Two or Three Cabins for a Group

Each cabin sleeps four, and a group puts them together the way the listings allow. The Modern Pine and The Aviator share one property and one gravel drive, so two bookings put up to eight people side by side. The Modern Tiny Home stands on a second property, and adding it takes the group to twelve, split between two places. All three are near the hamlet of Owls Head, about ten road miles south of Malone. This page covers the beds, the house rules a group has to plan around, booking more than one cabin, meals for eight, cars and phones, and the trips that suit a group.

Beds and bathrooms for a group

The three cabins follow one plan: two bedrooms, three beds and one bathroom, for four guests at most. The listings for The Aviator and The Modern Tiny Home name the beds, a king in the first bedroom and a queen and a single in the second, the bunk room. The Modern Pine's listing shows the same two bedrooms and three beds without giving sizes, and its photos show a bunk bed in the second room.

Three beds for four people suits two couples, one couple to each bedroom, or a family with children 10 or older. Four friends who each want a bed of their own will be one bed short in any of the cabins, so a group like that should count beds as well as guests. The bunk room has its fans. A guest at The Aviator wrote in June 2026:

We fought over who would get to sleep in the cozy bunkbed

One bathroom for four sets the pace of a group morning. Shower the night before an early start, and give the first turn to whoever has the first chair or the earliest tee time.

The Modern Pine and The Aviator together

These two cabins share a property of more than 100 acres and the gravel drive that runs through it, and both listings say there are two cabins on it. The Aviator's listing calls it the far cabin and says each cabin's fire pit and hot tub belong to that cabin's guests alone. Book both and a group of eight has two of everything: two decks, two hot tubs, two kitchens, two fire pits, two grills and two washers and dryers, and no other guests on the property.

How the two cabins sit on the land, which way the decks face and what the two share are set out in two cabins, one property. Both halves of the group come in on the same drive after 4 p.m., and The Aviator's guests pass The Modern Pine to reach their own door, so each half parks at its own cabin and the drive stays open for the other.

Adding The Modern Tiny Home

The Modern Tiny Home is on a second property, more than 300 acres by its listing, and it shares that land with one cabin that is not one of these three. Its listing explains what that means: when the other cabin is occupied, the trails, the observation deck and the parking area are shared spaces. A group of twelve has the first property to itself, but the four at the Tiny Home may have other guests next door.

The listings do not say how far the second property is from the first, so ask the host how to get from one to the other before you decide who stays where. The Tiny Home also differs from the pair in ways a group will notice. It has no dishwasher and no Jøtul gas stove in the living room, and its listing names a gas grill. In return it has the big stone fire pit you see as you walk up and a short trail to an observation deck over a pond, so give it to the four who want a quiet morning walk and a big fire.

House rules that shape a group trip

Each listing carries its own rules, and on a group trip they decide who books, who comes and how the evenings go. These are the ones that matter most, quoted where the wording matters.

• Size. All three listings set 4 guests as the maximum.
• Parties. All three say "No parties or events."
• Who books. The Modern Pine says "you must be 25 years old to book," and The Modern Tiny Home says "you must be 25 years old to rent." The Aviator's listing gives no age.
• ID and the guest list. The Modern Pine asks for "Picture ID and list of guest names required at time of booking." The Modern Tiny Home says "We will require picture ID and a list of all guests."
• The booking guest stays. At The Modern Pine, "Booking guest must be present at all times. Unauthorized guests will be asked to leave." At The Modern Tiny Home, the booking guest "must be present during the entire stay," and "Any unauthorized guests may be asked to leave the property."
• Quiet hours. The Aviator and The Modern Tiny Home set quiet hours from 10 p.m. to 8 a.m., and The Aviator adds "Quiet hours must be observed." The Modern Pine's rules list none.
• Children. The Modern Pine and The Modern Tiny Home are "Not suitable for children under 10," and all three listings carry Airbnb's flag "Not suitable for children and infants."
• The rest. No smoking at any of the three, no hunting on the property at the Pine and the Tiny Home, "No weapons, no illicit drug use anywhere on the property" at The Aviator, and at the Pine and the Tiny Home, "Fees apply for any broken rules."

Put together, the rules make the cabins a place for the people on the bookings. A group of eight is two bookings of four. At the Pine and the Tiny Home the guest who books is 25 or older and stays for the whole trip, and it is simplest to run The Aviator's booking the same way. The listings say nothing about the guests of one cabin spending an evening at the other, and four is the most each cabin takes, so ask the host in writing before you plan a shared dinner or one fire for everyone. The meal the whole group shares is easier at a restaurant with a room for it, covered below. These cabins suit groups of adults, and families whose children are 10 or older; see family cabins.

