The Hobbit House at the Brothers Greenhouses Washington State Hobbit Houses

Three Washington State Spots to Soothe Your Hobbit Soul

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Pining for the Shire? Here are a few places to visit to quell your hobbity cravings in Washington State without visiting Middle Earth (or at least New Zealand).

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I lied, just a bit, about this post. It did cover three Washington State hobbit houses…but I added a fourth that’s on my hobbit house bucket list. If I find any others that fit, I’ll add them as well. Most are places to stay; one’s at a nursery and it’s a bit too small for even an actual hobbit to feel comfortable living in.

Do you know of another “hobbit house” in Washington State that should be on this list? Leave a comment and let us know!

“You had me at hobbit.”  I wish that this is what I had said, but Jerry Maguire was several years away. Shortly after I met my husband, I remarked on his large, hairy feet.  A Lord of the Rings nut who claimed to have first read the book at age seven (It seems to get earlier in some of his stories…I swear pretty soon he’ll have emerged from the womb having read all of Tolkien, including the Silmarillion!) he did a little hop and said, “I’m a big hobbit!” If you’re also a big hobbit and your version of travel lust includes a pining for the Shire, these three spots in Washington State will temporarily satisfy your hobbity cravings until you can get to Middle Earth or, at least, New Zealand.

Washington State Hobbit Houses

The Brothers Greenouses

The Hobbit House at the Brothers Greenhouses Washington State Hobbit Houses

Set out on an adventure to the back of this Port Orchard nursery to find a house so tiny it doesn’t even have a bed.  You can’t rent it and stay, but you can go inside and check out the little fireplace. Check out the rest of the nursery as well for their castles, fairy garden supplies, and an incredible mini shire fairy garden complete with tiny dwellings and a train set. Sadly, the mini shire is not for sale, but it inspired me to start trying to make my own.

The Forest House

The Forest House on Orcas Island

I love this place so much, I wrote about it in TWO posts.

Near Eastsound, on Orcas Island, this magical (And I don’t tend to overuse words like “magical”) dwelling was formerly called the “Hobbit House” until the owner received notification that the word was trademarked.  Now called the Forest House, it’s available for rent on FlipKey by TripAdvisor. (Subsequent note: I see that it is, at the time of this note, now listed on AirBNB. However, the price back when we stayed there was much more charming.) The book itself starts with “In a hole in the ground lived a hobbit.” While this house has features that would please any halfling, its location is among the trees and might satisfy some of the citizens of Rivendell. I think The Forest House might be a better name.

Underground Hygge

Underground Hygge AirBNB Hobbit House Washington Lake Chelan Hobbit Inn

Of the Washington State Hobbit Houses listed in this post, this is the winner for most-Hobbitish. Nestled in the hillsides of Orondo, WA, overlooking the Columbia River Gorge, it’s extremely private and has all the right features for living as a Hobbit…

…except that kitchen to make second breakfast or elevensies. We visited Underground Hygge — click here to read my post specifically about this Hobbit House.

For a closer look at the making of this enchanted hobbit dwelling, here’s a video:

The Gnome House

In the snow this looks even more like a little chalet…but the interior features are Hobbity or, rather perhaps, gnomish. I added this one because it’s adorable (even more inside than outside) and is going on my to-do list. It rents on VRBO .

Find Your Inner Hobbit

For our map of the locations listed in this post or any added by visitors, click here or the map image below (we show a static map here to save unnecessary map loads). If you’d like to add a hobbit house you know of to this map, you can do so here (you must be logged in).

map of hobbit locations
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