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Summer is Here.....Plan Your Getaway at Big Red!

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A spacious living room with a large window overlooking a body of water, a dining area with wooden furniture, and a ceiling fan.
A kitchen with a wooden island, bar stools, a refrigerator, and a chandelier.
A dining area with a wooden table and chairs, a clock on the wall, and a view of a lake through large windows.
A house with a dock extending into a body of water, surrounded by a grassy area and trees.
A spacious room with a large sectional sofa, a flat-screen TV, and a ceiling fan.

Reviews

10 out of 10, Loved by Guests
Top 10% of guest reviews in this area

Highlights

  • Bring your furry friends
    Top-rated for creating memorable stays with your pets.
  • Arcade/game room
    A rare find - fun for all ages with on-site arcade/game room.

Popular amenities

  • Patio
  • On-site fitness centre
  • Dog-friendly
  • Arcade/game room
  • Barbecue
  • Air-conditioning

Explore the area

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Cotton, MN
  • Place, Iron Range Off-Highway Vehicle State Recreation Area
    ‪47 min drive‬
  • Place, U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame
    ‪52 min drive‬
  • Place, Giants Ridge Golf and Ski Resort
    ‪55 min drive‬
  • Airport, Duluth, MN (DLH-Duluth Intl.)
    ‪59 min drive‬

Rooms & beds

4 bedrooms (sleeps 14)

Bedroom 1

1 King Bed

Bedroom 2

2 Single Bunk Beds

Bedroom 3

1 Single Bunk Bed

Bedroom 4

1 Queen Bed

2 bathrooms

Bathroom 1

Bathtub or shower · Toilet

Bathroom 2

Bathtub or shower · Toilet

Spaces

Deck or patio
Kitchen
Office
Outdoor play area
Garden
Dining area

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About the area

Cotton

Located in Cotton, this holiday home is in a rural area and on a lake. The area's natural beauty can be seen at Boulder Lake Reservoir and Island Lake Reservoir. Kayaking and water tubing offer great chances to get out on the surrounding water, or you can seek out an adventure with hiking and hunting nearby.
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Map
Cotton, MN

What's nearby

  • Island Lake Reservoir - 39 min drive - 47.3 km
  • Iron Range Off-Highway Vehicle State Recreation Area - 47 min drive - 57.3 km
  • U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame - 52 min drive - 67.8 km
  • Veterans Park Ely Lake Beach - 53 min drive - 66.0 km
  • Giants Ridge Golf and Ski Resort - 55 min drive - 69.2 km

Getting around

  • Duluth, MN (DLH-Duluth Intl.) - 65 min drive

Frequently asked questions

Is Summer is Here.....Plan Your Getaway at Big Red! pet-friendly?

Yes, this property allows dogs (limit 2 total).

How much is parking at Summer is Here.....Plan Your Getaway at Big Red!?

On-site parking is available at the property.

What time is check-in at Summer is Here.....Plan Your Getaway at Big Red!?

Check-in begins at 3:00 PM.

What time is check-out at Summer is Here.....Plan Your Getaway at Big Red!?

Checkout is at 11:00 AM.

Where is Summer is Here.....Plan Your Getaway at Big Red! located?

Located on a lake, this family-friendly holiday home is within 32 mi (52 km) of Saint Louis River, Esquagama Lake and Cedar Island Lake. Island Lake Reservoir and Iron Range Off-Highway Vehicle State Recreation Area are also within 32 miles (52 km).

Reviews

10

Exceptional

Reviews are presented in chronological order, subject to a moderation process, and verified unless otherwise labelled.
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Rating 10 - Excellent. 67 out of 73 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 6 out of 73 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 0 out of 73 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 0 out of 73 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 0 out of 73 reviews

10/10

Cleanliness

10/10

Check-in

10/10

Communication

9.4/10

Location

9.8/10

Listing accuracy

Reviews

Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
Great amount of space, both indoors and outdoors. Plenty to do, both in good weather and rainy weather. We've been there multiple years and are already booked for next year.
Stayed 5 nights in Aug 2026
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
Another perfect visit to Big Red! The lake sparkled, the house was cozy and comfortable, and the companionship was top-notch! This home has everything you need and more, and the hosts are super responsive.
Stayed 5 nights in Jul 2026
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
We keep coming back. The space, both inside and out, fits our family well.
Stayed 5 nights in Jul 2025
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
We had another perfect stay at Big Red- the highlight of our summer together! Plenty of room for our 4 families to spread out, play, and relax. All of the essentials provided, and the best location on beautiful Comstock Lake. Can’t recommend Big Red enough!
Stayed 5 nights in Jul 2025
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Family Vacation

Best house we've rented so far as far as dealing with the owner and amenities. Was very well stocked and worked perfect for our family, big yard, nice beach and pontoon was a nice added bonus.
Stayed 4 nights in Jul 2019
Response from VrboOwner on 17 Mar 2020
Thank you so much for the kind review! We are happy Big Red was accommodating for your family. Enjoy the rest of your Summer!
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great family getaway

We've been coming to Big Red for 4-5 days each summer for the past three years. There's plenty of space inside and out for large groups. The house is well stocked with everything you might need and being able to rent the pontoon boat is a nice extra.
Stayed 4 nights in Jul 2019
Response from VrboOwner on 17 Mar 2020
Thank you so much for another great review! We love having you guys at Big Red and hope you all return next year. Enjoy the rest of the Summer!
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Wonderful family cabin

Our family group (including 4 children under 5) had a very comfortable and fun stay. Great shallow swimming area, beach is perfect for sandcastles, nice large yard to play in. Cabin itself is overall great, very serviceable kitchen, bedrooms are fine. Nice TV and play area in the basement for the kids. If you're looking for a family vacation spot, i highly recommend.
Stayed 6 nights in Jul 2023
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Another Great Year!

