Fall River Guard Station

Awesome location. The fireplace kept going out was the only issue. Having the river out the back door was beautiful!

This is one of our favorite forest service cabins to rent.

Beautiful location on a fly fishing river with lots of fishermen to watch. Great location as base for various hikes. That being said, the cabin itself was a bit more of an adventure than I was up for. It's only as clean as the previous guests, and the resident mice, leave it. No running water so bring a bucket to carry river water for mopping and antibacterial wipes for the mattresses and kitchen surfaces. Battery lights are very dim. You'll need to wear a headlamp inside before the sun sets. Don't turn up the fridge...leave it set low at 1 or 2 or your food will freeze. The cabin is at a trailhead and the only restroom is the vault toilet in the parking lot with lots of visiting fishermen and hikers all day. My husband would say 4 stars, I would say 2 stars, so we compromised at 3 stars.

Excellent stay. Cabin was as clean as a historic cabin can be expected to be. The location a few feet from the river was epic. Although close to road and Trailhead, it was quiet and the few hikers and anglers did not bother us. A couple of resident mice in the cabin made a bit of a ruckus at night with stuff they played with, so put the food into the cabinets. Queen bed was comfy.

Okay experience. We expected it to be rustic and it was. We spend time cleaning out dead rodents, dirt, droppings. The furniture is very dated. Bring lighting, thr battery operated lights on the walls work as a nightlight but don't provide enough light to do anything by

This place is lovely, and other than the hikers and Fall River looky-loos parking out front during the day, it’s incredibly private at night. A little on the expensive side, but beats sleeping in a tent and appreciated having somewhere to go when the weather got a little rough. Will book again. Thanks!

Most guard station rentlas offer basic cooking pots and pans and some even dishes and silverware. This cabin offers none of those.

There was still quite a bit of snow on the ground during our rental, and it made any evening trips outside to use the outhouse treacherous with ice once temperatures dropped, and hard to see the black ice near the cabin entrance with no exterior lights.

If there had been a snow shovel or some sand bags left at the cabin, I would have gladly done some trail maintenance to help with this, but there was nothing like this available.

Also it would be nice to know in advance to bring your own ax/saw for chopping up any foraged firewood- and as most of this was still under snow, I would suggest bringing your own firewood if you plan on using the outdoor firepit.

All in all, plan on packing everything you would bring for a camping trip with only the basic amenities of a pit toilet and no potable water.

Great spot for fly fishing! The cabin is cute and rustic. There’s a geocache in the woods nearby. The kids loved running around in the woods. We saw an owl and lots of wildlife!

We rent these forest service cabin quite frequently and this is one of our favorites. The only problem we had was that the propane stove which was not entirely reliable during what was an usually cold and snowy few days . Two of the area staff member came out to help with the stove after we call the ranger station---great thank to them for making the effort. It remained kind of cranky but did nothing to diminish our enjoyment

Staying at the cabin is not exactly private as the parking area is also a trailhead.
Bring plenty of layers as the cabin can be COLD if no one's there for awhile. The propane heater takes a long time to heat things up.
There are virtually no dishes of any kind at the cabin - bring everything with you... including a kettle for hot water.