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This facility is closed. Recreation Facilities Natural Features Nearby Attractions . ADA Access: N
Important note regarding GPS use: please be advised that GPS units can, and have sent guests down the wrong roads to access the cabin. Please consider following the directions below rather than your GPS unit.
Butler Butte Cabin is at 5,500 feet elevation and receives snow. The roads to the cabin are not plowed, nor are they maintained for passenger cars. A four wheel drive vehicle is recommended. Guests may have to snowshoe, cross country ski or snowmobile up to 5 miles to reach the cabin (not provided).
Please contact the Ranger District at 541-825-3100 prior to arriving at the cabin to check on any restrictions or conditions (no cell service in Tiller), such as fire or road closures, weather or storms that may affect the quality of your visit. Click here for current local weather conditions.
Entry to the cabin is by combination number, which is provided in your confirmation letter. The combination lock on the door has five black vertical buttons. The top button is number one and the bottom button is number five. Please call the Tiller Ranger District at least four days prior to your arrival at the cabin to confirm the combination.
Directions: From Canyonville take West 1st Street and turn onto SE 3rd St/OR-227. Continue to follow OR-227 approximately 23 miles until you reach Tiller. From Tiller, take Douglas County Road #46, which becomes South Umpqua /Forest Service Road #28, 5 miles to Jackson Creek /Forest Service Road #29 (on right). Follow Forest Service Road #29 for 9.7 miles to the junction with Forest Service Road #2925 (on the right). Follow Forest Service Road #2925 for 6.5 miles to the five-way junction of Forest Service Roads #2925, #600, #700, and #800. From here there is a choice of two routes:
For the first route, follow Forest Service Road #800 for 2.5 miles to the junction with Forest Service Road #810 and then follow the road to the cabin. This is the shortest and most direct route; however, be aware that the Forest Service Road #800 is an old logging road with water bars cut into it and may not be the best choice for passenger cars.
For the second route, follow the Forest Service Road #700 approximately six miles to the junction with the Forest Service Road #800 at Tucker Gap. The Forest Service Road # 700 and Forest Service Road # 800 form a big loop and this is where they rejoin. At this point make a sharp switchback turn to the right, onto the Forest Service Road #800. Follow the Forest Service Road #800 for two miles to the junction with the Forest Service Road # 810 and then follow the Forest Service Road # 810 to the cabin. On Forest Service Road #810 you will encounter a locked gate.
Vehicle access past the road gate is permitted with your reservation, but other users may hike from the gate to the lookout during your stay. Placing personal locks on the gate is not permitted as agency personnel may need to access the site.
