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Mill Valley Tree House

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A cozy living room with a fireplace, wooden beams, a large window with a view of trees, a red sofa, and a wooden coffee table with decorative items.
A cozy living room with a red sofa, wooden coffee table, and a large window offering a view of trees.
A covered outdoor deck with a table and chairs, surrounded by glass doors and windows.
A garden with a variety of plants and a statue.
A kitchen with a large window, stainless steel sink, and white cabinets.

Reviews

9.6 out of 10
Exceptional

Highlights

  • The great outdoors
    Guests love the outdoor space here.
  • Centrally-located
    You're never far from where you need to be with this convenient location.
  • Discover nearby landmarks
    Close to Sweetwater Music Hall

Popular amenities

  • Balcony
  • Barbecue
  • Refrigerator
  • Washing machine
  • Internet
  • Onsite parking available

Explore the area

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Mill Valley, CA
  • Place, Lytton Square
    ‪8 min walk‬
  • Place, Old Mill Park
    ‪8 min walk‬
  • Place, Sweetwater Music Hall
    ‪10 min walk‬
  • Airport, San Francisco, CA (SFO-San Francisco Intl.)
    ‪51 min drive‬

Rooms & beds

2 bedrooms (sleeps 5)

Bedroom 1

1 Queen Bed

Bedroom 2

1 Queen Bed

Living room

1 Single Bed

2 bathrooms

Bathroom 1

Bathroom 2

Spaces

Deck or patio
Kitchen
Balcony

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About the area

Mill Valley

Mill Valley is home to this holiday home. SF Masonic Auditorium and Bill Graham Civic Auditorium are cultural highlights, and some of the area's notable landmarks include Muir Woods National Monument and Golden Gate Bridge. Looking to enjoy an event or a game? See what's going on at Oracle Park or Warfield Theatre. Kayaking and sailing offer great chances to get out on the surrounding water, or you can seek out an adventure with hiking/biking trails and mountain biking nearby.
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Mill Valley, CA

What's nearby

  • Lytton Square - 8 min walk - 0.7 km
  • Old Mill Park - 8 min walk - 0.7 km
  • Sweetwater Music Hall - 10 min walk - 0.9 km
  • Dipsea Trailhead - 11 min walk - 1.0 km
  • Mount Tamalpais State Park - 3 min drive - 2.2 km

Getting around

  • Richmond Transit Center - 23 min drive
  • San Francisco International Airport (SFO) - 58 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪Equator Coffees - ‬6 min walk
  • ‪Mixt - ‬4 min drive
  • ‪Super Duper Burgers - ‬19 min walk
  • ‪Sol Food - ‬18 min walk
  • ‪Watershed Restaurant - ‬10 min walk

Frequently asked questions

Is Mill Valley Tree House pet-friendly?

No, pets are not allowed at this property.

How much does it cost to stay at Mill Valley Tree House?

As of 1 November 2026, prices found for a 1-night stay for 2 adults at Mill Valley Tree House on 2 March 2027 start from NZ$1,791, including taxes and fees. This price is based on the lowest nightly price found in the last 24 hours for stays in the next 30 days. Prices are subject to change. Choose your dates for more accurate prices.

How much is parking at Mill Valley Tree House?

On-site parking is available at the property.

What time is check-in at Mill Valley Tree House?

Check-in begins at 3:00 PM.

What time is check-out at Mill Valley Tree House?

Checkout is at 11:00 AM.

Where is Mill Valley Tree House located?

Situated in Mill Valley, this holiday home is 0.4 mi (0.6 km) from Sweetwater Music Hall and 2.2 mi (3.6 km) from Muir Woods National Monument. Mount Tamalpais State Park is 1.4 mi (2.3 km) away.

