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Twin Lakes: Tetonka and Sakatah Dock, Kayaks, Lakeside Firepit.

Family-friendly holiday home in Waterville

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North face with Master Suite deck.
Living room with Brazilian Cherry floors.
Master Suite jacuzzi, shower, and double sink vanity.
Looking Northeast at Lake Tetonka.
Master Suite North Shore headboard.

Reviews

9.6 out of 10
Exceptional
8 bedrooms3 bathroomsSleeps 18297.3 sq m

Popular amenities

  • Kitchen
  • Fireplace
  • Dryer
  • Washer
  • Barbecue grill

Explore the area

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  • Place, Sakatah Lake
  • Place, Lake Tetonka
  • Place, Sakatah Lake State Park

Rooms & beds

8 bedrooms (sleeps 18)

Bedroom 5: Upstairs Winnie Pooh Kids Bedroom 5

1 Double Bed, 1 Double Futon and 1 Single Murphy Bed

Bedroom 6: Downstairs w/patio doors to South porch.

2 Single Beds

Bedroom 7

1 Single Sofa Bed

Bedroom 8

1 Double Sofa Bed

Downstairs Bedroom 2

1 Queen Bed

Living Room 1

1 Double Sofa Bed and 1 Large Single Futon

Master Suite1

1 King Bed

Upstairs Bedroom 3

1 King Bed and 1 Single Murphy Bed

Upstairs Bedroom 4

1 Queen Bed and 1 Single Murphy Bed

3 bathrooms

Bathroom 1

Soap · Towels provided · Bathtub · Toilet · Shower only · Jetted bathtub · Shampoo

Bathroom 2

Soap · Towels provided · Bathtub · Toilet · Shower only · Shampoo

Bathroom 3

Soap · Towels provided · Bathtub · Toilet · Shower only · Shampoo

Spaces

Deck or patio
Porch or lanai
Kitchen
Balcony
Separate dining area
Outdoor play area
Dining area

About this property

Twin Lakes: Tetonka and Sakatah Dock, Kayaks, Lakeside Firepit.

Beautiful large 6 bedroom corner home with Lake Tetonka access capable of sleeping up to18. The public beach is a 200 yard walk over a wooden bridge that crosses the beginnings of the Cannon River. Close to downtown and to Sakatah State Trail for biking and hiking. Many lakes close by for fishing and boating. Small hometown feel. Also close to largest waterpark in southern Minnesota less than 1 mile away at Kamp Dels. There is a dock, lakeside fire pit, and 6 kayaks available. We also have a 660 square foot game room above the garage complete with sofa bed, love seat, billiard table, card tables, air hockey, and a 1952 wood rail pinball machine. Bring your fishing gear, swim suits, pool cues, and life jackets and enjoy!

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Amenities

Kitchen
Washing machine
Dryer
Pet-friendly
Free WiFi
Air conditioning

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House Rules

Check in after 4:00 PM
Minimum age to rent: 18
Check out before 11:00 AM
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Children

Children allowed: ages 0–17
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Events

No events allowed
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Pets

Pets allowed: dogs less than 9 kg per pet (limit 2 pets total)
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Smoking

Smoking is not permitted

Check-out instructions

The host requires you to complete the following before checking out:
Load and start the dishwasher
Gather used towels and store extra beds
Remove personal items, remove leftover food and drinks and take out the rubbish
Turn off the lights, lock the doors and return the keys
Turn off air all lights in home and game room.
Leave beds made that were not slept in.
Leave beds slept in unmade.
Failure to complete these may result in a negative review from the host.

Important information

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
On-site parties or group events are strictly prohibited
Long-term renters welcome
This property uses eco-friendly cleaning products
Host has indicated that there is a carbon monoxide detector on the property
Host has indicated that there is a smoke detector on the property
Safety features at this property include a fire extinguisher, a first aid kit and a deadlock
This property has outdoor spaces, such as balconies, patios and terraces, which may not be suitable for children; if you have any concerns, we recommend contacting the property prior to your arrival to confirm that they can accommodate you in a suitable room

We should mention

This property does not have any lifts

About the area

Waterville

Waterville is home to this holiday home. Cathedral of Our Merciful Saviour and Faribault Woolen Mill are local landmarks, and some of the area's activities can be experienced at Waseca Lakeside Club and F-Town Brewing Company. Travelling with kids? Consider Le Sueur County Fairgrounds, or check out an event or a game at Owatonna Tennis Center. Explore all the area has to offer with hiking/biking trails and cycling.
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Waterville, MN

