• 9 DOC Cabins outside the Grant — Open to everyone
• 3 DOC Cabins inside the Grant — Dartmouth students, alums, and employees only
• 7 OPO Cabins inside the Grant — Dartmouth alums and employees only

There is also Titcomb Cabin, on Gilman Island in the Connecticut River, which is reserved through the Ledyard Canoe Club (by anybody).

Finally, it’s not really a cabin, but the Moosilauke Ravine Lodge accepts room and meal reservations as well — or you might be thinking of the shelters on the Appalachian Trail which are all first-come, first-serve, no reservations possible.

• DOC Cabins — four weeks in advance (six weeks for students)
• Class of '66 Lodge — 6 months for DOC, educational groups, reunions; 3 months for students; 2 months for everyone else
• OPO Cabins — six months in advance

The DOC cabins are primarily intended for students (whose planning tends to be somewhat short-term) so we allow Dartmouth students to reserve DOC cabins up to six weeks in advance, and everyone else can reserve them four weeks in advance (effectively giving students first crack at them). But we know alums and employees need to be able to plan their excursions with more notice, so OPO cabins can be reserved up to six months in advance (and wow, do they go quickly six months before hunting season!).

All of the cabins are available year-round, except that we close the Grant down around the month of April for mud season. Also, we don’t plow all the roads in the Grant every year (it depends on where logging operations are going on), so some cabins may be far from parking in the winter.

All cabin reservations are made online through ResNexus, albeit on separate pages for DOC and OPO Cabins. 

Click to view DOC cabin availability

Click here to view Grant cabin availability

Cabins are FREE for Dartmouth undergrads. When you make a reservation online your credit card will not be charged. You will receive an automated response prompting you to reply with your guest list. You can reply to that email specifying that you are an undergraduate and all charges will be removed from your reservation before finalizing.

ResNexus only allows online booking within the standard availability window (four weeks for DOC cabins, six months for OPO cabins). All reservations beyond the standard booking window can only be made by contacting the Cabins Manager. If you are unsure whether your group qualifies for advance booking, reach out to the Cabins Manager and they can assist you.

You will NOT be charged until the Cabins Managers have received an accurate guest list, including the names of all guests that will be in attendance, as well as class years if you are a student group. You can do this by either:

• Using the "+ Add Guest" button at the bottom of the Guest/Purchaser Information page to create a profile for each guest (this works best for smaller groups), or
• Including your guest list in the "Notes" box on the same page.

All online reservations must add payment information (i.e. credit or debit card) to complete the booking. If your group qualifies for a free reservation, the Cabins Manager will adjust your rate manually once they have received your guest list.

Do NOT worry about the "Admin Use Only" button! It must stay on '1'. This is a quirk of our reservations software. 

They vary. Dartmouth’s cabins were constructed or acquired over many decades, and philosophies of cabin design and construction have varied over time. Sometimes folks want to build cabins with modern amenities, and sometimes folks want a cabin to provide the greatest possible escape from modern life.

Most of the cabins are log structures, one or two rooms, usually with a porch. Most of the cabins are heated by woodstoves (with wood provided to burn), have bunks with mattresses (but no linens, pillows, or blankets), and have an inventory of basic cooking gear: pots, pans and utensils, plates, bowls, glasses and silverware, etc. Most have only outhouses for facilities. See the cabin descriptions for more details on each cabin. 

You will receive an email with instructions particular to the cabin where you'll be staying. You should take time to read it carefully. Each cabin also has instructional and regulatory signage - please pay close attention to those signs as they will help make sure both you and the facility are safe.