Reviews

9.6

Exceptional

Reviews are presented in chronological order, subject to a moderation process, and verified unless otherwise labelled.
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Rating 10 - Excellent. 51 out of 60 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 8 out of 60 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 0 out of 60 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 0 out of 60 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 1 out of 60 reviews

9.2/10

Cleanliness

10/10

Check-in

9.8/10

Communication

9.6/10

Location

9.8/10

Listing accuracy

Reviews

Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
Loved staying in the forest with Sequoia trees in the tard but easy waking distance to town. Joan was very helpful and gave us some starter groceries. Beds were comfortable, kitchen has everything you need to cook. Deer roam the yard and great views from the deck.
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2026
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
5 Stars! Property was exactly as described and was bigger than I expected. Joan is a wonderful host. Definitely will stay again.
Stayed 2 nights in May 2026
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
Beautiful place to catch up with friends and enjoy the feeling of being surrounded by nature. Great kitchen well stocked, including breakfast. Walk to town and 5 minutes to Muir Woods. Great even in the rain.
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2026
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
Lovely home among the redwoods As a dog family it was a treat to have the house dog greet us in the AM.
Stayed 4 nights in Mar 2026
Response from VrboOwner on 31 March 2026
So glad you liked meeting Gigi. She gets great reviews and She never understands why people leave! Nice having you here . Come back sometime.
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
Our host, Joan was lovely. She has an artistic flare and a genuine love of living things, which made us feel at home, as we came from New England. She was friendly and helpful without being at all intrusive. My 5 yr old Grandaughter loved the very calm doodle dog and the day bed and the 2 fawn nibbling outside the patio. Unsure how she kept all her heirloom plants and many collectables impeccably dustfree. I was not prepared for the winding hills and unique terrain but became comfortable quickly overcome by its beauty. Our trip to Muir Woods was just what we wanted and took our hosts advice for anice dinner in the tiny beachtown of Stinson Beach. I’m glad my wimpy daughter in law bowed out as she would be ill on the twisting mountain roads.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2026
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

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

Wonderful Location

Great place to stay with a gracious guest!
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2024
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
We loved our stay at Joan’s Treehouse in the redwoods! The home was unique, the bedrooms were comfortable and the kitchen had everything we needed. Our favorite part was the wonderful deck! We saw deer, hummingbirds and a Great Horned Owl family! It was a lovely place to enjoy a glass of wine and the spectacular view! Joan was a delightful host and answered our questions promptly. Her dog, Gigi was a special treat, such a sweetheart! We would definitely recommend this property to others staying in Mill Valley. It was within walking distance to restaurants and shops.
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2026
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
Joan was a terrific host and made us feel welcome. The house is just fun and filled with interesting art, books, plants and furnishings. The "great room" is a really pleasant space and, already the photo doesn't show it, it's all glass on two sides, not just one, with redwoods right outside.
Stayed 4 nights in Feb 2026
Verified review

8/10 Good

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
Joan’s home is very comfortable with a fabulous view over the tree tops of the Mill Valley hills with beautiful redwoods right next to the house for a special ambiance. It does have a very steep driveway and a lot of stairs. No A/C, but it’s not usually as warm as it was when we stayed, and opening up doors and windows and her fans helped. Great kitchen, laundry room, huge open dining and living area with wall-to -wall windows to enjoy the beautiful up view! Joan was very nice and responsive, and her sweet dog, Gigi, met us every morning for coffee and a head rub. Very convenient to downtown Mill Valley! It was a great experience!
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2026
Verified review

8/10 Good

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

Very Nice!

Loved our stay! View was amazing. We would definitely come back. Host was extremely helpful and very kind.
Stayed 4 nights in Jun 2022
Response from VrboOwner on 30 July 2022
Thanks for the kind words. You are welcome to come back any time. And thanks to you and your family for taking good care of my house.
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

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

Beautiful Mill Valley Home!

We had the best stay at this beautiful, old home in the redwoods. Gorgeous views from the spacious living room, and the bedrooms were clean and comfortable. Five stars!
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2022
Response from VrboOwner on 15 January 2023
Thanks for the nice review. I am glad you and your family enjoyed your stay in my Tree House. Come back sometime!
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

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

Ideal Respite

We had a wonderful time staying at the Tree House. The location makes it easy to take day trips in any direction, however we found ourselves so comfortable that we didn't have the inclination to venture very far! This would be a great spot for families or two couples as long as everyone can negotiate the stairs. We enjoyed every minute ~
Stayed 5 nights in May 2022
Response from VrboOwner on 10 June 2022
Thanks you for the kind review. and am glad you enjoyed your stay in my Tree House…I hope you had a nice time on your trip up the coast. Come back some time !
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

