Box Canyon Guard Station Cabin

The cabin was clean. Zero amenities so bring your camp kitchen!
I agree with another commenter that the futon is a joke. If you wanna sleep hammock style, thats the futon for you.
Beautiful area though, saw deer, bobcats, cougars. Very quiet and peaceful.

The accommodations were wonderful. The camp visitors (three Does) were amazing both nights.

Had to sleep in the car, the beds were jammed i to a small bedroom and couldn't use them. The futon was a joke. The public took our parking spot. It's like renting a house but you don't get the driveway. Had to share the picnic area with the public too.

It’s very remote. Be sure to take maps. A couple deer families like to come visit in the evenings. Beautiful water not to far away. A lot of forest to explore.

They removed the inside wood burning stove, just before our weekend, when fire season was ended, and it was getting cold wet and rainy, with no other source of heat.
Why they would choose to do this before the end of their rental season makes no sense to me.
So sitting around the fire ring in Western Oregon in October was about as wet as you can imagine. There was no firewood cut, but we brought scrap wood from job sites as a base, or we could not have gotten a fire going at all after the several days of rain just before we got there, and the rain most every day we were there.

Wood stove wasn’t listed as “gone” or “removed” so we read description as a warm cozy cabin and there was no heat source when we arrived. Left night of stay

Perfect stay. Extremely easy process. We’ll be back.

The cabin was very close to the road. I was expecting it to be off the road and behind a gate. The cabin roof needs repaired and the mattress covers need to be cleaned or replaced. Not a bad place, it works well for a stop over or place to stay while traveling. Not recommended for a place to stay multiple nights.

This cabin is awesome. It’s peaceful, secure, comfortable and pretty remote. Outhouse doesn’t stink! I slept on the fold out sofa because it seemed more sanitary and spacious. Weather was perfect. I really appreciate being able to open the windows, lock the door, use picnic table and indoor table. Ranger station staff were helpful when I had questions and I can see people are taking good care of this special place. I also like the natural wood interior.

Tree hit the roof needs repair. Good place if you don’t mind no kitchen or bathroom. Make sure to bring mattress pads for the bed.