The Little Black, Cresco

A Poconos cottage near Cresco with a handmade Finnish-style sauna heated by a HUUM DROP, a changing room, a stock-tank cold plunge, a hot tub and a fire pit.

The Little Black is a remodeled black cottage on almost 2.5 acres of oak, pine and sassafras near Cresco, under two hours from New York City or Philadelphia. The hosts built the sauna inside the frame of a shed that had stood on the property for more than 40 years, following Finnish sauna principles: two cedar benches, a window to the woods, a changing room with lighting, and a HUUM DROP heater. A galvanized stock tank on its own deck serves as the cold plunge, filled with well water, and a four-person hot tub sits off the rear deck overlooking the fire pit and the woods.

Finnish-style sauna: electric heat. A handmade cedar sauna with two benches and a changing room, built within the frame of a 40-year-old shed. Heater: HUUM DROP electric heater. Listed amenities: Cold plunge, Changing rooms, Parking, Fire pit, Hot pool / hydrotherapy.

Listing type: Cabin. Access: Books external. The property sleeps 4, 2 bedrooms. Cold plunge: A stock tank filled with well water on a deck beside the sauna; no chiller, and it may be closed in deep winter. Book on Airbnb. The host sends a short-term lease to sign after booking, with a copy of each guest's driver's license and vehicle details. SaunaShare records this listing as editorially reviewed by SaunaShare. A listing label describes where the information came from, not the quality of the sauna. Listing details were last reviewed on November 14, 2026.

Rates and availability are set by the host. SaunaShare links to the booking page and does not handle the reservation.

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