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

Great experience

Fabulous host! Unique, once in a lifetime experience living in a beautiful house high up among the redwood trees.
Stayed 21 nights in Aug 2022
Response from VrboOwner on 3 September 2022
Hi, Bob and Kay: Thanks so much for the nice words about your stay here. You were the perfect guests and it was great getting to know you and your family. Please come back for another visit. Enjoy your trip to Hawaii. You will love it there. Of course, you live in a pretty special place! Best wishes, Joan and Gigi
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

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

Lovely hillside home

We loved this beautiful home, it made us feel like we were living back in Marin. Spacious, welcoming, beautiful views from the living room. Well-appointed kitchen. Overall, 5 stars, thanks so much!
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2023
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

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

Amazing

Joan is a fantastic host. You could not want anything better. So many special touches. Absolutely incredible!
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2023
Response from VrboOwner on 3 July 2023
And Patrica and her family were great guests. They even cooked me dinner. They have promised to come back for another visit. Joan
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

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

Beautiful spot in Mill Valley

The host was super gracious and accommodating. She offered helpful recommendations and made us feel very welcome. The property was perfectly located - so close to so much, just a perfect walk from downtown Mill Valley for dinner, and a short drive to San Francisco, and an even shorter drive to Muir Woods. And the area was beautiful - sunrises with coffee were spectacular!
Stayed 5 nights in Apr 2023
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

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

Redwood beauty

Joan was a great host. Her house is beautiful and surrounded by beautiful redwoods. The property is as seen on the pictures, very charming with beautiful views. It was perfect for our vacation. Would highly recommend it. Thank you Joan for being a great host.
Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2023
Response from VrboOwner on 2 April 2023
Thank you for the nice review and I am happy that you enjoyed your stay. You were great guests and I hope you will return for another visit. Best wishes, Joan
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

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

Beautiful home

This is a beautiful home with art objects all around. It was much more like being in the home of someone you know, because it’s someone’s home rather than a full time rental. The owner was on site which was nice, though we didn’t need anything. Walking to town was very easy. Highly recommend.
Stayed 3 nights in May 2022
Response from VrboOwner on 7 June 2022
Thanks for the nice review. It means a lot to me as you are a Airbnb host. Hope to see you again here in our beautiful town. Have a good trip back to NC
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Unique, hideaway

When booking our getaway to the Bay Area this house came up. We couldn’t have asked for a better home or location! MillValley is a gem and the tree house was the perfect place to experience it. We enjoyed walking to breakfast and exploring the town on foot. We were able to drive to Muir Woods, Stinson Beach, Bodega Bay and San Francisco. Joan is a great host and provided us with lots of resources on the area. The fully stocked kitchen was an added bonus. Extremely comfortable house!
Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2019
Response from VrboOwner on 22 March 2020
Thanks so much for your very kind review. You were great guests. I wish I could have heard more about your adventures. It must be great to be able to fly around the country. What freedom! Hope you can back sometime. There so much to see in our beautiful town. Again, thanks so much for taking such good care of my house.
Verified review

8/10 Good

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

Treehouse on Ethyl Avenue

This is a lovely house in a lovely location. A few aspects could be improved. The many steps from the street need better lighting. It would be nice to have the TV located in the living room rather than the bedroom and to have a TV that gets Netflicks and Amazon Prime.
Stayed 21 nights in Mar 2022
Response from VrboOwner on 19 July 2022
Great guests here for a wedding. Lots of people coming and going, I think they had a good time with family and friends. They even had a dog. Took good care of the house. I would welcome them back. Interesting that the review was concerned about lighting I had just hired an electrician to put in new path way lights. But no TV in the living room.
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

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

Beautiful House in the Redwoods

We loved our stay here. Gorgeous house with everything you need including great art, great . books, great kitchen, comfortable beds, lots of extra pillows and blankets, and especially great views. This is someone’s home, not just a shell of a dwelling with sparse furniture. It felt like home for five days. We absolutely loved it!! The one con is the driveway. Although I didn’t take any stars away because of it, it is very steep and there is little space for the car to rest. Our group consisted of 4 seniors so this part was a little challenging. We did use street parking occasionally, and there are steps to the house from the road.
Stayed 5 nights in Nov 2024
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

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

It's everything it says it is and more!

