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A red wooden cabin with a porch stands among pine trees.
Plate I. Trout Creek Guard Station. From recreation.gov
A red wooden cabin with a porch and a smaller red shed nearby in a wooded area.
Plate II. Trout Creek Guard Station. From fs.usda.gov
A red and white cabin stands in a snow-covered landscape under a clear blue sky.
Plate III. Trout Creek Guard Station in winter. From fs.usda.gov
An interior view of a rustic kitchen with a sink, wooden cabinet, and dining table.
Plate IV. Interior view, Trout Creek Guard Station. From fs.usda.gov
An indoor view of a rustic kitchen with a white double-basin sink, a wooden cabinet, and a window looking out at trees.
Plate V. Kitchen interior, Trout Creek Guard Station. From recreation.gov
An interior view of a room with wooden bunk beds and blue mattresses.
Plate VI. Bunk beds inside Trout Creek Guard Station. From recreation.gov

Trout Creek Guard Station

Vernal, Uintah County, Utah. Guard station.

Details

Map. Vernal, Uintah County, Utah. Larger map
Where
Vernal, Uintah County, UT. No street address stated. Directions
Season
Open for reservations all months except November, April and May.
Getting there
From Vernal, travel north on U.S. Highway 191 for approximately 20 miles. Turn left on Forest Road 020/018. Follow paved Forest Road 020 northwest approximately 9 miles.
Fees
$60 per night.
Access
Approximately 21 miles west of U.S. Highway 191 near Vernal. CCC built the complex in 1934. Charming red cabin at the edge of a meadow above Trout Creek. Wheeled vehicle access in summer; snowmobile only in winter. Potable water is not available. Pack-it-in, pack-it-out.
Walk-in or reserve
Reserve online at rec.gov.
Phone
435-789-1181
Website
fs.usda.gov
Managed by
Ashley National Forest Vernal Ranger District.
Established
1934.
Coordinates
40.754927, -109.674558.

CCC-built guard station in the Trout Creek area, 21 miles west of US Highway 191 near Vernal, in the Ashley National Forest.

Sources

  1. fs.usda.gov/r04/ashley/recreation/trout-creek-guard-station
  2. recreation.gov/camping/campgrounds/234315
  3. fs.usda.gov/r04/ashley/recreation/trout-creek-guard-station
  4. recreation.gov/camping/campgrounds/234315
  5. fs.usda.gov/r04/ashley/recreation/discover-history
  6. dinolandtrails.com/Trout-Creek