How much use?
Extending the season is always a good thought when you get a new place. The follow-on question is how many more days? If it is only an occasional "nice" weekend, maybe you don't want to spend too much. I'm no expert, but since heat loss goes up, I'd think you want to insulate the ceiling first. (I'm doing some upgrades on a 1910 building and that's the advice I'm getting.) Improving the efficiency of the fireplace might be relatively inexpensive with an insert and some blowers.
We have a similar size, un-insulated camp. Don't use it much after Columbus Day as we have to store the boat. We do have a couple of 220V 4000 watt electric space heaters with fans that we use on cold mornings. Our ceilings are all open rafters so no easy place to put attic insulation. I guess we could install 6" rigid foam and then cover with finish ceiling of some sort. Loses the camp image then.
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