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The White Oak Treehouse at Timber Ridge Outpost & Cabins is built 24 feet up in a White Oak that’s more than 210 years old. It’s a real treehouse, wrapped around the trunk with decks and a sleeping loft, but it comes with heat and air conditioning, a bathroom with a shower, and a kitchenette. It’s outside Elizabethtown in southern Illinois, near Shawnee National Forest, and sleeps up to six.
Built Around a 210-Year-Old Oak
Instead of standing on posts beside the tree, the White Oak Treehouse is built into the tree itself, with the trunk and branches part of the design. A staircase climbs to a private entrance and two sitting decks, where you’re right up among the leaves. In winter, the snow-covered branches make it feel like a cabin floating in the woods.
All the Comforts, Up in the Trees
The main floor has a sofa, a dining table, and a kitchenette with a cooktop, a convection microwave, a toaster, a coffee pot, and a refrigerator. Coffee, tea, and basics are provided. A full-size Easy Bed on the main floor adds sleeping space, and there’s high-speed fiber internet and a Roku TV.
A Loft Under the Rafters
Upstairs, the open loft has a queen bed and a full-size mattress under the exposed rafters, with a tree branch right by the railing. The bathroom has a shower and toilet, so there’s no trip down to a bathhouse in the middle of the night.
Campfires and Shawnee National Forest
Down on the ground, there’s a campfire area with firewood and camp chairs provided, plus a grill, a picnic table, and a hammock. The surrounding Shawnee National Forest is known for hiking spots like Garden of the Gods.
Stay Details
- Location: Timber Ridge Outpost & Cabins, 546 N Iron Furnace Rd, Elizabethtown, Illinois, near Shawnee National Forest
- Treehouse: built 24 feet up in a 210+ year-old White Oak
- Sleeps: 4 to 6 (strictly no more than 6)
- Beds: queen bed and full mattress in the open loft; full-size Easy Bed on the main floor
- Bathroom: shower and toilet
- Kitchenette: cooktop, convection microwave, toaster, coffee pot, refrigerator
- Comfort: heat and air conditioning, fiber internet, Roku TV
- Outdoors: private entrance, two decks, campfire area, grill, picnic table, hammock
What Makes This Treehouse Special
- A real treehouse built into a 210-year-old oak.
- Room for a family of up to six.
- A private bathroom, kitchenette, and AC up in the trees.
- Shawnee National Forest right nearby.
More treehouse stays: Cedarbrook Treehouse in Georgia, the Stargazing Cabin in Arkansas, and Free Spirit Spheres Luna.
Learn More
Timber Ridge Outpost & Cabins
Treehouses: timberridgeoutpost.com/treehouse · timberridgeoutpost.com
Phone: 618-264-9091
Instagram: @timberridgeoutpost
Photos: Timber Ridge Outpost.
Highlights
- Treehouse 24 feet up in a 210-year-old White Oak
- Sleeps up to six
- Bathroom, kitchenette, heat, and AC
- Two decks and a campfire area
- Near Shawnee National Forest in southern Illinois
Explore More
- Cedarbrook Treehouse in Trenton, Georgia
- Stargazing Cabin in Springdale, Arkansas
- Free Spirit Spheres Luna: A 10.5-Foot Sphere in the Trees
- Top Quirky Tiny House Rentals
- Treehouses
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