (more in our Spruce Mountain guide).

Minutes from everything, miles from the noise

That’s the magic of basing here: you’re tucked deep in the forest, yet Goldwater Lake is a few minutes down the road, Lynx Lake and Watson Lake are short drives, and downtown Prescott and Whiskey Row are about 15 minutes away.

Come stay in it. The Groom Creek Getaway and The Forest Cabin are both right here in the trees. Find your dates and see why we never want to leave.