Great star gazing and hiking access. House is reasonably comfortable but poorly lit, bring headlamps if you want to read. No internet inside the house. Lots of level changes inside the house, watch your step!

Great star gazing and hiking access. House is reasonably comfortable but poorly lit, bring headlamps if you want to read. No internet inside the house. Lots of level changes inside the house, watch your step!

The Shaw house is set in a beautiful setting. It's 100 years history shows in the floor plan and add-ons. The website needs to be corrected to show that 4 vehicles are allowed on the property. There was an abundance of cleaning supplies. The wet vac helped remove the rainstorm water that came into a low walkway. Required clean up asked renters to wet mop the floors. However, the mop was missing. Also missing were mugs and glasses to accommodate 10 people. Douglas Ranger told me that renters often remove items. The overabundance of damaged frying pans could be reduced. We enjoyed our family stay, using the spacious dining table for games and cards during the thunder/hail storm in the afternoon. Close to Cochise Stronghold for hiking.

Very beautiful. Cool historic Cabin. Good value for me, an outdoorsman... much better than sleeping in a tent. Had a stove, fridge, toilet, shower. It was a little hard for the women folk in the family... rat droppings on many surfaces, etc. Really liked having a defined yard for the kids to play. Bummer they blocked off the fireplace and removed the living room stove. Minimal water pressure in showers water was hot. No fire wood as advertised. I would definitely stay again. I'd bring my own pot/pan next time. Plenty there but not a decent one in the lot (flaking Teflon, no lid, thin).

The Shaw house is set in a beautiful setting. It's 100 years history shows in the floor plan and add-ons. The website needs to be corrected to show that 4 vehicles are allowed on the property. There was an abundance of cleaning supplies. The wet vac helped remove the rainstorm water that came into a low walkway. Required clean up asked renters to wet mop the floors. However, the mop was missing. Also missing were mugs and glasses to accommodate 10 people. Douglas Ranger told me that renters often remove items. The overabundance of damaged frying pans could be reduced. We enjoyed our family stay, using the spacious dining table for games and cards during the thunder/hail storm in the afternoon. Close to Cochise Stronghold for hiking.

Very beautiful. Cool historic Cabin. Good value for me, an outdoorsman... much better than sleeping in a tent. Had a stove, fridge, toilet, shower. It was a little hard for the women folk in the family... rat droppings on many surfaces, etc. Really liked having a defined yard for the kids to play. Bummer they blocked off the fireplace and removed the living room stove. Minimal water pressure in showers water was hot. No fire wood as advertised. I would definitely stay again. I'd bring my own pot/pan next time. Plenty there but not a decent one in the lot (flaking Teflon, no lid, thin).

Few things need to be fixed. The rest of the stay was great!

Few things need to be fixed. The rest of the stay was great!

Shaw House has really been allowed to go downhill over the past few years — it needs to be kept up better, furnished better, cleaned better, etc. I know the USFS needs the budget to do that, but it's a shame. More of those subsidized timber dollars should go into conserving our public lands and heritage buildings!

Shaw House has really been allowed to go downhill over the past few years — it needs to be kept up better, furnished better, cleaned better, etc. I know the USFS needs the budget to do that, but it's a shame. More of those subsidized timber dollars should go into conserving our public lands and heritage buildings!