The Long Way
Flathead County
A dark wooden cabin with a metal roof and a covered porch stands among trees.
Plate I. Exterior of Zip's Place Cabin. From recreation.gov
A campsite with a fire ring and log seats near a wooded stream.
Plate II. Firepit and creek, Zip's Place Cabin. From recreation.gov
A brown wooden cabin with a metal roof and front porch nestled among trees.
Plate III. Exterior view of Zips Place Cabin. From recreation.gov
A rustic kitchen interior featuring wooden walls and cabinets.
Plate IV. Kitchen inside Zip's Place Cabin. From recreation.gov
A rustic bedroom with log walls and multiple twin beds.
Plate V. Bedroom interior, Zips Place Cabin. From recreation.gov
An interior view of a rustic log cabin with wooden walls, ceiling, and furniture.
Plate VI. Cabin interior, Zips Place Cabin. From recreation.gov
Interior view of a rustic log cabin kitchen with wooden walls and ceiling.
Plate VII. Cabin kitchen, Zips Place Cabin. From recreation.gov

Zips Place Cabin

Essex, Flathead County, Montana. Cabin; June 1 - March 31.

Details

Map. Essex, Flathead County, Montana. Larger map
Where
Essex, Flathead County, MT. No street address stated. Directions
Getting there
48 miles east of Hungry Horse, MT between mile markers 191 and 192 on US Highway 2, then 2 miles south on Geifer Creek (Lodgepole Lane) gravel county road, veering left initially.
Fees
$70 per night.
Access
Summer parking about 120 ft. from the cabin; in winter or when road conditions are impassable, park at the designated winter parking area and hike, snowmobile, ski or snowshoe about a mile.
Walk-in or reserve
Reservation required; the cabin remains locked and a combination lock code is included in the reservation confirmation letter.
Phone
406-387-3800
Managed by
Flathead National Forest.
Established
1954.
Coordinates
48.26213992, -113.41389919.

Cabin on a 1937 homestead 48 miles east of Hungry Horse in northwestern Montana; the Kimmet family of Cut Bank built the cabin in 1954.

Notable Events

  1. 1937The property Zip's Place cabin sits on was originally part of a homestead granted in 1937. fs.usda.gov
  2. 1945The Kimmet family of Cut Bank, MT bought the land. fs.usda.gov
  3. 1954The Kimmet family constructed the cabin that resides there today. fs.usda.gov
  4. 1990sAunt Zip, the first in her family to own the place, died in the early 1990s and the Kimmets sold it to the Forest Service, which rents it to the public. outtherewithtom.blogspot.com

People

  • Aunt Zip, namesake of the cabin; the first in her family to own the place (died in the early 1990s).

Sources

  1. recreation.gov/camping/campgrounds/234338
  2. recreation.gov/api/camps/campgrounds/234338
  3. fs.usda.gov/r01/flathead/recreation/zips-place-cabin
  4. fs.usda.gov/r01/flathead/recreation/zips-place-cabin
  5. outtherewithtom.blogspot.com/2014/03/a-zip-into-great-bear.html