What's nearby

  • Sakatah Lake - 10 min walk - 0.9 km
  • Lake Tetonka - 1 min drive - 0.0 km
  • Sakatah Lake State Park - 3 min drive - 2.5 km
  • Shattuck-St. Mary's School - 29 min drive - 35.4 km
  • Minnesota State University - 38 min drive - 49.2 km

Restaurants

  • ‪Corner Bar - ‬15 min walk
  • ‪Casey's General Store - ‬3 min drive
  • ‪Casey's General Store - ‬10 min drive
  • ‪Waterville Café - ‬15 min walk
  • ‪Fisher's Corner Bar - ‬10 min drive

Frequently asked questions

Is Twin Lakes: Tetonka and Sakatah Dock, Kayaks, Lakeside Firepit. pet-friendly?

Yes, this property allows dogs (limit 2 total) with a maximum weight of up to 9 kg per pet.

What time is check-in at Twin Lakes: Tetonka and Sakatah Dock, Kayaks, Lakeside Firepit. ?

Check-in begins at 4:00 PM.

What time is check-out at Twin Lakes: Tetonka and Sakatah Dock, Kayaks, Lakeside Firepit. ?

Checkout is at 11:00 AM.

Where is Twin Lakes: Tetonka and Sakatah Dock, Kayaks, Lakeside Firepit. located?

This family-friendly Waterville holiday home is within a 10-minute walk of Lake Tetonka and Sakatah Lake. Waterville Public Library and Waterville City Hall are also within 1 mile (2 km).

Reviews

9.6

Exceptional

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9.4/10

Cleanliness

10/10

Check-in

10/10

Communication

9.8/10

Location

9.6/10

Listing accuracy

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Su P.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great family destination!!!

This is a great family vacation destination! We were looking forward to kayaking. I expected only two kayaks. What a surprise to find six kayaks available for our use! We spent many hours kayaking, not to mention spending time in this beautiful house. I highly recommend this property.
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2025

10/10 Excellent

Lisa A.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
The VRBO was a wonderful spacious home for our family to stay. We enjoyed a beautiful campfire by the lake with our grandchildren. Also, our 6 year old grandson learned how to kayak. The game room above the garage was also a great time. Lots of fun was had!
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2025

8/10 Good

Dan W.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Summer Family Get Together

Great space to get together and catch up, yet also big enough if you needed a little alone time.Loved the flat iron grill outside, the game room, and the well stocked kitchen.
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2025

10/10 Excellent

Daniel K.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great place to stay

It was a great place to stay. I was in the area for work so it was way better than staying in a hotel
Stayed 13 nights in Apr 2024

10/10 Excellent

Matt K.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Perfect space for the family

We were in town for a wedding and this was the perfect place for our family. The house was clean and well stocked. Awesome game room!
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2024

10/10 Excellent

Craig N.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Time with family and grandchildren

Beautiful property. Much needed week away with family and young grandchildren. We were able to take advantage of the location. Local parks for the grand daughters and a field trip to the Schell’s Brewery for the adults.Two lakes to enjoy. One close by and the other very close. Local Kamp Dells is one of the best area resorts that does Day Passes during the week for fun and games.Space in yard allowed for us to have yard games and water table for the littles. Porch provided area out of the sun, and the game room above the garage was great for late night entertainment for adults.Much more house than our group needed, but 2 yr old grand daughter LOVED “her” Winnie the Pooh room and her birthday party while we were there.We were having difficulty finding property that would allow family pets, and were excited to find this one.Excellent communication from owner before booking, before our stay and during the stay. Thank you Greg!
Stayed 6 nights in Jun 2025

10/10 Excellent

Zach W.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great place to stay

House was clean and property manager was very friendly. Would definitely recommend to others
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2023

10/10 Excellent

Kris L.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Fantastic house, great property Manager too!

First off, the house is wonderful. Huge kitchen, wonderful living room which is a great hang out, and the porches are really nice too. Tons of bedrooms and all of them are really nice. Greg is great to work with. Check in and out was simple. We will definitely stay here again!
Stayed 5 nights in Sep 2024

10/10 Excellent

RODNEY R.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Perfect

Great place, perfect for our family. Rooms for 10 of us..6 adults 4 kids. The game room was a bonus. Lake access worked for us as well.
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Thomas M.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, location, listing accuracy

Nice big house close to the lake.

