Summit Guard Station Bunkhouse

Pendleton, Umatilla County, Oregon. Building; May 15 - November 14.

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Map. Pendleton, Umatilla County, Oregon. Larger map

Where: FS 3113 Rd, Pendleton, OR. Directions
When: Open from May 15 to November 14.
Getting there: From Interstate 84 Exit 243, travel east on Forest Service Road 31 about 13 miles, turn northwest on FS 3113, and continue about 1 mile; the complex is west of the road.
Fees: $45 per night for up to 4 people.
Access: Phase A restrictions on smoking, off-road travel and chainsaw use are in effect September 11 through October 1, 2026 unless rescinded sooner.
Walk-in or reserve: Reserve by phone at 1-877-444-6777 or through Recreation.gov; maximum stay is fourteen consecutive nights.
Phone: 1-877-444-6777
Website: fs.usda.gov
Managed by: Umatilla National Forest.
Established: 1938.
Coordinates: 45.47639, -118.20889.

A one-room bunkhouse for cooking, sleeping and relaxing, with four bed frames, propane lights, a propane heater and range, and an outhouse nearby.

1920The Wenaha National Forest, one of the first national forests in the country, established in 1907, was renamed Umatilla National Forest. traveloregon.com
1933Civilian Conservation Corps enrollees began construction of the complex; other sources attribute development of the complex to work completed in 1938. livingnewdeal.org
1935The original cabin was replaced by a 2-story residence, a garage, a gas house, and a barn, all constructed by the Civilian Conservation Corps. fs.usda.gov
1938Summit Cabin was constructed as a guard station. fs.usda.gov
1970sThe cabin was used as a cookhouse for fire crew tent camps. fs.usda.gov

Gerald Tucker, U.S. Forest Service ranger who used Narcissa Whitman's travel journal to locate the Whitmans' crossing of the Blue Mountains (early 1960s).
John McLeod, Fur trader of the Hudson's Bay Company who guided the Whitman party over the Blue Mountains by the most direct route (1836).
Marcus Whitman, Missionary who with his wife Narcissa traveled to establish a Protestant mission among the Cayuse Indians, crossing the Blue Mountains by the trail near the guard station (1836).
Narcissa Whitman, Missionary whose 1836 crossing of the Blue Mountains was the first completed by an Anglo family; her travel journal was later used to locate the crossing (1836).