The three cabins stand on two wooded properties about ten road miles south of Malone. The Modern Pine and The Aviator share the first, along one gravel drive, and The Modern Tiny Home shares the second with a cabin that is not one of the three. This post explains the layout from the listings and their photos: what each cabin keeps to itself, what the neighbors share, the house rules that keep two groups comfortable, how two couples or a group of eight can book both cabins, and how to choose.
The two properties
The host wants guests to know about the neighbors before they book. There are two cabins next to each other on each property, and when the cabins were photographed in the fall of 2026, the host asked for pictures, drone shots among them, that show the neighboring cabin and the space between the two. The listings say the same in their own words. The Modern Pine's notes that there is a second cabin on the property and that the cabins are oriented to ensure privacy. The Aviator's says there are two cabins on the property, tells its guests they have reserved the far cabin, and asks them to look for the sign with its name.
The first property is home to The Modern Pine and The Aviator, and both of their listings describe it as more than 100 acres in the foothills of the Adirondacks. The second, The Modern Tiny Home's, has its own section at the end of this post. All three cabins are near the hamlet of Owls Head in the Town of Bellmont, off County Route 25 at the northern edge of the Adirondack Park, and getting to the cabins covers the roads in.
What the photos show
No listing gives a distance between the cabins, and this post will not guess one. The photographs show the layout instead. Both listings carry the same view down the gravel drive. The Modern Pine fills the left side, a long log-sided cabin with its deck at the far end and a roofed, screened porch at the corner, and boulders line the gravel in front of it. Beyond a strip of lawn, farther along the drive, The Aviator stands with its long side to the camera and the woods close behind it.
Two more shots in The Aviator's listing look down the same drive from the edge of the trees. In those, The Modern Pine is in the foreground with its covered grill on the deck, and The Aviator shows through a stand of thin trunks to the right, partly hidden. The photographer's drone shot at dusk shows the whole arrangement from above: one gravel drive curving through the forest, the two cabins lit along it, and the trees closing in around them.
What the photos cannot show is how the place sounds and looks after dark, when both groups are out on their decks. For that, the guests' own accounts further down are the better guide.
Which way the cabins face
The two decks do not face each other. A guest at The Modern Pine in December 2024 wrote that the other cabin "is situated so that their deck and hot tub are not visible," and also that "this cabin's deck and screen room face that cabin." From The Modern Pine's screened room, then, you look toward The Aviator, while The Aviator's deck and hot tub stay out of sight of the Pine. The Aviator's photos fit that account. Its open deck runs along one end of the cabin above its own lawn, and its living-room picture window looks out on its own fire pit.
The fire pits sit differently too. The Modern Pine's is set into the tree line, in the host's description, with Adirondack seating around it. The Aviator's is a smokeless fire pit out on its lawn with four Adirondack chairs, in view of its own picture window. From The Modern Pine's deck, the same December guest could see the neighbors' fire.
What each cabin keeps to itself
Everything you use day to day is your own cabin's. The Aviator's listing is explicit that each cabin's fire pit and hot tub are exclusive to the guests staying in that cabin and are not shared spaces, and the two amenity lists show the rest.
| Yours alone | The Modern Pine | The Aviator |
|---|---|---|
| Deck | A spacious deck with a large screened-in room | A large open deck |
| Hot tub | Private, listed as available all year and open 24 hours | Its own, not shared with the other cabin |
| Fire pit | Set into the tree line, with Adirondack seating | Smokeless, on the lawn, with four Adirondack chairs |
| Grill | Grill with barbecue utensils | Grill with barbecue utensils |
| Heat and cooling | Jøtul GF 160 DV gas stove, heating, ductless split air conditioning | Jøtul GF 160 DV gas stove, heating, air conditioning |
| Kitchen | Full kitchen with a dishwasher | Full kitchen with a dishwasher and a baking sheet |
| Laundry | Washer and dryer in the unit | Washer and dryer |
| Yard | Private backyard, not fully fenced | Backyard |
| Entrance | Private, a few short steps up to the deck | Private, up the deck steps |
| Camera | Ring doorbell over the entrance and deck; none inside | Ring doorbell over the entrance and the entire deck, recording video and sound |
| Parking | Free on the premises, with room for an ATV or a snowmobile | Free on the premises |
Inside, each is a complete cabin for four, with a main bedroom, a bunk room, a bathroom, a living room and wifi of its own. The cameras deserve a word on a shared property. Each listing places its doorbell camera at its own front door, watching its own entrance and deck, and The Modern Pine's adds that there are no cameras or audio devices inside the cabin.
