Illahe Lodge is my family’s home and our business. At Illahe Lodge, we provide meals with lodging in our country home. The lodge was started by my great-grandparents, E.J. and Florence Schneider, in the late 1930s and early 1940s as their retirement home. During the construction, their friends from over in Coos County started talking about coming to stay with the Schneiders in the fall when the half pounders were running.
llahe Lodge is located between Watson Creek and Foster Bar on the Rogue National Wild and Scenic River in southwestern Oregon. It overlooks the Rogue River Trail and neighbors Big Bend Pasture. We are at the edge of the grid and our guests enjoy the benefits of public electricity, wireline telephone service, and year-around road access.
What is Illahe Lodge
Illahe Lodge operates as as a bed and breakfast that serves lunch and dinner and shares the history and stories of our area too. The people who stay with us are guests in our family’s home. We ask our guests to conduct themselves in our home as we would conduct ourselves if we were guests in their homes.
Accommodations
Most of our guest rooms are double occupancy and have two beds per room. We have two rooms that are intended for couples and just have one bed. We also use these rooms to accommodate guests who are traveling alone. Each guest room has its own bathroom complete with a shower. Most of the guest rooms are upstairs. We have one guest room that is downstairs and we use it when a guest has difficulty with stairs.
Guests share use of the dining room, living room, lawns, porches, garden, and orchard. We have internet and telephone service that our guests are welcome to use, but we encourage our guests to talk with each other. When time permits, we visit with our guests, share stories, and answer questions. We have gathered some of our area’s history (and are always interested in gathering more). Our guests are welcome to look at the history and read the stories.
Room 1 in the Main Lodge
Bedroom in the Annex
Downstairs Bedroom
Meals
Our meals are home cooked and almost everything is made from scratch. Meals feature produce from our garden and our orchard when it is available. Many of the items are prepared using recipes that have been handed down in our family. Meals are served family-style (in bowls that are passed). Guests serve themselves. Seconds, our standard beverages, and, at lunch and dinner, dessert are provided. Dinner for guests who are staying with us for only one night generally have pork tenderloin as the main course. For guests staying multiple nights, we try to make sure that they do not have the same main course more than once and may prepare pork tenderloin one night and a roasted turkey (our traditional “Thanksgiving Dinner” with all the trimmings), roast beef, or chicken might be the main course on a second or third night. We can accommodate many meal preferences and special diets with advanced notice.
We use nuts, dairy products, wheat, eggs, soy, and other common ingredients in our food preparation and in our kitchen. That said, we are often able to work with guests who have special diets (vegetarian, vegan, wheat-free, low sodium, etc.) with advanced notice so please discuss this with us when making your reservation.
Breakfast
Dinner
Extras
We stock insect repellent, poison oak prevention, bandages, combs, toothpaste, toothbrushes, sunscreen, burn ointment, emergency clothing, and similar items for our guests’ use. We also have lacrosse balls and muscle rollers that our guests can use, if desired.
Guests are welcome to use our washers and dryers if needed. (We have laundry soap our guests can use.) We also have boot dryers.
Alcohol and Tobacco
We do not provide or serve alcohol. Guests are welcome to bring alcoholic beverages of their choice and enjoy them in moderation during their stay. We do not charge a corking fee. (Guests are also welcome to bring soft drinks, if desired.)
Guests are welcome to smoke (tobacco only) in our designated smoking areas. We ask guests to refrain from vaping while on Illahe Lodge property.
Parking
Current guests are welcome to park, have their vehicles shuttled to/from, and meet their parties at Illahe Lodge.
Public parking is provided by the Forest Service at the trail head for the Rogue River Trail and at Foster Bar. (We do not offer public parking or allow people who are not staying with us to meet their parties or be dropped off at Illahe Lodge.)
Reservations
Illahe Lodge is open year-around. Reservations are required. A 50% deposit may be required to confirm reservations with the balance due on departure from Illahe Lodge. We accept cash and personal checks. No credit or debit cards please.
To make reservations or for more information, please call us at 541-247-6111 or send us an email at illahecoleen@yahoo.com.
Cancellations, Illness, and Injury
If you are ill or injured, please stay home and seek appropriate medical care. Let us know about the situation as soon as you are able to do so. We allow cancellations without penalty when they are due to illness or injury. Once you have recovered, we will be happy to reschedule your visit.
All bedding, towels, and glasses in guest rooms is washed between groups. We also use ozone to sanitize guest rooms between groups.
Weather or Closures
When the weather is not conducive to your planned activity, we allow you to cancel or reschedule. The same is true when a government entity orders a closure that would make it impossible for you to enjoy your planned itinerary. Please let us know when you make a reservation what your plans are so we can follow up with you if we learn of weather or closures that could impact your plans.
Farm Produce and Baked Goods
Sometimes, we have extra produce (apples, figs, tomatoes, grapes, etc.), extra tomato plants, and spices that are grown at Illahe Lodge or extra bakery-type items that we have made such as cinnamon rolls, cookies, and carrot cake. We share a reasonable amount of these extra items with guests staying at Illahe Lodge at no additional charge. When we have extra items that aren’t needed at Illahe Lodge, we sometimes offer them for purchase by the general public.
Schneider’s House
In the summer of 2019, we purchased the house that E.J. and Florence Schneider (“Grandpa Ernie” and “Grandma Florence”) built after selling Illahe Lodge to their daughter and son-in-law and their grandson. Guests who have stayed at Illahe Lodge previously may be allowed to rent part of the house for blocks of at least three days. Please contact us directly for more information.
Rate
Our rate for 2026 is $210 per person per night which breaks down to $80/person per night for the room and $130/person/day for meals, our standard beverages, amenities, time spent answering questions, parking, and all applicable taxes.
Contact
We can be contacted at 541-247-6111 between 9 A.M. and 6 P.M. Pacific Time. If we do not answer, please leave a message.
For your convenience, we can also be contacted via email to illahecoleen@yahoo.com.
Our mailing address is 37709 Agness-Illahe Road, Agness, OR 97406.