Thanks to Nick and Mandy for another great stay at Big Red. We loved the big yard, bonfires, chess games, and movie nights. Thank you so much for all the nice touches and we can't wait to come back again!
Stayed 7 nights in Aug 2023
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Voyen family 2024

3rd year and plan to be back.
Stayed 5 nights in Aug 2024
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

A Lovely Stay at Big Red

Our 4 families had another fun-filled, relaxing stay at Big Red. We cooked delicious meals, spent so much time on the lake, played frisbee, enjoyed the fire, and had no trouble entertaining ourselves when a couple storms passed through. Communication with the hosts was impeccable- quick and responsive. Big Red is always one of the best weeks of summer for all of us!
Stayed 5 nights in Jul 2024
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Voyen family vacation

Second year here. Love the space for our family of 13. Great yard for games. Happy that the owners added a highchair and crib, as we had a 9-month old addition this year.
Stayed 5 nights in Aug 2023
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Perfect in every way

Spending time with our precious family was awesome and the place we chose to stay was just what we needed without knowing it. All nine of us, including three little boys, had a terrific time doing fun 'adventures' in the area. Then we came home in the afternoon to a wonderful place to eat, hang out and sleep. Hopefully we'll be able to do it again in a few years.
Stayed 4 nights in Jul 2018
Response from VrboOwner on 17 Mar 2020
Sounds like you all had a great time together! Thank you for the wonderful review. We would love to have you back!
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great time at Big Red

Everyone including the dogs had a blast during our time at Big Red! Plenty to keep everyone occupied, pool table for "friendly" matches. Pontoon to stroll around the lake. Great dock to catch fish. Awesome firepit and good wood for fires at night (even though the bugs were crazy..) Hosts were very easy to contact and quick to respond! Would give Big Red 10 stars!!!!
Stayed 5 nights in Aug 2024
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Another perfect trip to Big Red

We are returning guests for 6 summers now because Big Red is the perfect spot. We have a full house with four families and there’s something for everyone! Nick and Mandy do a great job of updating every year. Highlights include swimming in the lake, playing music on the deck, movies on the big couch and cooking meals in the well-appointed kitchen. I couldn’t recommend this rental highly enough!
Stayed 5 nights in Jun 2023
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

We love big red!!

The property is amazing! Being right on the water and having your own beach makes such a huge difference for convenience. The kitchen had everything we could possibly need to cook for our big group and the second fridge made it possible so we didn’t have to go to the store halfway through. The dirt road to get to the cabin is a little long but so worth the trip! Don’t question it, just book it!
Stayed 6 nights in Jun 2023
Verified review

8/10 Good

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Loved our time at Big Red. Had lots of room and plenty of space to spread out.

Overall it was a great experience at Big Red. There was plenty of room for 8 adults and 5 kids and 2 dogs. The beach was great for the kids and the adults enjoyed the kayaking. The only downsides were the air conditioning seemed not to work great, especially in late afternoon and with all the shades closed. Bugs were also bad, but that is just part of Minnesota. Overall a great stay and comfortable place. Would rent again!
Stayed 5 nights in Jul 2022
Response from VrboOwner on 23 July 2022
Thank you for your feedback. After some research, we recently found out that our power company has been shutting off our duel fuel system at peak times for up to 5 hours, which unfortunately includes the a/c system. It used to be for 15 minute intervals over 2 hours. To fix this issue, we will be rewiring the system next week. We apologize for the inconvenience!
Archival

10/10 Excellent

Great play to enjoy any type of stay

We would highly recommend anyone renting Big Red. There were only 2 of us and even though the house could hold more it was a perfect fit. The weather wasn't as accommodating as we would have hoped but there was still so much to do inside and outside of the house. The lake is amazingly quite and your just far enough away from others to relax. The house was super clean and comfortable and the owners were great and extremely informative where everything was and how it worked when we arrived. I hope we find out way back to MN in our future to stay again at Big Red and we plan on recommeding this rental to EVERYONE!
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2016
Response from VrboOwner on 17 Mar 2020
Thank you for the wonderful review! I am so glad you had a nice time eventhough the weather wasn't so good. It was a pleasure meeting you two and I look forward to seeing you again.
Verified review