I booked this property because it looked just beautiful in the pictures. But I have to say, it's more spectacular in person! It felt as though I was staying in a friend's home rather than a rental property. The house is beautifully decorated and there are redwood trees off the deck. (We enjoyed many bottles of wine on that deck enjoying the view :-). The location of Mill Valley was the perfect spot (close to San Francisco, Muir Woods, Pacific Coast Highway, etc.). The host was absolutely charming. She made us feel welcomed and gave us some tips for getting around. We enjoyed meeting her so much, we had dinner with her one night! This property and host delivers on what it advertises. You won't be disappointed.
Stayed 5 nights in Jul 2024
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
Our family had an absolutely wonderful stay. Mill Valley is a serene and convenient home base for trips to the Bay Area, and Joan’s lovely home had everything we could need (comfy beds, great bathrooms, laundry), plus an ideal location for relaxing walks to downtown shops and restaurants, Old Mill Park for the kids, and driving to SF/Muir Woods/Mt. Tam/Point Reyes/Wine Country. Each morning we witnessed a stunning sunrise through the redwoods and enjoyed the fully equipped kitchen and large deck (we listened to birds waking, the kids saw deer roam up the hill through the yard). It truly felt like a tree house, but with fantastic floor to ceiling windows. The area is of course very hilly, so use caution if you are not used to driving/parking on steep grades. We all (but especially the kids) loved going over the Golden Gate Bridge most of the days of our stay, and the drive in/out of San Fran was fairly quick and gorgeous (the bridge has a 9.75 toll). As a family with young kids (5 and 3 yo) we appreciated that Joan was staying in the lower level when a few questions came up. Mostly it was like she was hardly there; although, after our kids met her dog Gigi one morning, they wanted to see Gigi everyday so we tried to be outside a few times to “run into” them. :) In the couple weeks since our trip, I have been asked numerous times “can we go back to Joan’s house?”
Stayed 6 nights in Mar 2026
Response from VrboOwner on 16 April 2026
It was so much fun having Emily and her beautiful family staying in my house..The girls, 3 and 5, had no trouble with the stairs and they enjoyed playing with Gigi. Having guests like Emily's family reminds me of why I love having my Airbnb. I meet such great people from all over the country. And I love introducing them to Mill Valley.
Verified review

8/10 Good

Liked: Check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
Joan was a doll. Gigi the poodle was adorable. Everything was well appointed. The kitchen items could have been cleaner but the bedrooms and bathrooms were great. The master shower head needs replacing. It works but the water comes out a little funky. The house is like a museum, paintings, artwork and a fun little book of the history of Joan’s travels… so interesting! It really is her home! The beds were comfortable. The town is a short 5 minute drive with Starbucks, EXCELLENT Michelin rated restaurants, live music and cute shops. The hiking was amazing and the redwoods were magical and took our breath away. It was easy to drive into San Francisco and enjoy the city. We wanted a unique, off the beaten path experience but also to have everything at our fingertips and Joan’s treehouse delivered! Joan’s description was completely accurate, the stairs and steep driveway are not for everyone, but if you are able to walk up a regular set of stairs, you can definitely get up them with your stuff if perhaps, a glass of wine and a wonderful view were waiting for you at the top!! Overall we had a wonderful stay and we would stay again.
Beautiful redwoods at night. Magical!
One of probably 100 chickens… So many chickens! Super fun and cute.
View out of kitchen window
Backyard
Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2026
Response from VrboOwner on 29 January 2026
Great guests. Thanks for taking good care of my house. Hope you come back sometime. And I am so glad you had nice hiking weather.
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

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

Could Not Be Better!

This place is every bit as beautiful in real life as it is in the photos, and even better. The entire neighborhood is enchanting, but Joan's property in particular has a stunning view and lovely sunrises with open space, the forest, and mountains in the background. The bed was comfortable and she left ample supplies for breakfast as well as a bottle of wine. Her eclectic art, lovely abundant indoor plants and her comfortable furnishings made us feel relaxed and content. The lovely town Of Mill Valley (full of friendly people and great restaurants ) the Muir Woods and beach are all just a few minutes away. She is warm and lively and communicated well. Her lovely poodle was just as nice as Joan and is clearly comfortable with new people. We miss her! We cannot wait to return!
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2022
Response from VrboOwner on 10 August 2022
Thanks for the nice review and I am so glad you enjoyed your time here in my Tree House. Come back any time. Best wishes, Joan
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