Dogs follow the same cabin-by-cabin logic. The Aviator takes one pet of up to 25 pounds, the Pine and the Tiny Home take pets under 25 pounds and no cats, and all three want house-trained pets that stay off the furniture and are never left alone. On a group ski or golf day, somebody stays behind with the dog. Pet-friendly cabins has the rest of the pet rules.

Booking two or three cabins

Each cabin has its own listing, calendar and booking, so a group trip is two or three bookings for the same nights. Check every calendar for your dates before you book any of them; the dates bar on this site carries your dates into each cabin's booking link, as how to book explains. Then book them close together, since a night that is open while the group is still deciding can go to someone else.

Settle the rooming first. At The Modern Pine and The Modern Tiny Home the guest list goes in with the booking, and the guest who books has to stay in that cabin for the whole visit. For a group of eight that means two adults who can each book and stay, and the one booking the Pine has to be 25 or older. The Aviator's listing sets no age, so ask the host if someone younger would book it.

All three cabins check in after 4 p.m. and check out before 11 a.m., so the whole group runs on one clock. After you book, send the host a single note that covers everyone: the number of cars, each dog and the cabin it will stay in, when each car expects to arrive, and a question about any trailer you hope to bring. Each booking is paid on its own listing, and how the group divides the cost is up to the group. For a long trip, The Modern Pine and The Aviator both allow stays of 28 nights or more.

Meals for eight

Most group meals here are cooked at the cabins. Each kitchen has a stove and an oven, a microwave, a refrigerator with a freezer, a coffee maker, a kettle and a toaster, with dishes, wine glasses and what the listings call cooking basics: pots and pans, oil, salt and pepper. Each cabin has a grill outside. The Modern Pine and The Aviator have dishwashers; The Modern Tiny Home does not, and its grill runs on gas.

The tables decide the plan. The listing photos show the dining tables at The Modern Pine and The Aviator set for two, and a family of four at the Pine wrote that "The table only seats two." No cabin seats eight at one table, so cook two dinners of four, one in each kitchen, and keep the meal for everyone for a restaurant. In warm weather the decks add room: The Aviator's listing describes dining out on its deck, and The Modern Pine has a large screened room on its deck for the evenings when the bugs are out.

Bring what a group kitchen lacks. A returning guest at The Modern Pine called the cookware "very basic" and brought an extra baking sheet and mixing bowls, and another found good pots and pans and sharp knives but no spices other than salt and pepper. For eight, pack a big pot for chili or pasta, a roasting pan or a stack of foil pans, a large bowl for salad, your own spices and oils, and a cooler for the drive. One big batch in each kitchen on the first night leaves leftovers for lunch, and every cabin has a freezer for the rest.

Shopping for the group

The supermarkets are in Malone, about ten road miles north. Price Chopper, at 53 Finney Boulevard, posts hours of 6 a.m. to 11 p.m. every day and offers curbside pickup and delivery through Instacart, so one person can order the group's food ahead and collect it on the drive in. Aldi is at 3324 State Route 11 and the Walmart Supercenter at 3222 State Route 11. Price Chopper sells beer; for wine and spirits, The Jug Store is at 44 Finney Boulevard, on the same street, and Harison Wine & Liquor is at 632 East Main Street. Groups driving up from the south through Lake Placid and Saranac Lake can shop there instead. Groceries and supplies has the full list.

Restaurants with room for a group

For a table of eight, call ahead wherever you go. The first two places below advertise rooms for groups.

• The Grille Room at Malone Golf Club, 79 Golf Course Road. It is open to the public for lunch and dinner from April to the end of the golf season. The clubhouse has three rooms: the Grille Room, with its fireplace and bar, for up to 85; a side dining room for up to 35; and a banquet room for up to 200 at dinner. The side room and the banquet room take group meals, planned with the club's restaurant manager; book by email or at (518) 483-2926, extension 3. In 2026 the Grille Room closes for the season after service on Sunday, October 11.
• Mo's Pub & Grill, 3357 State Route 11, open every day. Its private room, the Adirondack Room, has a stone fireplace and a stone bar and takes parties, corporate outings and other catered events, so it suits a reunion dinner bigger than the cabins can hold. Call (518) 483-3667 to ask about dates.
• Donovan's Steak & Ale, 3853 State Route 11. A steakhouse with tables inside and on its deck. Its own site posts dinner hours of 4 to 8 p.m. from Tuesday to Thursday and 3 to 9 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, closed on Sunday and Monday, so call (518) 521-3027 before you drive in.