What the two cabins share
The shared piece is the gravel drive. Both cabins are reached along it, and The Aviator is the far cabin in its own listing's words, so expect the other group's car on the drive when they come and go. Each listing offers free parking on the premises, and the photos show gravel beside each cabin, so park by your own cabin and leave the drive clear. The Modern Pine's listing describes plenty of room in its parking area for an ATV or a snowmobile and a three-minute ride to the C7 snowmobile trail, and The Aviator's describes direct access to snowmobile and ATV trails, so in season you may hear a machine start up next door and head out.
The land itself is shared too: more than 100 acres of woods, with the two cabins and their lawns in clearings along the drive. Neither listing describes a walking trail on this property, and the hiking guide lists the marked trails nearby. That is the whole list. The decks, hot tubs, fire pits, grills, kitchens and yards are not shared.
Arriving after dark
Both cabins check in after 4 p.m., and from mid-November through December the sun sets before half past four, so most arrivals then come at dusk or after dark; getting to the cabins covers the roads in and the light. On this property, take the gravel slowly and know which cabin is yours before you pull in. The Aviator is the far cabin, and its listing tells guests to look for the sign with its name, so drive past the first cabin you reach. If the door code gives you trouble, message the host instead of knocking next door; a February 2026 guest at the Tiny Home found the hosts responsive when the key code did not work the first time.
The house rules side by side
Each cabin is its own booking with its own house rules, and on a shared property the rules are what keep two groups comfortable. Here they are as the three listings stated them in the fall of 2026.
| Rule | The Modern Pine | The Aviator | The Modern Tiny Home |
|---|---|---|---|
| Check-in and checkout | After 4 p.m.; before 11 a.m. | After 4 p.m.; before 11 a.m. | After 4 p.m.; before 11 a.m. |
| Guests | 4 maximum | 4 maximum | 4 maximum |
| Quiet hours | None listed | 10 p.m. to 8 a.m. | 10 p.m. to 8 a.m. |
| Parties or events | Not allowed | Not allowed | Not allowed |
| Smoking | Not allowed; the deposit is lost if there is evidence of smoking | Not allowed; fees applied | Not allowed; the full deposit is lost if there is evidence of smoking |
| Who books | Someone 25 or older, present at all times | No age in its listing; ask the host | Someone 25 or older, present for the entire stay |
| At booking | Picture ID and a list of guest names | Nothing stated in its listing | Picture ID and a list of all guests |
| Pets | Under 25 pounds, house-trained, no cats, never alone, off furniture and beds | One pet up to 25 pounds, house-trained, never alone, off the furniture | Under 25 pounds, house-trained, no cats, never alone, off furniture and beds |
| Children | Not under 10; not childproofed | Not suitable for children and infants; not childproof | Not under 10; not childproof |
| Also | No hunting on the property; no commercial photography | No weapons or illicit drugs on the property; no commercial photography | No hunting on the property |
Two differences matter most between neighbors. The Aviator and The Modern Tiny Home set quiet hours from 10 p.m. to 8 a.m., and The Aviator's rules repeat that quiet hours must be observed; The Modern Pine's listing gives no quiet hours, though it rules out parties and events like the others. And The Modern Pine and The Modern Tiny Home want the person who books to be 25 or older, to send picture ID and the names of every guest when booking, and to stay for the whole visit, with unauthorized guests asked to leave. Both of those listings say fees apply for broken rules, and both give the same list for the morning you leave: wash the dishes you used, leave the heat set to 60 in winter instead of turning it off, set the hot tub to 95 with its cover secured, take the trash out and lock up.
None of the cabins is set up for small children. The Modern Pine and The Modern Tiny Home are not suitable for children under 10, all three listings carry Airbnb's flag for not suitable for children and infants, and none of the hot tubs has a gate or a lock. Families with children 10 and older and teenagers are welcome; see family cabins.
Who stays next door
The rules shape who the neighbors are likely to be: four guests at most in each cabin, no parties or events, a booking guest of 25 or older at The Modern Pine, and no young children at either. The reviews from the two cabins bear that out. They describe a couple on their honeymoon at The Modern Pine in April 2024, four friends sharing the Pine in February 2025, a husband and wife at The Aviator in September 2024 who "needed a quiet and relaxing weekend away from the noise," and a mothers' getaway at The Aviator in February 2026. Skiers come for Titus Mountain in winter. Expect another small group that came for the same quiet you did.
