About Thompson Guard Station
Located on the east side of the Big Belt Mountains, this cabin presents a wonderful getaway. A fairly large two-room cabin with a deck greets visitors and offers plenty of room. Thompson Guard Station provides a wonderful forest setting for nearby hiking, fishing, hunting and horseback riding. A series of small lakes are also located in the area. One lake, about a mile south is easily reached by vehicle. The other lakes can be reached by horseback or hiking. The cabin does have stock corrals. The small community of White Sulphur Springs is located about 17 miles away. Access to the cabin during the summer months is good and can be reached by driving through White Sulphur Springs or from the west over Duck Creek Pass (Road 139). During winter, snow closes the road but access from the east is maintained to within about 4 miles of the cabin. Snowshoes, cross-country skis, or snowmobiles…
- Fees: $50/Night for single unit
- Season: April 1 – December 15
- Managed by: USFS - Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest
- Where: 15 mi west of White Sulphur Springs, MT · 46.51862, -111.21279
Things to do:
Official page for this camp (fees, closures, booking)
Weather by month
Typical daily highs and lows (°F), 1991–2020 NOAA normals. Best months: Jul–Aug (comfortable days, mild nights, little rain). Nights below freezing: Oct–Apr.
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Trails near camp
| Trail | Open to | From camp | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gipsy Lake Campground Loop | Horse | 1.1 mi | 0.3 mi |
| Gipsy/Birch Creek | Horse | 1.3 mi | 13.0 mi |
| Snowbank Mine | ATV / OHV, Dirt bike | 1.4 mi | 0.8 mi |
| Little Camas Creek | ATV / OHV, Dirt bike | 2.0 mi | 2.5 mi |
| Little Camas Creek | ATV / OHV, Dirt bike | 2.0 mi | 0.3 mi |
| Little Camas Creek | ATV / OHV, Dirt bike | 2.0 mi | 0.6 mi |
Straight-line distance from camp, from Forest Service, BLM, state and OpenStreetMap trail data.
Good to know
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From the carriers' FCC coverage maps, which tend to be generous.The Milky Way casts shadows and the sky is crowded with stars.
Class 1 of 9, from NASA/NOAA night-light data.Stargazing nearby: Montana Learning Center Observatory (Observatory), 39 mi.
Dump station: 14.4 mi
Propane: 20.2 mi
Camps nearby
- Thompson Guard Station 1 mi
- Gipsy Lake Campground 1.3 mi
- Miller Cabin 10.4 mi
- Skidway Campground 12.6 mi
- Rillway Cabin 12.8 mi
- Rillway Cabin 12.8 mi