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Gotchen Guard Station

US Forest Service · Washington

Gotchen Guard Station in Washington. Ringed marker is this site; the other dots are the 494 public campsites we map in Washington.

Built in 1909, the Gotchen Creek Guard Station is the oldest historic structure on the Gifford Pinchot National Forest, and the only building constructed during the administration of Gifford Pinchot, first Chief of the U.S. Forest Service and an early conservation leader. Within the state of Washington, only a few ranger stations of this age survive. It is a small two-room cabin nestled in a grove of aspen trees at the edge of a meadow, just a few miles from the Mt. Adams Wilderness.

What we know about it

Managed by
US Forest Service
Fee
$100/night
Booking
Reservation required
Dogs
Allowed on a leash (USFS policy)
Phone
509-395-3400
Coordinates
46.05220, -121.29050

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Source: Recreation.gov, dated 2026-08-07, fetched 2026-09-07. Official listing.

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