The Long Way
Douglas County
A red cabin stands among tall trees and a wooden fence.
Plate I. Cabin exterior, Whisky Camp Guard Station. From recreation.gov
A red wooden cabin sits among tall trees in a forest.
Plate II. Cabin, Whisky Camp Guard Station. From recreation.gov
A red wooden cabin sits among tall trees in a forest.
Plate III. Whisky Camp Guard Station. From recreation.gov
A rustic wooden shelter with a shingle roof sits in a forest clearing next to a picnic table.
Plate IV. Shelter and picnic table, Whisky Camp Guard Station. From recreation.gov
A red wooden cabin nestled among tall trees in a forest.
Plate V. Cabin exterior, Whisky Camp Guard Station. From recreation.gov
An outdoor restroom structure in a forest.
Plate VI. Vault toilet and cabin, Whisky Camp Guard Station. From recreation.gov
An interior view looking out through an open multi-pane window.
Plate VII. Window view, Whisky Camp Guard Station. From recreation.gov

Whisky Camp Guard Station

Tiller, Douglas County, Oregon. Guard station cabin rental; Site Open.

Details

Map. Tiller, Douglas County, Oregon. Larger map
Where
Tiller, Douglas County, OR. No street address stated. Directions
When
Check in: 2:00 p.m.; Check-out: 12:00 p.m.
Getting there
From Canyonville, OR take West 1st Street and turn onto SE 3rd St/OR-227.
Fees
$40 per night overnight use.
Access
Forest Service Road #3114-645 has a locked gate.
Walk-in or reserve
Make Reservations Here.
Phone
541-496-3532
Managed by
Umpqua National Forest.
Established
1940s.
Coordinates
42.912519, -122.7336.

This compact, red-planked, cedar-roofed two-room cabin is tucked beneath a dense forest canopy that lets the occasional sunlight shine through.

Notable Events

  1. 1933A CCC crew from the camps near Tiller was building the Whiskey Camp road: it started to move onto the road and quit when rain came, short of finishing. archive.org

People

  • Norman A. Myers, CCC enrollee of Company 754 from Nebraska, assigned to a camp at Drew near Tiller, Oregon, in the summer of 1933 (1933-1934).

Sources

  1. recreation.gov/camping/campgrounds/234179
  2. fs.usda.gov/r06/umpqua/recreation/whisky-camp-guard-station
  3. archive.org/download/CAT11135436/CAT11135436_djvu.txt
  4. fs.usda.gov/r06/umpqua/recreation/whisky-camp-guard-station