Please, use these directions if you prefer a less windy route coming from southbound Hwy 285 (from the direction of Denver). Northbound guests will not need this if coming from the direction of Fairplay.
Directions to the Gingerbread Cottage
230 Lo Meadow Lane
Bailey, Colorado
Before you begin…it is a common assumption that “Bailey” proper is only on the west side of Crow Hill. However, this is not the case, the east side is also Bailey and that’s where you’ll turn off of 285. With that said, here are your directions:
- From Hwy 285 & C470, follow 285 South into the mountains for 25 miles.
- Turn left on Rosalie Road (at the big billboard on your left advertising the veterinary clinic) for 2 miles. (Rosalie/Sleepy Hallow will dead end at County Rd 72).
- If you reach the traffic light near the Loaf & Jug…you’ve just past it! Rosalie Rd is the left right BEFORE you reach the stop light.
- If you go over Crow Hill…you’ve gone too far!
- Turn left on Country Road 72 for approximately 1 1/2 miles. (You’ll eventually go past the large fishing pond and up a steep hill. At the top of the hill, you’ll see a cluster of mailboxes.)
- Right on Hi Meadow (at mailboxes).
- Take a quick left onto Sunny Ridge Lane (it will be right after you have turned onto Hi Meadow).
- At the bottom of the hill, keep to the right onto Lo Meadow Lane.
- Follow to bottom of the hill where the road makes a left bend.
- The Gingerbread Cottage is the 1st house on the left after the bend. The address post is along the road with a gingerbread man hanging from it. (It is easiest to enter the driveway from the second entrance and leave from the first.)