Winter Cabin Rentals Near Hayward: Wood-Fired Saunas, Snowmobile Trails & Birkie Day Trips from Stone Lake

Cabanas à Beira do Lago em Lower Holly & Little Sand Lakes
O'Connell Cabin Co.
Onde a água sussurra lar.
Na O'Connell Cabin Co., a presença tranquila do lago estabelece um tom pacífico. Nossas cabanas que aceitam animais de estimação oferecem uma mistura harmoniosa de charme rústico e comodidades modernas, convidando você a ficar perto da fogueira ou relaxar na sauna a lenha. Abrace a simplicidade e a beleza da vida à beira do lago, onde cada momento é uma suave escapada.
Localizado no Condado de Sawyer, a apenas 20 minutos ao sul de Hayward.
Saiba primeiro quando este anfitrião abrir tarifas diretas ou acrescentar um alojamento.

Olá. Em 2014, minha esposa e eu alugamos uma cabana no norte de Wisconsin. Adoramos tanto que alugamos a mesma cabana novamente alguns meses depois. Foi então que começamos a pensar em fazer isso nós mesmos para poder compartilhar essa experiência com outros. Após muito pensamento, um planejamento cuidadoso e convencer membros da família a se juntarem a nós, terminamos a construção da nossa primeira cabana no outono de 2018. Minha família e eu agora possuímos 4 cabanas de aluguel para férias à beira do lago na área de Stone Lake, Wisconsin. Trabalhamos com um construtor local para construí-las novas e depois alugá-las quando estão prontas. Nós também gerenciamos nossas propriedades, e sempre faremos isso. Sentimos que essa é a única maneira de proporcionar uma experiência verdadeiramente única, pacífica e completa para nossos hóspedes. Perfeito para qualquer estação, nossas cabanas são para aqueles que sentem a necessidade de escapar de vez em quando, porque nós podemos nos relacionar totalmente. Se você está procurando uma escapada de verão ou planejando um fim de semana de snowmobile no inverno, você pode reservar sua estadia conosco diretamente neste site. Estamos ansiosos para recebê-lo.
Brad
Nossas perguntas mais frequentes, todas em um só lugar.
Descubra dicas de viagem, ideias de escapadas em cabanas, guias de aventuras ao ar livre, anúncios, ofertas e muito mais. Entregues na sua caixa de entrada todo mês. Eu só envio coisas que acho importantes, o que significa que, no máximo, você receberá cerca de 2 a 3 e-mails por mês. É isso.

Descubra as histórias por trás dos retiros à beira do lago da O'Connell Cabin Co. em nosso blog selecionado. Mergulhe em contos de manhãs serenas no deck, o charme atemporal das saunas a lenha e noites passadas ao redor da fogueira. Explore a harmonia do charme rústico e do conforto moderno que define cada estadia, oferecendo uma suave fuga para o abraço da natureza.

Winter didn't ease in for us last year. It showed up all at once. On the Tuesday before Thanksgiving 2025, a huge storm buried Stone Lake under heavy, wet snow. The timing was less than ideal. All four of our cabins were booked for the holiday, and guests were arriving at every one of them the next day.
So on Wednesday morning I drove up to help dig out. We had roads and driveways to get plowed, steps to shovel, and paths to clear before everyone showed up. I was basically shoveling with one hand while take pictures with the other, the whole day. Mother Nature gave us a fantastic photo op that day and I didn’t want to miss out. It was stressful, but it was beautiful. Many of the photos in this post are actually from that day including this one below which is a shot I took as soon as I arrived on Cattail Lane that morning. The snow was so heavy it was literally bending trees over the top of Cattail Lane. It was something out of a Bob Ross painting.
We made it though. Every guest got in, warmed up, and settled in for the holiday. That storm reminded me why winter up here is special. It's a little wild but at the same time completely peaceful, and there's nothing like a warm cabin after a day in the snow. Here's what makes a winter stay near Hayward worth the drive.

Stone Lake sits about 20 minutes south of Hayward. That's close enough for Main Street or a fish fry, and far enough out that your evening is the lake, the fire, and not much else. Cattail Cabin, Cattail Chalet and Cattail Cottage are on Lower Holly Lake. Little Sand Lodge is on Little Sand Lake.
The docks stay in all winter, so a walk out at dusk over a snow-covered lake is part of the stay. Every cabin has a gas fireplace, a full kitchen, and fast Wi-Fi. All four are pet-friendly (up to two dogs, $150 fee).

The American Birkebeiner is the biggest weekend of the winter around here. Birkie Week 2027 runs February 24–28, and the main race (50K skate and 53K classic, Cable to Hayward) is Saturday, February 27. The finish comes right down Main Street in Hayward.
Here's the honest part: all four of our cabins are already booked for Birkie Week 2027. So we won't pretend otherwise. If you're staying with us another weekend this winter, the Birkie trails are still worth a day. Ski a section, or drive up and watch the race on Main Street. It's about 20 minutes to town.
Planning for 2028? Our bookings open about 365 days ahead, so Birkie 2028 week opens up around late February 2027. Birkie regulars tend to grab it early. Watch birkie.com for the official 2028 dates, then check our calendar the day it opens.

Sawyer County is sled country. The Sawyer County Snowmobile & ATV Alliance, 10 local clubs, grooms over 600 miles of trails. The Sno-Trails club alone maintains more than 175 miles south and east of Hayward.
There's room for a trailer, and our guidebooks have trail access notes, fuel stops and nearby rentals. For more, see our snowmobiling post.

We have two wood-fired saunas, one on each lake, and both with a big window over-looking the lake.
Each one is private to its cabin. Nothing to share, nothing extra to book, and we supply the wood and kindling. Heat it up, sit for a bit, step outside into the cold, and decide whether you're going back in. After a day of skiing or a long day on the sled, it's hard to beat. No schedule. Just part of the cabin.

If a sauna is the reason you're booking, look at the Chalet or the Lodge. For dinner ideas, our top 5 winter eats near Stone Lake post has the places we go back to every winter.

Most December, January and March weekends are still wide open right now. The Chalet already has a few weekends taken, and the Lodge is booked for early February. Check real-time availability at oconnellcabinco.com and let's get your winter weekend on the calendar.
Pro Tip: The weekend before Birkie Week (February 19–21, 2027) is open at all four cabins as of today. The trails are quieter, the drive into Hayward is easier, and you get the sauna to yourself.
