The Long Way
Kittitas County
A rustic log cabin sits surrounded by trees and tall grass.
Plate I. Teanaway Guard Station log cabin. From recreation.gov
A rustic kitchen featuring wooden cabinets, a white stove, and a sink.
Plate II. Kitchen interior, Teanaway Guard Station. Photograph by U.S. Forest Service- Pacific Northwest Region, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Inside a rustic log cabin bedroom with a wooden bunk bed and a window.
Plate III. Bunk bed inside Teanaway Guard Station. From recreation.gov
A view of the interior of a cabin with a table, chairs, and a stove.
Plate IV. Cabin interior, Teanaway Guard Station. From recreation.gov

Teanaway Guard Station

Cle Elum, Kittitas County, Washington. Cabin; year-round, weather permitting.

Details

Map. Cle Elum, Kittitas County, Washington. Larger map
Where
Cle Elum, Kittitas County, WA. No street address stated. Directions
When
Check-in 2:00 p.m.; check-out 12:00 p.m.
Getting there
From I-90 east of Cle Elum: take exit 85. Follow Highway 970 North approximately 6.5 miles to Teanaway Road. Turn left and drive 13 miles to end of pavement. Turn right onto Forest Road 9737. Continue 2.2 miles and then turn right to the Guard Station.
Fees
$65 per night.
Access
The driveway surface is gravel.
Walk-in or reserve
Two-night weekday minimum.
Phone
(509) 852-1100
Managed by
Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest.
Established
1950.
Coordinates
47.35972, -120.85528.

Teanaway Guard Station is a cozy log cabin retreat for two.

Notable Events

  1. 1978In 1978, Archie passed away and his cabin came into Forest Service possession. The cabin was then moved to its present location and used as a fire guard station intermittently. recreation.gov
  2. 2004The cabin was used as a fire guard station intermittently until becoming available for reservation in 2004. recreation.gov

People

  • Archie Redding, gold miner who built the cabin (built 1950; died 1978).

Sources

  1. recreation.gov/camping/campgrounds/234126
  2. fs.usda.gov/r06/okanogan-wenatchee/recreation/teanaway-guard-station
  3. commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Teanaway_Guard_Station,_Okanogan-Wenatchee_National_Forest_(34398680872).jpg
  4. recreation.gov/camping/campsites/82758