8/10 Good

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
We enjoyed our stay at Big Red with our kids and 5 g’kids. Very well-equipped kitchen, great air conditioning and comfortable beds. Lake was nice and kids caught fish off the dock. Plenty of room for charades and ‘dance parties’. Our one tiny issue (soap shortage) was quickly addressed. We were disappointed in the ‘office’ area that was not a room at all, just an open area with a desk since our son had to work the week we stayed. He had to hole up in a bedroom to get quiet. Once the kids were not allowed to use devices during the day (not a bad idea at all!) the WiFi was adequate.
Stayed 7 nights in Aug 2025
Archival

10/10 Excellent

Great For An Extended Family

We brought the whole family of cousins and parents together and had a great time in the cabin. Mandy was very accommodating and responsive. We loved the added touch of leaving the s'mores kit for our trip. We enjoyed kayaking, fishing, swimming, boating, excursions to Duluth and the range and just relaxing with families. The cabin is well equipped, clean and comfortable. We've rented a lot and that isn't always true with cabin rentals. One of the best things was the ample furniture inside to all hang out and watch movies or relax. The game room in the lower level was a huge hit with the cousins (ages 7-18). We made ourselves right at home and Mandy made that very easy to do!
Stayed 5 nights in Jun 2017
Response from VrboOwner on 17 Mar 2020
Thank you so much for the excellent review! We are very happy to hear you all had a great time. It was a pleasure meeting you and your family at check-in. We hope you all come back. Thanks again!
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location
The fenced property and open space was great!( except our small dog could have escaped.) On a whole It was great for 6 adults,6 kids ages 4-19 to spread out The description made it was difficult to understand that there were 3 levels. But with helpful host and studying pictures we understood that doing stairs was necessary to the kitchen and then down to bathrooms. Unfortunately the bed configuration necessitated older folks in basement but we were all able to do the 2 short flights multiple times a day. We brought our 2 fishing boats. Fishing: Lots of Panfish off the dock. Some keepers from boats. Bass, walleye. ?Swimming beach was sandy with then weedy. It would have miserable with only the 2 kayaks provided. We had 6 kids wanting to use them, but older ones were able to use the fishing boats. So more kayaks, canoes and/ or fishing boat with motor for would be essential for large groups who don’t own boats.Lighting could be better in queen bedroom with additional night stand and light. Beds were decent. Queen room could fit an easy chair for grandparents to escape to if needed. There is no rug in upstairs living room area which made it less cozy for little kids and dogs on the floor. Lighting is not great for old eyes there either, but the tv screens were appreciated by the younger set. An additional folding table and chairs would have been nice so we could all be on the deck or inside at meals. Great deck needs umbrella or canopy for enjoying Beautiful views !
Stayed 7 nights in Jul 2026
Verified review

8/10 Good

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Tacheny vacation July 14th-21st 2024

Overall everything was just what we expected as shown on the web site. There was 12 of us and one dog and plenty of room for everyone. Yard was amazing. Was not out a lot late afternoon due to bugs but kids and pet had plenty of room to play. Very nice having two fridges. Did not notice the filter water until last day in back fridge but we bought plenty. Pontoon was great for week and nice to have all the life jackets, kayaks, and chairs available for the beach. Pool table was well used. We will recommend and be back again some year. Host were very easy and quick to communicate.
Stayed 7 nights in Jul 2024
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

I will for sure be coming back a third time!

This property is 8 hours away from where I live in North dakota, but it's 100% worth the drive for me. It was just me and my three dogs for most of the stay, which wasn't exactly planned as it's a bit much for one person, but it's perfect for my dogs... As far as pet friendly places this is about as good as it gets. The property is huge, the yard is huge and completely fenced in.. for my dogs it's like being able to stay overnight at the dog park and the beach combined. It is about 30 or 40 minutes away from the nearest town so you want to make sure you pack enough groceries and supplies, but being somewhat remote is pretty nice. The lake isn't busy, there are only a few cabins which are spread out pretty far on this side of the lake... But it makes for a very peaceful stay. And with so little light pollution the sky is absolutely breathtaking at night. Having a sauna in the basement is such an underrated perk. I used it everday before bed, which not only helped sweat out the mosquito spray but had me sleeping like a rock. There's a pool table, sauna, big sectional downstairs and upstairs, a Pontoon available to rent, massive yard, a beach area with sand, and a great game room...along with a huge deck and a fantastic view of the lake.. this has about everything someone could ask for in a cabin. I'm definitely going to be coming back next year!
Stayed 6 nights in Aug 2024
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
Big red was absolutely wonderful. Was beautiful quiet and big and spacious for the whole family. Kids loved the beach and swimming area. It had everything went needed and more.
Stayed 5 nights in Jul 2026
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
This was a fabulous week! The property was exactly as described. The house was immaculate. The two refrigerators were very much appreciated. The kitchen had everything we needed and more. We enjoyed the sandy bottom lakeshore. It was perfect for the kids. The view was incredible from the deck and master bedroom. Our large group had plenty of room to spread out. We loved it!
Stayed 7 nights in Jun 2026
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Best Place on the Lake

What an amazing property, Nick and Mandy have thought of everything we could possibly need, thank you so much for an amazing week of relaxation and connection with four generations of our family!
Stayed 6 nights in Aug 2022
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