About Star Meadows Guard Station
Number of accommodations: 1
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2026 Season availability
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This campground is open year round, providing flexibility for your stay.
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Reviews (43)
What Guests Are Saying
Star Meadows Guard Station offers fantastic accommodations in a beautiful location, with clean and well-stocked cabins ideal for family gatherings. Guests appreciated the thoughtful amenities, including comfortable beds, games, and kitchen supplies, which enhanced their stay. The only notable drawbacks were the unpleasant outhouse smell and some difficulty locating the nearby Tally Lake turnoff, but overall, guests enjoyed a memorable experience.
What Guests Are Saying
Star Meadows Guard Station offers fantastic accommodations in a beautiful location, with clean and well-stocked cabins ideal for family gatherings. Guests appreciated the thoughtful amenities, including comfortable beds, games, and kitchen supplies, which enhanced their stay. The only notable drawbacks were the unpleasant outhouse smell and some difficulty locating the nearby Tally Lake turnoff, but overall, guests enjoyed a memorable experience.
Review Summary
Kayla B
VerifiedMarch 31, 2026 • Stayed at: 001, Loop: AREA STAR MEADOWS GUARD STATION
Fantastic accommodations and location! Absolutely great stay in the Flathead.
Karen D
VerifiedDecember 26, 2025 • Stayed at: 001, Loop: AREA STAR MEADOWS GUARD STATION
Great cabin. Loved it. The only drawback was the very smelly out house. Not sure why it was so bad but probably one of the worst ever. Do not choose this cabin if that bothers you.
Fred B
VerifiedDecember 14, 2025 • Stayed at: 001, Loop: AREA STAR MEADOWS GUARD STATION
Such a great time away. Electric heat takes awhile to warm up.
Jazmine B
VerifiedSeptember 29, 2025 • Stayed at: 001, Loop: AREA STAR MEADOWS GUARD STATION
Cabin was very clean , quiet and just a lovely experience.
Melissa A
VerifiedFebruary 4, 2025 • Stayed at: 001, Loop: AREA STAR MEADOWS GUARD STATION
Always a great time at the cabin
Julia E
VerifiedNovember 16, 2024 • Stayed at: 001, Loop: AREA STAR MEADOWS GUARD STATION
Another beautiful stay at Star Meadows! I love the updated bunkhouse, it would be great for a family gathering. Too cold to do much outside, we enjoyed the dining table for a puzzle & games.
Jamie L
VerifiedOctober 23, 2024 • Stayed at: 001, Loop: AREA STAR MEADOWS GUARD STATION
What a fun place to stay. Our family had a great time here. We are thankful for those who have worked to preserve this place and make it pleasant lodging! This is the sixth ranger cabin that we have stayed in, and it’s one of the best. It’s clear that a lot of time and consideration has gone into making it pleasant. Even the outhouse has been made into a pleasant little place. As my husband said upon arrival, “It’s like they actually want you to have fun here!”
Things we did not expect to find but definitely appreciated: dark curtains, comfortable beds, large sofa, fans to bring in cool air, puzzles, games, extra toilet paper, corn hole set, marshmallow sticks, lighters, and comfortable campfire benches. The kitchen had nearly everything you could want, including plenty of dishes and bakeware, even Crock-pots, a cast iron pan, glass baking dishes, and so on.
We didn’t expect to be able to have a campfire in early September, when there are burn bans in much of the West! But there is plenty of moisture in this valley, so s’mores were a staple part of our diet!
The basement below the house stores plenty of extra chairs and other supplies for a large group.
We were pleased to find a large, deep, cold swimming hole in the creek near the house!
The only thing we found a little challenging was finding the turnoff to Tally Lake. It’s about seven miles from the cabin. Once we did find it, we spent a lovely day there kayaking and cliff jumping. It has the best jumping-off cliff I’ve ever seen.
Lynn S
VerifiedJuly 14, 2024 • Stayed at: 001, Loop: AREA STAR MEADOWS GUARD STATION
We love this cabin! Beautiful location, well stocked kitchen and newly remodeled.
Chelsea K
VerifiedMarch 10, 2024 • Stayed at: 001, Loop: AREA STAR MEADOWS GUARD STATION
Great stay! We love it here.
AUDRA Y
VerifiedMarch 9, 2024 • Stayed at: 001, Loop: AREA STAR MEADOWS GUARD STATION
Best cabin ever 🤩
Location Star Meadows Guard Station
Address:
5250 Star Meadow Road
Whitefish, MT, 59937
United States
STAR MEADOW GUARD STATION 5250 Star Meadows Road Whitefish, Montana 59937 Travel from Whitefish west on Highway 93 approximately 12 miles to mile marker 139, turn left onto Farm to Market Road. Continue 1.7 miles; turn right onto the Star Meadows Road. Continue to mile marker 15 located almost across from the cabin driveway.
Latitude & Longitude: 48.3819 / -114.71
Elevation: 1223 feet
Policies & Rules
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| General |
Check out time is 11 AM Check in time is 1 PM |
| General |
For more information, contact the Tally Lake Ranger District (406) 758-5204, Monday -- Friday, 8 a.m. through 4:30 p.m. |
| General |
Pack-in and pack-out all garbage; clean cabin before departing. |
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The combination to the cabin will be on your letter of confirmation from Recreation.gov |
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There is a food storage order in the Flathead National Forest. Please keep all food and attractants in the cabin or your vehicle. This is bear country. |
| General |
Hand-pump will be left on well over the winter of 2025-2026 as an experiment to see if freezing is an issue. Be prepared to bring your own water if the pump becomes frozen. If pump continues to work, please pump an ample amount of water during each use to warm up pipe. |
