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The four-room guard station has a kitchen, living room with two futon couches, a bunk bedroom and a loft with a queen bed. The cabin sleeps up to eight people. It has propane lights, a propane refrigerator, stove and oven, basic cooking pots, pans, dishes and eating utensils. A table and chairs is provided. A wood stove is available for heat. Firewood is provided. The cabin has a limited water supply to the kitchen sink with hot and cold water. A vault toilet is located about 75 feet from the cabin and is used by others. Cell phone coverage is not available at the cabin and very spotty in the entire Olallie Lake Scenic Area.
Guests will need to bring sleeping bags or bedding, towels and wash cloths, paper towels, food and personal gear, as well as a flashlight or lantern for emergencies, a first aid kit, insect repellent (a must!), sunscreen and dish soap, among other necessities. Please bring garbage bags and clean the facility before leaving. Olallie Lake Resort is in charge of managing this cabin for the Forest Service. We are just next door and have personel onsite 24 hours a day.
Guests can access the cabin by vehicle. Higher clearance or 4wd is preferable, but the cabin is accessible to 2wd passenger cars if they drive slow. Road conditions can be hampered by early or late snows. Guests are responsible for their own travel arrangements and safety.
The best route from the Portland area is east on HWY 224 from 1-205 through Estacada.
Continue past Ripplebrook Ranger Station onto Forest Hwy 46. HWY 224 turns into HWY 46.
Go approximately 25 miles; you will want to watch your odometer as the turn off to FSR (Forest Service Road) 4690 is easy to miss. “Olallie” is painted on the road at the junction of 46 and 4690.
Turn left onto FSR 4690.
Once on FSR 4690 the road is winding and travel is very slow. Stay straight on FSR 4690 and follow the signs 13 miles to Olallie Lake (first sign is at the gate about 8 miles in when the road becomes FSR 4220).
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The best route from the Salem area is through Detroit to Forest Hwy 46.
Turn left just as you pass over the bridge into Detroit. Follow Forest Hwy 46 for approximately 25 miles. It is best to watch your odometer.
At approximately 25 miles turn right onto FSR 4690. “Olallie” is painted on the road at the junction of 46 and 4690.
Once on FSR 4690 the road is winding and travel is very slow. Stay straight on FSR 4690 and follow the signs 13 miles to Olallie Lake (first sign is at the gate about 8 miles in when the road becomes FSR 4220).
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From Mt Hood:
From Highway 26 turn on to Skyline Road FSR 42, which is approximately 12 miles south of Government Camp and follow the signs 35 miles to the Lake. You will have to watch closely for the left turn onto FSR 4220. Please note this is considered a primitive road.
The roads are closed in the winter.
Olallie Lake Scenic Area is remote; no phones, fuel or other services available Access to the cabin can be rough; four-wheel drive or high-clearance vehicles are recommended
My third overnight trip to Ollalie lake. Hasn't changed in thirty years. Except the 2020 fire burned down to Estacada. At Ollie lake it burned almost everything. The firefighters saved. the trees at the main resort area and camp 10 and half of peninsula campground . We rented the guard station and it was great. No bathroom. 100 yards to a pit toilet near the store the employees were all kind one even jumped in the cold water when I dropped my keys over the dock. The boat rental was awesome and the highlight of my five year olds trip.
