Whitetail Cabin

US Forest Service · Montana

Whitetail Cabin in Montana. Ringed marker is this site; the other dots are the 803 public campsites we map in Montana.

Whitetail Cabin sits at an altitude of 4,048 feet in the north end of the Custer National Forest approximately 20 miles from Ashland, Montana. The cabin was built in the 1930s by the Civilian Conservation Corps. Formerly a ranger station, it is now a registered historic site. The cabin is available year-round and is accessible by car, but guests should be prepared to hike about 100 yards to the cabin in winter, depending on road conditions.

What we know about it

Managed by

US Forest Service

Fee

Not published (the agency does not list one)

Booking

Reservation required

Dogs

Allowed on a leash (USFS policy)

Phone

CALL FOR COMBINATION PRIOR TO YOUR STAY

Coordinates

45.64028, -105.97611

Nearest sites we map

• Holiday Spring Campground0 km · US Forest Service
• Red Shale Campground15 km · US Forest Service
• Blacks Pond Campground40 km · US Forest Service
• Cow Creek Campground And Picnic Area42 km · US Forest Service
• Diamond Butte Lookout43 km · US Forest Service
• Moorhead Recreation Site65 km · Bureau of Land Management

Source: Recreation.gov, dated 2026-06-04, fetched 2026-09-07. Official listing.

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