White Hawk is a group of people from all walks of life who have chosen to establish a neighborhood integrating ecologically sound principles and efforts towards community sufficiency. Our community is being built on 120 acres in Danby, New York – six miles south of Ithaca. We are people of all ages who look forward to passing down a thriving village full of neighbors with diverse skills, ideas and talents to our children and their children.
Our village plan includes thirty home sites in a circle around a common recreation area. Residents have the option of being tied to the grid or using alternative forms of energy.
Interested in Exploring Membership Here?
Think living here sounds rad? Suspect we’d get along? Our development stage (recruiting people to build houses, building houses) is mostly complete, but as of April 2026, we have ONE lot left that is in need of someone to build on it. Additionally, from time to time opportunities to buy or rent a home here become available. If any of that interests you, and you’d like to learn more about how you can become eligible for an opportunity to join us, please take a moment to join our “interest list“.
Want to Visit?
We warmly invite you to visit our village! If you are interested in exploring the process of living here and becoming a member, please start by getting on our “Interest List”.
If you aren’t interested in living here but are in the area or passing through and would like to visit, please use the Tour Signup link below to see if we’ll be offering a tour when you’re here. We typically offer one tour a month. If you don’t see a tour date listed for the month you’re interested, use that same form to indicate some days that would work for you – we’ll let you know if we’re available for any of those times.
Need to cancel a tour reservation you previously made? You can use the same signup form to also cancel.
Looking for Overnight or Volunteer/Work-Trade Options?
Unfortunately we aren’t set up for people to spend the night here. If looking for somewhere to stay while visiting, there are a number of hotels and AirBnbs in the Ithaca/Danby area.
Similarly our community is not set up to house or work with volunteers/interns/work-trades.
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