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Cowpuncher Guard Station is located in the Dixie National Forest, 20 miles northeast of the town of Escalante in southern Utah. The cabin is situated just off the Hells Backbone Road and is accessed by road during summer and fall. Roads are usually closed by snow 5.5 miles from the cabin from late November to mid-April. Check the ranger station for winter conditions.
The cabin is surrounded by trails, including the Great Western Trail which offer abundant opportunities for hiking, mountain biking and horseback riding. Horses may be kept in a corral just down the road. Pine Creek flows through the site offering excellent trout fishing. The scenic Hells Backbone Road is minutes away and is a popular scenic drive for both cars and OHVs.
The cabin is comfortably furnished with bunk beds and one full size bed, table and chairs, wood cook stove, propane stovetop, kitchen sink with cold running water (summer and early fall), battery operated lanterns, pots and pans, dishes and utensils. A covered porch extends the space outside with a picnic table and fire ring below. A vault toilet is located 150 ft. from the cabin and firewood is provided.
Cowpuncher sits in a secluded meadow surrounded by pine and aspen groves next to a small trout stream. The elevation at the cabin is 8,000 feet and the adjacent pine and aspen covered slopes quickly rise up to 8,900 feet. Summer days are warm and nights are cool.
Cowpuncher offers a cool escape from the surrounding desert landscape and is often used as a base to explore the surrounding area. The Escalante area of southern Utah offers breathtaking scenery nearly everywhere you look. Sightseeing along Road 153, Hells Backbone Road, and Utah Highway 12, a National All American Highway, is very popular. The Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, Anasazi State Park, and the Escalante Petrified Forest State Park are all located in the area.
From Highway 12 in Escalante, turn north on 300E. Drive 14 miles to the junction of Forest Roads 154 and 153. Continue on FR153 for 4.5 miles. Turn left on FR145 towards Cowpuncher and Blue Spruce Campground. Travel 0.7 miles to Cowpuncher Gate. The cabin is 0.2 miles past the gate.
Site type for this site is Cabin non-electric.
I love, love, love this place. Try to go a few times a year.
So worth it, sweet little getaway in a beautiful area. Will be back, miss it already
An amazing incredible place to go escape in the middle of nowhere surrounded by nothing, but beauty all around❗️Cute Cabin with no electricity and with an Outhouse and a fire pit just a cute place to get a way from everything and I highly recommend checking it out to, but you have to make reservation online, but it’s worth staying at❗️❤️😊
Great place, newly built replica of the 1930's GC. Lots of nearby hikes, including the Jubikee GS and GWT. Highly recommend this place, but might be a little hard to book in high season.
This place was so much fun! It was great to get away and it was so peaceful! Great sleeping arrangements and nice outhouse actually! Fun creek right out front and the property is nice and fenced off, lots of scenery around and a nice fire pit! So much wildlife too, but not so close that you have to worry about it. Totally hoping to go again next summer!
