Wondernut Farm

97%

417 reviews

· Big Oak Flat, Tuolumne, California

37.83 acres hosted by Matt And Eve N.

3 lodging sites

Near Yosemite National Park

Within a 60-minute drive from the Big Oak Flat Entrance.

Amazing views

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Family-friendly

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Wondernut Farm is an upstart, entirely off grid, working farm-stead being built from the ground up. We breed milking goats and sheep, heritage pigs, and are in the process of converting to a grade A dairy and creamery! We use organic practices, management intensive rotational grazing, and dryland pasture management. We sell our animals locally so that others can have their own milking and meat animals. Our 110 year old hay barn and the roof of the former lumber mill were all we had to work with in getting off the ground. Being first and foremost a functional farm, we can't help but offer a somewhat warts-and-all look into everything it takes to be working to our goals. Our hearts are, and always will be, educational and local community focused, and we work closely with farmers and friends alike in better understanding our innovative animal husbandry, power, pasture and water systems. Whenever we have time, we'll afford the same time and opportunities to interested hip-campers. Our location is stunning and historic, and the beauty of the wild, natural landscape is powerful, yet offers easy access to both Yosemite Valley and the San Francisco Bay area. The area features excellent road and mountain biking in the immediate vicinity, vast access to hiking and backpacking trails, a huge variety of rock climbing in the area, the best whitewater rafting in California on the Tuolumne River, with some tasty places to eat or drink coffee in the nearby town of Groveland, just 10 minutes away. Accommodations at the farm are certainly rustic, and private but not secluded, with occasionally heavily project-exploded shared kitchen and living space, showers, and airy flush toilets. Do be advised that animals are pooping, hammers are hammering, sometimes we need to look into a health or animal injury related issue. Sometimes there is blood in an animal birth or slaughter, and our working guardian dogs have been known to be noisy some nights. Water and electricity are both very limited (though we reuse all our water), waste must be carefully sorted into a number of different categories, and there is always evidence of ump-teen projects unfolding at once. The most difficult condition during much of the summer are nuisance flies, which are always gone at night. We have almost no mosquitoes or ticks. Depending on the exact situation and time of year, guests may have the opportunities to snuggle with baby animals and run our herd to or from pasture, and maybe even get their hands dirty picking veggies in the garden.

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97% Recommend581 ratings · 417 reviews

Lucian B.

1 month on Hipcamp

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· February 2025

Magical Farm 🔮

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What a magical setting and experience <3 Thank you to Matt and Eve for the kind, warm hearted welcome and the endless knowledge freely shared. Can't wait to be back there and spend more time on this wonderful farm.

Brittany S.

2 reviews

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· December 2024

A must visit!

The Wilderness Bridge

My husband and I absolutely LOVED staying at the wilderness bridge cabin at Wondernut Farm. The cabin itself is isolated out behind the main buildings on the farm and so quiet and lovely. It has a couple of little lights that provide plenty of light inside the cabin and a plug for phone charging. We stayed in late December, so it was a bit cold, but no problem when snuggled under the warm cozy blankets that cover the bed. Eve very nicely greeted us and gave us a thorough tour of the grounds right away, just after we received a grand welcome from all of the beautiful dogs that live there! We felt instantly welcomed into the space and comfortable to cook meals in the kitchen, settle in by the fire and snuggle up with a dog, spend a rainy day making cookies for everybody on the farm, or wander around and look at birds/turkeys/sheep. We enjoyed our bedtime routine of making dinner in the large open kitchen, eating by the fire in the living area, followed by a steamy hot shower while looking out at the stars, and a 5 minute headlamp-lit walk back to the wilderness cabin. I would recommend to ALL. I left feeling calm, refreshed, and with a renewed patience for all of the tasks necessary in life.

Forest A.

2 reviews

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· December 2024

This place is magic!

Group trip ·

The Guest Cabin

This is a magical place that has had so much love and care put into it. We absolutely loved our stay!

Sam Z.

3 years on Hipcamp

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· November 2024

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Great stay. Will stay again. Would recommend

Leilua L.

4 years on Hipcamp

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· November 2024

I love this place!!!

The Guest Cabin

I love this place. It has such a family feel, and I loved the vibes. The toilets and the shower were great with plenty of hot water in the shower. I didn’t realize the extent of the kitchen situation but they have everything you could need for cooking there. Everyone there was so incredibly nice and I loved the little cabin we were in. Lit a fire and that gets the room verrrry toasty pretty quickly. The animals are all so cute, I loved all the dogs, the goats are friendly and I gave the pigs some belly rubs. I would stay here 100 times over again, it is such a cool place.

Meghan J.

7 months on Hipcamp

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· October 2024

Beautiful place, wonderful people

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It’s hard to know where to begin with all the positive things to say. From the wonderful welcome and awesome conversations with Matt and Eve, to getting to know the farm, it’s animals, people, and mission, to having a beautiful view and open air while showering in a beautifully and cleverly built shower, our stay was absolutely amazing. We are feeling so thankful for our experience on this beautiful gem of a place not too far from Yosemite. On the corner of the street is a very sweet cafe with great coffee and food with a view as well. I can’t say enough. Thank you Matt and Eve and congratulations on your new babe!!!

Location

Big Oak Flat, Tuolumne, California, United StatesTraditional, ancestral territory of Miwok and Me-Wuk (Central Sierra Miwok) First Nations according to

Native Land Digital.

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