Miles Howard | Boston Magazine | May 2021
https://www.bostonmagazine.com/travel/where-to-camp-massachusetts
If you’ve been thinking of spiriting away to a nice rustic cabin in the Massachusetts countryside this summer—sipping coffee on a porch, savoring a pond or mountain vista, and listening to the murmur of the wind—we’ve got some bad news. Thousands of other people had the same idea.
Summer has barely begun, and already, most of the cabins and yurts within the Massachusetts State Parks network have been booked (except for few scattered Tuesdays and Wednesdays). This isn’t exactly a shock—2020 was a record-busting year for hiking and outdoor recreation. Cabins and similar rural dwellings were difficult to come by, as legions of Americans fled to the verdant open spaces of the backcountry. Now, with pandemic restrictions loosened and the open road beckoning to the recently-vaccinated, this summer’s competition could be even more intense.
But don’t throw your sleeping bag and headlamp back into the closet just yet! Rental cabins come in many denominations, and if you’re willing to do a little extra sleuthing, act fast, and potentially visit a less trodden stretch of the Massachusetts countryside, your cabin dreams may still be realized. For the near term, these are your best bets for nabbing a cozy nook outdoors.
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