The Dent House at Matilija Canyon Ranch, includes a main house, Farm House and Guest Barns, and extensive grounds.
The three facilities combine to offer eleven bedrooms and ten bathrooms, two convertible sitting rooms, one very large gathering room, three living rooms, three kitchens, five fireplaces, dining room plus serene screened porches.
The Dent House is 1908 romantic Craftsman Style beauty- now, completely renovated and carefully refitted with every amenity for graceful, comfortable living and furnished with a wonderful mix of soft, cozy couches and chairs, period furniture, antiques and fine Craftsman pieces.
The Dent House can serve meals from its licensed commercial kitchen, and the dining room can comfortably seat 24.
We are located within the private and historically significant 560-acre Matilija Canyon Ranch & Wildlife Refuge. Surrounded by three million acres of the Los Padres National Forest, it is set against the magnificent transverse Santa Ynez Mountains just outside Ojai, California.
At 1500-foot elevation, the property, crossed by three perennial trout streams, offers glorious mountain air, a sense of true isolation, and the feel and look of a 19th century ranch brought lovingly into the 21st century.
Faith
Non-Faith Based:
Non-Faith Based
Open to All:
Open to All
Mission/Lineage: Our goal is to provide a place for people to gather together in peace and comfort, in close contact with the wonders of Nature, removed from the busyness of the cities, and the fast pace at which we often live.
Average Cost: $$
Environment: Lake / Pond, Mountain, River / Stream, Rural, Woods
Gay Friendly: Yes!
Pet Friendly: Yes!
Restrictions: No Smoking
Language: English, French
Overnight Guest Capacity (defined as):
22
Meeting Space Capacity (defined as):
24
Meeting Rooms:
| Room Name | Square Feet | Capacity | Description |
| Dent Dining Room | 400 | 24 | The main dining room in the Dent House is graceful, has vintage charm and garden/mountain views. Adjoining is a wonderful vintage kitchen with modern commercial appliances, butlers pantry, laundry room. |
| 4 Living Rooms | 0 | 0 | The Dent House, The Barns, and The Farmhouse each have a living room for gathering. The Barns also has the large, airy and bright Gathering Room for larger groups. |
| Porches | 0 | 0 | The world’s greatest rocking-chair screened porch at The Dent House, where friends can gather to visit while watching a profusion of wild birds. The Farmhouse is encirlced by its own screened proch, and The Barns has two charming porches. |
| Grounds/tree deck | 0 | 0 | There are gardens and orchards, oaks and sycamores, waterfalls and ferndells, creeks, and ponds, in sun and shade. The Dent House has a unique and wonderful deck, built by an artist, circled by an historic oak tree. |
Groups Served: 12 Step / Addiction / Recovery, Arts / Crafts, Business, Church / Faith / Religious, Dance / Theater, Educational, Families, Health / Healing, Lesbian / Gay, Meditation Groups, Mens Groups, Music, Nature / Adventure, Non-profit, Peace / Justice, Personal Development Groups, Reunions, Silent, Weddings, Womens Groups, Writing, Yoga Groups, Youth Groups
Amenities: Biking trails, Carpet, Fireplaces, Gardens / Outdoor Space, Laundry Services, Meditation Hall, On-line / Internet Access, Walking/ Hiking Trails
Special Features: There are barbecues, hammocks, games, Dish TV, VCRs, DVDs, CD players, and book/CD/video libraries, famjily orchards with all kinds of fruit and nut trees to pick and sample, an Aviary with peafowl, chickens, geese, and ducks, a picturesque corral with resident horse and burro, and ranch dogs to scritch.
Room Types: B&B
Children OK: Yes!
Meal Availability: Kitchen - Private
Location of this Retreat:
Matilija Canyon Ranch and Wildlife Refuge
Ojai, CA 93023
United States
Travel Info: Located at the end of a paved county road, behind a US Forest Service Locked gate, on 560 private acres with meadows, mountains and trout streams… The DENT HOUSE is 90 minutes from Los Angeles, 24 miles from Ventura and the Pacific Ocean, 40 miles from Santa Barbara by road, (12 miles by trail) and 10 miles from the charming town of Ojai.