About Squirrel Meadows Guard Station
Squirrel Meadows Cabin is located 24 miles east of Ashton, Idaho, just off the Ashton-Flagg Ranch Road. The current cabin was built in 1934, but the site has been used for administrative purposes since 1907. It's listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Only one other cabin in Wyoming was constructed with the same building plan. The 2-room cabin is made of lodgepole pine and features a wood shingled roof. Squirrel Meadows Cabin is situated at 6,500 feet on the Yellowstone Plateau of southwest Wyoming. The cabin sits in a meadow surrounded by pine trees. Guests can enjoy views of the distant mountains. Guests can drive to the cabin from mid-May through mid-November, although about 10 miles of the trip are on gravel roads. Snowmobiles and cross-country skis are required to access the cabin from approximately early December through mid-May. The trek from the nearest available…
- Fees: $40/night
- Managed by: USFS - Caribou-Targhee National Forest
- Where: 15 mi east of Warm River, ID · 44.06307, -111.02223
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: Jun–Sep (comfortable days, mild nights, little rain). Nights below freezing: Oct–Apr.
Fly over it in 3D, check today's weather and fire news, plan the drive and print a trip plan.
Trails near camp
| Trail | Open to | From camp | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| Squirrel Meadows | ATV road | at camp | 0.4 mi |
| Bitch Creek | Horse, ATV / OHV, Dirt bike | 0.1 mi | 14.5 mi |
| Ashton-Flagg Ranch | ATV road | 0.3 mi | 23.9 mi |
| South Boone | Horse | 2.6 mi | 6.9 mi |
Straight-line distance from camp, from Forest Service, BLM, state and OpenStreetMap trail data.
Good to know
No signal at camp
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: Teton County (Dark Sky Community), 43 mi.
Dump station: 21.7 mi
Nearest of each within 25 miles, straight-line.Camps nearby
- Cave Falls Campground 4.6 mi
- Dispersed spot · 19 mi E of Warm River 6.8 mi
- Falls River Cutoff 7.9 mi
- Rocky Ford 7.9 mi
- Lower Boundary Creek 8.5 mi
- Camp Loll 8.9 mi