Four Morgan siblings had a mini reunion back in Southern MN, where our father grew up and we used to vacation every summer 50-60 years ago. Nice big house, close to, but not on, the lake (as the ad seemed to imply). But very happy with our stay. If and when we head back to MN in the future, I would look for this property again, and isn't that the bottom line? And don't worry, the game room does have pool cues, even though the ad says to bring your own. Recommended.
Stayed 4 nights in Oct 2024

8/10 Good

Charlene R.

Liked: Check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Family Gathering

Our whole family had a great time during our long weekend in this large home by the lake. We enjoyed the fire pit by the dock, the beautiful public beach, the game room above the garage, the gathering places for meals, conversations/games and the space to spread out for sleeping. The long back porch was a special treat, too! Situated in a quiet town on two lakes, not far from the Cities, it was the perfect location.
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2023

10/10 Excellent

VICKI K.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Wonderful Stay plenty of Room

This place was perfect for our family gathering. Everyone had plenty of room to hang-out . The homeowner was very responsive on any questions that we had. The lake across the street was great for the younger kids in the family to enjoy. We cooked on the grill and sat out on the back deck. The neighborhood was quiet. this was a 5-star rating, don't wait! book this place!
Stayed 5 nights in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Danny L.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

2023 Sibling Gathering

Ideal location in a smaller community with a Lake view and access. We brought a golf cart and could easily access the entire area and businesses. Our group of senior kids comes from Minnesota, Montana, and California and meet every year at a rental in one of those states. We believe this home was one of our best. The owner was very accommodating and quickly to respond to our inquiries. The home was so roomy and quiet.
Stayed 8 nights in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Charice F.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Spacious and comfortable vacation home

We felt so badly for the folks dealing with flooding that started during our stay, and hope we contributed a bit to the local businesses. Greg worked with us the entire time. The vacation home was perfect for our family reunion with the many bedrooms and game room over the garage. We spent many hours there and playing board games in the spacious living room after cooking up several meals in the fully equipped kitchen. While we missed many outdoor opportunities--fishing, kayaks, park hikes--due to flooding, we had lots of quality family time. Thanks Greg, and best wishes for you and your family!
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2024

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
Welcoming. We had a group of 9 and would have loved to have another couch or a lazy boy rocker/recliner and comfy chair. We had a 1 year old used to being rocked to sleep, so we moved one of the outdoor rockers into the house for bedtime. Our stay was not so much a vacation as a family reunion, so we spent most of our time and meals at my brother's house across the lake on North Shore Rd. We had to drive to his place to do a pontoon boat ride as water at the vrbo's dock was too shallow and he didn't want to risk tearing up bottom of his pontoon. Kitchen was fully stocked for cooking/serving food but we did not need anything other than coffee mugs and forks and spoons and one fry pan for our breakfast. The VRBO did have coffee, filters, sugar but we used our own coffee. Kitchen also appeared to be stocked with common spices for cooking. We did not get a chance to use game room above the garage, it did look inviting or the firepit area, again spent our days at my brother's home only came back to vrbo to sleep. Greg, the host, answered any questions we had by the end of the day. We were not familiar with this key lock but finally figured out how to lock up when we checked out. If you plan a larger group know seating is limited for dining indoors and watching TV. Note, arrive early to hit the grocery store, it closes at 5:00 p.m. We were about 45 minute drive to Mall of America, which was on the bucket list for half of our group who had never been there. We will return.
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2025

8/10 Good

Teresa H.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
We had 15 people stay. Room for everyone to sleep, that was great! There was little room for kitchen/non refrigerated food supplies we brought. Other then that the kitchen was completely stocked with all needed pots and pans etc. We had rainy days so stayed inside or used the game room. We all had a good time! Thanks Greg
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2025

10/10 Excellent

Cheryl S.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
We had a fabulous family stay at this VRBO. Greg was a great host, there was plenty of room and it was a great location. The weather couldn't have been better! We booked this because of the number of rooms, location and the game room with pool table. We didn't know that Elvis would be there, but that was just a bonus, as Mom is a bit Elvis fan! We did a wonderful tour with Ella of the Faribault Woolen Mill and had a picnic at the state park near Waterville. We even caught the ice cream truck that went thru the neighborhood. We spent quality family time talking and playing games. A vacation we won't forget!! Thank you Greg and the Wilmes family!
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2025

