Hidden Hollow

Updated: March, 2018

If you’ve never been to a Bass Pro Shop store, you really need to go. Even if you only go once, it’s worth the experience! Each one is an outdoor adventurist’s dream. But they’re also part museum, art gallery, antique store, aquarium, education, conservation and entertainment center all rolled into one. And I believe all of the stores, have some kind of restaurant attached, which adds to the adventure. But the stores themselves, will give you an idea of what Tony Stewart’s Hidden Hollow looks like.

Several years ago, my family and I went to the Bass Pro Shop in Ashland Virginia soon after it opened. We all fell in love with that place from the get go. The restaurant, has become our celebration location, for birthdays, anniversaries and most holidays. Please, we live in the middle of no-where; there’s not a lot of places to go out and celebrate. The kid loves going to dinner and then heading upstairs at the shop, where he can take part in the “play gun” target practice range. But we especially love going to BPS during Yuletide when we can visit with Santa and have our picture taken for Free!

Our BassProShop hosts a great sea food restaurant named Islamadora. During dinner we started talking about living in a house designed like the store. It’s truly a masterpiece of art, nature and architecture. What a dream home that would be.

One of the advantages of being a 3 time NASCAR Sprint Cup Champion, like Tony Stewart, is being able to build your dream home. And he certainly did! His new home reminds me of the Bass Pro Shops stores, inside and out and nearly exactly like what we had imagined such a house would look like. And why shouldn’t it, Johnny Morris owner of the Bass Pro Shops is one of Tony’s dearest friends.

Or as Tony tweeted

June 4th, 2014

“Fishing with one of the greatest persons I’ve ever known Johnny Morris from BPS @Bass_Pro_Shops”

Before you continue reading this post; let me clear something up. This IS NOT Tony’s website. Try TonyStewart.com. So for those of you who feel the need to comment on this post and let Tony know you love his house and you want to come visit; please remember I’m not Tony; I’m not related to Tony, this isn’t his website; and he’ll probably NEVER see your comments. I appreciate the feedback and I love the house too. But you’ll be making your comments to me…not him So please don’t get upset when he doesn’t see them and doesn’t respond. Thanks.

Hidden Hollow Ranch – Tony Stewart’s Indiana Log Home

The 414 Acres of Hidden Hollow Ranch sits quietly in the foothills of Columbus Indiana. Tony’s home town. The estate sports a private lake and an extraordinary log home designed by Ellis Nunn & Associates Custom Luxury Homes.

In August 2014 Log Home Living selected Hidden Hollow as it’s monthly Featured Home. In their article they list the property as 425 acres. After Tony’s win at Sonoma in 2016, he shared a Periscope event from Hidden Hollow, the Fireworks War (you can see this via a link below). In this Scope, Tony clearly says the property is 414 acres.

The lake behind the house took most of 2005 to construct, long before the home building began. Man-made lakes need time to evolve into a healthy habitat for both fish and wildlife. The Lake Project was featured in Pond Boss Magazine, who gave permission to the Bass Resource guide to reprint the article: Tony Stewart’s Lake Project. The article tells the tale of how BassPro Shop founder Johnny Morris helped his good friend Tony Stewart construct the lake and create the beautiful natural setting that complements the log home. This article reports the lake to be 8 to 10 acres, with an 800 foot dam.

The Log House itself comes complete with indoor stream, fish tanks and wild life that decorate the natural stone rocks and waterfall. All I can say is…this is “my” dream home; well sort of. I probably wouldn’t hang an Indy car on the wall.

“Casting a line into my pond and feeding my deer from my porch – that’s my white sand.”

Tony Stewart

Home Facts:

Location: Columbus, Indiana

Architect: Ellis Nunn & Associates (Jackson, WY)

Log Home Manufacturer: Pioneer Log Homes (Victor, MT)

Total Size: 15,756 sqft (3 levels)

Bedrooms: 6 (Includes Master Wing and Guest Master Suite)

Bathrooms: 12

Garage Bays: 5

– I’ve come to the conclusion there is a 3 car garage, and a

2 car carport in front of the main entry to the house. Features: 1,600 Cubic Ft. Aquarium

2 Trout Ponds

Two-Lane Bowling

Lounge

Pool Hall

Media Room

Access into the property is gained through a large and lovely carved wooden gate. The double H on the gate stands for Hidden Hollow. From watching some of Tony’s Periscope videos, I believe there are two entrances into the property. What I’d call the main entrance is gained through this gate. The road travels up the hill and through the covered bridge to the front of the house.

The second gate is gained from the back of the property and is similar to this one. The road from that gate also travels up the hill, but travels over the dam road and arrives at the house on the garage side.

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