Container Cabin in the Catskills (Forest)

*Click on our logo image to book another cabin on our property. "One of the best Airbnb cabins we’ve rounded up from all across the U.S. " - Architectural Digest, 2022, 2023, 2024 "Top 12 AirBnBs in the Catskills" - Time Out, 2018-2024 In the words of the great Adam Sandler, we can create a totally immersive nature experience at our cabins, but we can't make you the kind of person who will appreciate a totally immersive nature experience—complete with compost toilets, a tiny house layout, and wood-fired amenities. So PLEASE read the entire description below before you book. Thanks! Staying in this low-carbon 4-season shipping container is not like living in a house or a hotel room or a glamping tent. It is like living in the wild, except you are encased in high-efficiency insulated walls with giant low-energy windows—and sleeping on a comfortable queen-size bed with organic percale linens and a Nectar mattress. You can watch shooting stars from bed or the wood-fired hot tub. You will likely see a family of deer wandering through the woods while you make coffee and hear our resident owls hooting at night. Our cabins are not like other tiny home compounds in the area that have dozens of units set 10 feet away from one another. Your cabin sits on its own stunning 5-acre parcel in the middle of an old-growth forest, slate ledges, streams and wildlife. Our cabins also offer the lowest carbon footprint of nearly any rental in the Hudson Valley. Powered by a large solar array on an adjacent parcel, these up-cycled shipping container homes use minimal water, firewood, and electricity. You will not find high-flow waterfall showers, endless hot water, or electric baseboard heat in these cabins. If you enjoy 15-minute showers, towel warmers, and heated bathroom floors, this might not be the rental for you. There are lights in the cabin, outlets and USB charging ports. The bathroom has a shower, vanity, mirror, light, and compost toilet. The Finnish wet sauna is a 5 minute walk away. (You can book multiple 120-minute private sessions, no extra charge.) Parking is 10 feet away. No smoking inside, plenty of room to smoke around the campfire outside... We use small, high- efficiency electric water heaters, a micro propane furnace, wood stove, and firewood cut and seasoned on the property. You get most of the comforts of home, but with a drastically smaller footprint—all of which lowers the barrier between you and the gorgeous natural setting just outside the front door. If it's cold outside (with the direct vent propane heater and wood stove it's always warm inside) we use the wood-fired Finnish sauna — located a five-minute walk from all four cabins — and lounge around drinking coffee. (Book multiple 120-minute private sauna sessions, no extra charge.) If it's warm, we leave the cabin's three sliding glass doors open and lounge around the patio. (Lots of lounging...) There is wifi, a propane cooktop, and enough pots/pans/basics to cook whatever you want. There is a small refrigerator w/freezer and a cooler for your ice and drinks. (Yes, we have a coffee grinder.) The direct vent propane heater is easy to use and super warm. Set the temp and forget it... The wood stove stays warm all night too. In the summer, A/C keeps the container cool. Staying in the cabin is an experience, not a simple overnight. There is something very special about it and this property. You won't want to go to sleep while watching shooting stars from the deck on a summer night. On a 20-degree afternoon in the middle of a blizzard, it is 80 degrees and silent inside. More than a dozen guests have gotten engaged here. (All said "yes!") Another guest chopped his bundle of wood into 1,000 toothpick-sized pieces thinking that the fire would burn longer and hotter that way. (It does not.) There are streams and cliffs and tons of wildlife on the property. Owls and red-shouldered hawks glide above the cabin, as well as fireflies in the summer. Deer graze in the field and woods and eagles visit now and then. This place was built for two, but it can fit four. Two adults and two kids is perfect. Larger groups can inquire about our other cabins. (Click on our logo to see them all.) There is 2 bars of LTE cell service across the property - and wifi in the cabin is 350mbps. The other cabins on the property are out of sight. Each has its own driveway and plenty of private space to walk around. (We designed it that way.) Saugerties is a gem. Miss Lucy's (dinner), Circle W General Store (breakfast/lunch), Gracies Luncheonette (breakfast), and Silvia, Good Night, or Red Onion (fancy dinner!). Walking to the lighthouse is a must, as is hiking to Kaaterskill Falls, Huckleberry Point and North and South Lakes. Skiing at Hunter Mountain is also 30 minutes away. Food shopping and farm stands are 10-15 min away.