The cabins along the boardwalk on a summer evening

Forest hotel · rentals · guided trips

The forest starts at your bedside.

Twelve cabins spread over a hundred acres, a quarter mile apart. From yours you cannot see another building, and the only road in ends up at the parking lot.

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Right now: the evenings are long, the canoes are in the water and the blueberries ripen in early August.

12cabins, spread over a hundred acres
¼ mileto the nearest cabin, and you cannot see it
11 minon foot from the parking lot to your cabin
0wifi in the cabins. There is wifi in the breakfast room if you need it

The cabins

237 square feet,
and 97 of them are glass.

All twelve are the same, so there is no suite and no upgrade to pay extra for. The only difference between them is what grows outside.

The boardwalk between the cabins on a fall evening — **The boardwalk**Half a mile of wooden deck ties the whole place together, and no car gets any farther than the parking lot.

The boardwalk between the cabins, shoveled clear in the snow — **The boardwalk**Half a mile of wooden deck ties the whole place together, and no car gets any farther than the parking lot.

Inside a cabin with summer forest outside — **Inside**A bed, a reading lamp, birch plywood all around and thirteen feet of glass facing straight into the forest. No TV, and no fridge humming all night.

Inside a cabin with snow-heavy forest outside — **Inside**A bed, a reading lamp, birch plywood all around and thirteen feet of glass facing straight into the forest. No TV, and no fridge humming all night.

A cabin seen from outside on a summer day — **Outside**A deck with two chairs you will end up sitting in for a while. The cabin rests on piers, so the ground under it is untouched.

A cabin seen from outside on a winter day — **Outside**A deck with two chairs you will end up sitting in for a while. The cabin rests on piers, so the ground under it is untouched.

237 sq ftwith a glass wall thirteen feet wide
Two guestsplus an extra bed if you bring a child under twelve
Composting toilet and showerin the bathhouse, 90 yards away
Heated floorspowered by our own solar and hydro

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Nights, gear
and guided trips.

You book nights, gear and trips separately, and you do not need to stay here to rent a canoe or join a morning trip.

Free cancellation up to seven days before arrival.
Two-night minimum in July and over Christmas and New Year's. The rest of the year a single night is just fine.
Dogs are welcome in four of the twelve cabins. Just let us know when you book.

The dock on the lake on a summer evening

The fire by the dock on a winter evening

Arrival

Number of nights

Cabin

Total–

Summer

June to September.

In July the lake is around 70°F and the light lasts until almost ten at night. The canoes are in the water from May and the bikes are out all season.

The grounds

Three buildings and a dock.

The rest of the land is forest. We have built as little as we could, and everything here rests on piers.

The sauna by the lake at dusk — **The sauna**Wood-fired, and it sits right out on the dock. You book it by the half hour and it is included in the price. The jump in the lake is optional, all year round.

The sauna by the frozen lake at dusk — **The sauna**Wood-fired, and it sits right out on the dock. You book it by the half hour and it is included in the price. The jump in the lake is optional, all year round.

The breakfast room with a long table and windows facing the forest — **The breakfast room**One long table, bread we bake ourselves and eggs from a farm down the road in Tower. Breakfast is served from 7:30 to 10 AM, and this is where the wifi is.

The breakfast room with snow-heavy forest outside the windows — **The breakfast room**One long table, bread we bake ourselves and eggs from a farm down the road in Tower. Breakfast is served from 7:30 to 10 AM, and this is where the wifi is.

The rental shed with canoes and bikes — **The shed**This is where the canoes, bikes, skis and snowshoes are. It is open when we are on site, and otherwise you get a door code in your booking confirmation.

The rental shed with skis and snowshoes — **The shed**This is where the canoes, bikes, skis and snowshoes are. It is open when we are on site, and otherwise you get a door code in your booking confirmation.

Good to know

What to know
before you come.

We are out of the way on purpose, and that comes with a couple of things you should know ahead of time.

Getting here

Two hours from Duluth and four from Minneapolis. The last three miles are gravel road, and we plow it ourselves in winter.

Parking

Your car stays at the entrance, and from there it is an eleven-minute walk on the boardwalk. If you would rather not carry your bags, we bring them down on a cart.

Food

Breakfast is included. We serve dinner Thursday through Sunday, one set menu for $58. The rest of the week there is a shared kitchen in the bathhouse.

Cell service

You get a signal by the breakfast room and up at the parking lot, but not down by the cabins. We do not plan to change that.

Accessibility

Two of the cabins have a wheelchair ramp, and the bathhouse is accessible. The boardwalk to them is level the whole way.

Kids

Kids are welcome. An extra bed for a child under twelve is $25 a night, and there is a shallow cove for swimming by the dock.

The forest starts at your bedside.

237 square feet,and 97 of them are glass.

Nights, gearand guided trips.

June to September.

Three buildings and a dock.

What to knowbefore you come.

237 square feet,
and 97 of them are glass.

Nights, gear
and guided trips.

What to know
before you come.