Cooperstown Twin Pine Cottage

Twin Pine Cottage is a vacation rental in the Hyde Bay Colony, on the east side of Otsego Lake near Cooperstown. It is the kind of place families come back to summer after summer for the waterfront, the fire pit and the sunsets, with canoeing and kayaking right outside the door.

Inside, the cottage has a kitchen, electric heat, room air conditioners, laundry facilities and a gas grill, with a picnic table outside and views of the lake. It shares the colony with 14 other cottages, and guests share the beach, boat docks, fishing area and shaded sandbox.

What to Know

• The colony’s boathouse has a ping pong table and hosts movie night for guests.
• A shuffleboard court and Adirondack chairs on the beach keep kids and adults busy without leaving the grounds.
• Canoeing and kayaking are part of the draw, with boat docks shared by the colony’s cottages.
• With 14 other cottages in the colony, expect plenty of company on the beach.