Late nights, fires and engines
Most of what neighbors notice happens outdoors after dark. The Modern Pine's hot tub is listed as open 24 hours, while The Aviator's guests are under quiet hours from 10 p.m., so a late soak at the Pine works best with low voices and no music. The fire pits call for the same restraint. From The Modern Pine's deck, the December guest could see the neighbors' fire and, "although pretty far away," felt "a little too exposed," so keep the fire small and the circle to your own group. Light it early, put it out completely before bed, and follow New York's campfire rules, which the après-ski post sets out.
Engines run on the same clock. The Aviator's quiet hours end at 8 a.m., which makes eight a sensible earliest time to start a snowmobile or an ATV on the shared drive, whichever cabin you are in; the snowmobiling guide covers the trails themselves. If anything about the other cabin bothers you, from noise to a car blocking the drive, message the host instead of knocking next door. The same host looks after both cabins and can sort it out.
Dogs and garbage
Dogs are allowed at both cabins for a fee, under rules that also protect the neighbors. The Aviator takes one pet of up to 25 pounds, and The Modern Pine takes pets under 25 pounds and no cats. Both require house-trained pets that are never left alone in the cabin and stay off the furniture, and The Modern Pine's listing adds that owners must clean up after their pets outside. Keep the dog with you on the lawn and the drive, where the other cabin's guests, and perhaps their own dog, may be out walking; the dog guide has the town's leash law and the nearest vets.
Garbage is a wildlife matter here. The Modern Pine's listing asks guests to keep garbage secured in the designated areas because the property has wildlife, and The Aviator's asks that no food or garbage be left outside at all. New York's Department of Environmental Conservation gives the same advice for black bear country: keep garbage secured in a sturdy building and clean the grease and food off grills. A cooler left on a deck or a trash bag by the steps can draw animals to both cabins, so bring everything in at night and scrape the grill after dinner. Wildlife watching covers what lives around the cabins.
What guests have said
Some guests at The Modern Pine who mention the other cabin found that the layout worked. An August 2024 guest wrote, "We didn’t know that there was another cabin on the property but it was situated so privacy wasn’t an issue," and a November 2024 guest noted, "There is another cabin on property, but we noticed another entrance for it." The April 2024 honeymooners were "very impressed by how cosy and private this tiny house was!" At The Aviator, the far cabin, guests write about the privacy: a March 2026 guest called the space "beautiful, quiet and very private," and an August 2026 guest wrote, "It was private and peaceful."
Two found the neighbors closer than they wanted, and their points are worth reading before you book. The December 2024 guest at The Modern Pine wrote that the pictures did not show the other cabin, that the neighbors' fire left them feeling exposed, and that they would personally like more privacy. A July 2025 guest there wished they had known about the other cabin, because they were looking for complete privacy. Both still gave their stays five stars. The listings now include photos that show both cabins, and this post exists for the same reason. If complete privacy is the point of your trip, book both cabins.
Booking both cabins
The Modern Pine and The Aviator each sleep four, so together they take eight. Each is a separate listing with its own calendar, so a shared trip is two bookings for the same dates. Both check in after 4 p.m. and check out before 11 a.m., so the two halves of the group arrive and leave on the same clock. This order works:
- Choose your dates in the dates-and-guests bar on the home page or the cabins page, which adds them to each cabin's booking link; how to book explains it.
- Open both listings and make sure both calendars show your nights as open before you book either one.
- Decide who books The Modern Pine. Its rules need a booking guest of 25 or older who will stay there for the whole trip and can send picture ID and the names of everyone in that cabin.
- Book The Aviator for the same nights, in the name of someone who will stay there. Its listing sets no minimum age, but plan on the Pine's rule of 25 or older and ask the host if that is a problem.
- Message the host with the plan: how many cars, any trailer, any dog and which cabin it stays in, and roughly when each half of the group will arrive.
Inside, each cabin has a main bedroom and a bunk room with three beds in all. Two couples traveling together fit in one cabin, one couple in the main bedroom and the other in the bunk room, while two cabins give each couple its own hot tub, kitchen and fire pit. A group of eight splits four and four. For meals, cars and a day-by-day plan for eight, see a week at the cabins; both cabins also allow stays of 28 nights or more.
Two rules apply to a group as much as to anyone. A group of eight in two cabins is still two bookings of four, both listings rule out parties and events, and The Modern Pine's says unauthorized guests will be asked to leave, so plan on no visitors who are not on one of the two bookings. And The Aviator's quiet hours start at 10 p.m. whether the people next door are strangers or your own group.