Malone's other restaurants, with addresses, are on where to eat. Decide the drivers before dinner: every restaurant is a drive from the cabins, and the last miles home are county and town roads.

Cars, parking and phones

A car is the only practical way to reach the cabins and the places a group goes, so plan on two cars for eight and three for twelve. Each listing offers free parking on the premises. The Modern Pine's and The Modern Tiny Home's listings describe plenty of room in the parking area for an ATV or a snowmobile, and the June 2026 guest at The Aviator found "fantastic parking." None of the listings gives a number of spaces or mentions trailers, so tell the host how many vehicles are coming and ask before you bring a trailer. At the Tiny Home the parking area is shared with the other cabin's guests whenever that cabin is occupied.

Phones need a plan too. The Modern Pine's listing says only Verizon and AT&T serve the property and the area, and that the cabin's insulation weakens reception indoors. Every cabin has wifi with an ethernet connection, so turn on wifi calling, and set meeting times and places instead of counting on texts between cabins and cars. Load each property's directions from the host before you lose the signal, and in winter read winter driving before the cars set out.

Trips that suit a group

A ski weekend

Titus Mountain's base lodge is about three and a half road miles from the cabins, five to seven minutes by the listings' count. It has 53 trails on three peaks, a tubing hill for the members of the group who do not ski and night skiing on a posted schedule, so two cabins of skiers can come back for lunch and go out again under the lights. Ski cabins near Titus plans the trip.

A snowmobile weekend

The Modern Pine's listing puts the C7 snowmobile trail a three-minute ride away and describes plenty of room in its parking area to bring a snowmobile, and The Aviator's describes direct access to snowmobile and ATV trails, so a group in the two cabins can ride out together from the same drive. Tell the host how many sleds are coming. Every sled on the trails needs a New York registration; snowmobile cabins has the rules and the trails.

A golf trip

Two foursomes fill The Modern Pine and The Aviator, and every listing puts Malone Golf Club fifteen minutes away. The club opens tee times seven days ahead and sends groups of four off eight minutes apart, so book two back-to-back times on the day the window opens. Golf trips plans the rounds and the other courses, and the Malone Golf Club guide has the two courses.

A reunion of adults

For a family with roots in Franklin County, the cabins make a base and Malone has the records. The Franklin County Historical & Museum Society keeps its museum in the House of History, an 1864 brick house one block from Main Street at 51 Milwaukee Street, and its genealogy library, the Schryer Center, in the renovated carriage house on the same grounds. Museum tours are by appointment only. The office keeps hours from Tuesday to Friday, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., and the Schryer Center opens on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. or by appointment, so call (518) 483-2750 to book a tour or research time before the trip. The history museum guide has the collections.

Hold the big gathering, the one with cousins who are not staying at the cabins, in a restaurant room in Malone, since the listings rule out parties and events. The Franklin County Fair fills the fairgrounds in Malone each August, for nine days in 2026; see the fair guide. In summer the Almanzo Wilder Farm, Almanzo Wilder's boyhood home and the setting of Farmer Boy, gives guided tours, covered in the Wilder farm guide.

A weekend for eight

This is one way to run a Friday-to-Sunday weekend for eight in The Modern Pine and The Aviator. It works in winter or summer with the Saturday activity swapped.

• Friday afternoon. The first car shops in Malone for both cabins, or collects a curbside order at Price Chopper, while the second brings the drinks. Both cabins open after 4 p.m.
• Friday evening. One easy dinner in each kitchen, a fire at each cabin's pit and a soak. The Aviator's quiet hours start at 10 p.m.
• Saturday. Split by interest. Four ski Titus or play Malone Golf Club, and four climb Owls Head, about four road miles from the cabins and 1.3 miles to its rock ledges, then drive into Malone for lunch. Meet back at the cabins by late afternoon.
• Saturday evening. The group dinner, booked ahead at a restaurant with room for eight, with the drivers settled before anyone leaves.
• Sunday morning. Breakfast in each cabin, then the checkout requests on the Pine's listing, and both cabins empty by 11 a.m.

For a whole week, a week at the cabins has a summer week and a winter week with the long drives worth making, and notes for a group of eight.

Questions

Sources

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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