8/10 Good

Emilee T.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
Was perfect for our family trip! Greg was very responsive to any questions we had. My family enjoyed our stay and look forward to returning in the future!
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2025

10/10 Excellent

Paula D.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
Great house with a lot of extra amenities, super clean, plenty of space for a couple of larger families and best beds EVER!!
Stayed 4 nights in Aug 2025

10/10 Excellent

Susan L.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
Perfect for our family gathering.
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2025

10/10 Excellent

Wendy B.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
Are stay was amazing. The property was very clean. We brought our own pontoon that we were able to launch at their private launch area and leave it tied up are whole stay. Huge yard to play yard games in also
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2025

10/10 Excellent

Stephanie M.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
The house was large and homey. It has some quirks, but was very nice for our large group. The beds are very soft, and the water can get scalding hot. The kitchen was pretty well stocked with spices/dry goods/ and a good assortment of cookware. A nice selection of fun plates that my toddler enjoyed. The location is great for access to Kamp Dels and downtown. We appreciated the lake access and dock, but found better swimming a quick drive away at Lake Francis. Our group enjoyed the easy access to bike trails and big green space. The game room was awesome and nice that it is separate from the main house. Greg was a very responsive host and we had a great time in Waterville.
Stayed 5 nights in Jul 2025

10/10 Excellent

Kyle O.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great Family Vacation

I would like to let you know that we had a wonderful time in many ways. We even had room in the yard to play games. Many of us used the kayaks, the games above the garage, playing basketball, fishing…we also enjoyed the sandy public beach and the public playground. I should also mention that the neighbors were very kind and friendly. And it was obvious that the people in the neighborhood were very careful as they drove nearby—Conscious of children. SO SENDING THANKS FROM THE OFSTEDAHLS!
Stayed 6 nights in Jun 2025

8/10 Good

Nicole G.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, listing accuracy

Family Get Together

House was perfect size to celebrate my parents 40th wedding anniversary. When booking be aware the price is for 4 people. For every additional person there is a charge at the end. We needed this location so even though I tried to look for something cheaper there wasn’t much. The kids LOVED the game room. It was great for a rainy day to keep them busy and the stereo was perfect. Kids had fun fishing and caught a few walleye and sunfish but the lake is not the best for swimming. It gets very green and we even saw blue green algae. Took a walk to the public beach and it was ok but didn’t look great so we opted to go to camp dells for swimming. Some rooms had good curtains and shades while others barely had anything so if you want to sleep in it can be hard when the sun rises early.
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2025

10/10 Excellent

Karen P.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Absolutely Fabulous!

We came for a family gathering, coming from Alaska, Colorado, and Minnesota. The house was perfect for our group. We had two year olds to 70-year-olds and it was the perfect set up. Gregory is an awesome host, very responsive and accommodating. The house is beautifully equipped. We cooked dinners for our group of 11 and had everything we needed. We walked to the swimming beach, to town, and The Cool Wave coffee shop. I would definitely go back and highly recommend this wonderful property.
Stayed 4 nights in Jun 2025

About the host

Hosted by Greg Wilmes

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HI. My name is Greg Wilmes, and I own and operate P, B, & J Rental (named for my 3 children [Peyton, Brooke, and Jon] located in Waterville, MN. I grew up here on Lake Tetonka resort property my parents purchased back in the 1960s. After graduating from Waterville-Elysian High and St. Olaf College, I taught and coached for 10 years at Minnewaska Area and STMA High Schools. I then moved back to Waterville to purchase some of my parents’ property and started a residential construction business. The first garage and home I built is the one you’ll be enjoying when you come stay with us in Waterville! I love sharing our beautiful and nostalgic little town with anyone looking for a good time and beautiful lakes, trails, and people. Welcome to Waterville and our twin lakes—Tetonka and Sakatah.

Why they chose this property

I chose to build my home in the nostalgic little town of Waterville because I was born and raised here and absolutely love all of the beautiful lakes, trails, resorts, and people that call this place HOME.

What makes this property unique

Our rental home offers 6 bedrooms that comfortably sleep 12-18 people, a 700 square foot game room above the detached garage, and lake views and access to beautiful Lake Tetonka and Lake Sakatah where you can enjoy fishing, swimming, kayaking, and boating. We also have a public beach and easy access to the Sakatah State Park and Sakatah State Trail. Kamp Del’s also offers day passes to the largest outdoor water park in southern Minnesota just 1 mile away from our home.

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