Having the property to yourselves
The only sure way to have no strangers next door is to fill the other cabin with your own group. If you book one cabin, the other may be booked by someone else for some or all of your nights. Its listing calendar shows which nights are still open, though a night can also show as unavailable because of the listing's own calendar settings, such as a minimum stay, or a calendar synced with another booking site. A couple who want no one at all next door should ask the host before booking. The Modern Pine's rules expect its booking guest to stay there for the whole visit, so it is not a cabin to book and leave empty.
If you book one cabin and want the most separation, choose The Aviator. It is the far cabin, and the December guest's account puts its deck and hot tub out of sight of The Modern Pine. If you would rather have The Modern Pine's screened room and its 24-hour hot tub, expect The Aviator to be in view from your deck, and its guests' fire on some evenings.
The Modern Tiny Home's property
The Modern Tiny Home is on the second property, more than 300 private acres in its listing's words, which it shares with one cabin that is not part of this site. For the Tiny Home's guests, its listing sets out what that means: when the other cabin is occupied, the trails, the observation deck and the parking area are shared spaces. Its amenity list also shows the backyard as shared and not fully fenced.
The rest is the Tiny Home's own: the deck with its hot tub, a small screened-in section and outdoor seating; the large stone fire pit you see as you walk up, with Adirondack chairs; a gas grill and an outdoor dining area; and a private entrance up five steps to the deck. The pond lies down a short trail, about a five-minute walk, with an observation deck the listing recommends for watching wildlife. Quiet hours there run from 10 p.m. to 8 a.m., and besides the doorbell camera over the entrance and deck, an exterior camera is aimed at the parking area and garages, with no cameras inside. The Modern Tiny Home's page has its photos and reviews.
Choosing between the three cabins
All three sleep four in a main bedroom and a bunk room, and each has a private hot tub, a fire pit, a grill, a full kitchen, wifi and a washer and dryer, with pets allowed for a fee. On layout, they differ like this:
- The Modern Pine for the Jøtul gas stove, the large screened room on the deck and the hot tub listed as open 24 hours, with The Aviator in view from the deck.
- The Aviator for the far position, a large open deck and hot tub out of sight of The Modern Pine, a smokeless fire pit on its own lawn and the same Jøtul stove; the post on The Aviator walks through it room by room.
- The Modern Tiny Home for the big stone fire pit and the trail to the pond, on a separate property it shares with one cabin that is not one of the three; it has no Jøtul stove and no dishwasher.
- The Modern Pine and The Aviator together for two couples who want a cabin each, or for a group of up to eight.
The three cabins compared sets every amenity side by side, and group stays has trip ideas for eight.
Questions
Do The Modern Pine and The Aviator share a hot tub or a fire pit?
No. The Aviator's listing says each cabin's fire pit and hot tub are exclusive to the guests staying in that cabin and are not shared spaces. Each cabin also has its own deck, grill, kitchen, laundry and entrance. The two share the gravel drive and the wooded land around them.
How far apart are The Modern Pine and The Aviator?
The listings give no distance. Their photos show The Aviator farther along the same gravel drive, beyond a strip of lawn and some trees, and in view of The Modern Pine's deck. One guest called the other cabin close by and the neighbors' fire pretty far away. The photos are on The Aviator's page.
Can we book both cabins for a group of eight?
Yes. Each sleeps four and is booked on its own listing, so book both for the same dates. The Modern Pine's booking guest must be 25 or older, stay for the whole trip and send picture ID and the guest names; The Aviator's listing sets no age, so ask the host if anyone under 25 would book it. See group stays and how to book.
Are there quiet hours at the cabins?
The Aviator and The Modern Tiny Home set quiet hours from 10 p.m. to 8 a.m. The Modern Pine's listing gives none, but all three rule out parties and events, so keep late soaks and evening fires low-key whichever cabin you book.
Does The Modern Tiny Home share its property?
Yes, with one cabin that is not part of this site. The Tiny Home's listing says that when that cabin is occupied, the trails, the observation deck and the parking area are shared spaces; its deck, hot tub and stone fire pit are its own. See The Modern Tiny Home.
Can we bring children?
Not under 10. The Modern Pine and The Modern Tiny Home are not suitable for children under 10, and all three listings carry Airbnb's flag for not suitable for children and infants. Families with children 10 and older and teenagers are welcome; see family cabins.
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Facts on this page were checked against these sources in October 2026. Hours, fees and schedules change; confirm before you go.
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