From the time of its construction to the last year of his life, Burroughs received many visitors at the cabin, ranging from Theodore Roosevelt and Henry Ford to students from Vassar College, just across the Hudson River.

It is located in a relatively low stretch of the Marlboro Mountains, perched on the west side of a hill in the wooded John Burroughs Nature Sanctuary.

Much of the cabin remains as he and his son built it, including the red cedar posts holding up the porch.

To reach the cabin, visitors must park at the base of the road to it on Burroughs Drive and walk up a half-mile (800 m).

The cabin itself, furnished exactly as it was when Burroughs left it, is only open to visitors twice a year, from noon to 4:30 p.m. on the third Saturday in May and the first one in October.