Sherman Guard Station and Bunkhouse
- Right now
- Closedrecreation.gov lists every site closed this weekend, read 15:33 UTC
- Sites
- 6In the agency’s record
The place
the agency’s own description · what’s there · 9 notices
In the agency’s own words
As the original Sherman Ranger Station built around 1929, this bunkhouse was used as a seasonal/ summer headquarters for early Forest Service management of timber and rangelands. The Sherman Guard Station and Bunkhouse is nestled in the Horse Creek drainage in a beautiful mountain setting with lots of hiking, bird watching, many verities of wild life, flowers and so much more. In the winter, Horse Creek is a saught out destination for snow machining. Keep reading
Recreation
Hunting, hiking, horse back riding, snow machining, bird watching, picnicking, sight seeing, and Fishing. Jackson Hole is less then 70 miles North, Granite Hot Sprins is about 50 miles North and East, Pinedale is less then 30 miles East.
Facilities
There is NO GUARANTEE of Water, Wood or Cookware. Access to the cabins during the winter is over the snow. Snowmobile, ski in, or walk in from the Horse Creek Parking lot. (~1/4 mile). Wood stove, Solor eneregy Water (seasonal only) Flushing toilet & shower when water is on (mid/late June-mid Sept) Fridge and stove top (propane) NO Oven Bring garbage bags and take garbage with you. Fire pit, Bunk beds w/ matress's & covers, no bedding provided Cooking pans, Dishes & utensils, Be prepared to cut wood as needed. Pets & livestock are allowed at guard station. NO PASTURE, Weed FREE Hay only, Corrals are East of bunk houses, no water trough, creek is close by Critters of all sizes inhabbit the area and are known to enter the cabins, this would include mice, bats, spiders and other small rodants or insects. Be prepared to have them in and around the cabin.
Natural Features
Willows and Pines provide sparse Shade. Grasses and summer wildflowers are abundant. Horse Creek runs not far from the guard stations. Pleanty of wildlife to see amongst the beautiful view. Contact Info For facility specific information, please call (307) 276-3375.
Nearby Attractions
Jackson Hole with in 70 miles, Yellowstone National Park is about 200 miles , Granit Hot Springs, 50 miles, Wyoming National Trail is on the Wyoming Range along with many Trail Heads and roads to travel on. Wind River Mountain Range is just East of the guard station with many opertunities of hiking. The Green River Lake is to the east
What the agency tells you
WE DO NOT clean after renters, it is the responsilbility of each renter to make sure cabins are left Better Than You Found IT. Do not leave for someone else to clean.
NO WATER from Mid Sept -Mid to Late June. Water is only seasonal, depending on weather and NOT GUARANTEED!
During the winter months this cabin is only accessible via snowmachine, skis, or walk-in.
Everything else this campground posts · 6
PACK IT IN, PACK IT OUT, must take your garbage with you,
We do NOT provide bedding, toiletries or cleaning supplies other then a mop and broom.
BE BEAR AWARE, we know there bears in the area, please keep all food and garbage inside at all times, never leave anything outside.
Pets and livestock are welcome, PLEASE clean up after them.
Wood is not provided, you can however, cut dead wood down for use at the cabin.
Mice, birds, bats, spiders and other rodant and insects live in the wild and mountain areas. Please be prepared to have them in or around the cabins. Never leave a live trap after you leave.
Tents and rigs
- Sites
- 6 · 3 cabin
- Hookups
- None
- Accessible sites
- None listed
- Pets
- Allowed
- Campfires
- Allowed, barring fire bans
Facilities
- Toilets
- Flush Toilets · Vault Toilets
- FLUSH TOILETS (SEASONAL) on 1 of 2 campsite records / VAULT TOILETS on 1 of 2 campsite records, ACCESSIBLE VAULT TOILETS on 1 of 2 campsite records
- Showers
- Seasonal Showers
- SHOWERS (SEASONAL) on 2 of 2 campsite records
- Drinking water
- None, bring your own
- “…only, Corrals are East of bunk houses, no water trough, creek is close by Critters of all sizes…”
Around the campground
- On the water
- Hot springs, Lake, River, Creek
- Birding
- Cross Country Skiing
- Hiking
- Historic site
- Horse Camping
- Horseback riding
- Hunting
- Ice Fishing
- Mountain biking
- Mushroom Picking
- Scenic drives
- Snowmobile Trails
- Snowshoeing
- Wood Cutting
Nothing to book until it reopensread 15:33 UTC
recreation.gov lists every site closed this weekend
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Watch for it to come back
One email when the agency reopens it, plus More Than Just Parks dispatches. Unsubscribe any time.
We check the agency’s own record once an hour, at 40 minutes past, and write the first time it stops saying closed.
Scanners that check every few minutes exist, and most of them charge. This one is free, it reads the same calendar, and it won’t always be first.
Every line of the receipt · 15
What you actually pay
Who keeps the booking fee
The agency’s own policy text says the reservation fee and the cancellation processing fee are “retained by the reservation service contractor”, and that a campground concessionaire will decline to refund them because “they did not receive these fees”. Recreation.gov is run under contract by Booz Allen Hamilton. What share of your booking fee the contractor keeps isn’t published in any federal dataset we can read, so we print no number for it. Our reporting on the contract →
How we know this receipt · 4
Why this page can’t say why
recreation.gov lists every site at Sherman Guard Station and Bunkhouse closed this Friday and Saturday night. The U.S. Forest Service has published no closure notice we hold, so this page can’t say why, and it won’t fill the gap with a guess. A closed night isn’t a sold-out one: the reservations its record still carries were taken before the sites were closed.
There’s no notice to quote and no reason to argue with, so this page offers you the watch and the list below, and no letter.
Open within 150 miles · 3
The agency’s own word that these are open, not our reading of a season.
- Mammoth Campground (Yellowstone)Yellowstone National Park · 141 mi · 87 sites
- Deer Run CampgroundFlaming Gorge National Recreation Area · 149 mi · 18 sites
- Dripping Springs Campground (UT)Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area · 149 mi · 26 sites
recreation.gov availability, read 15:33 UTC · rules read Sep 9, 2026 · rates Sep 10, 2026 · How we know all this
The sites
6 sites
All 6 sites
The price is derived by CAMPANAC, not published per site: the per-night rate this campground publishes for each site’s own site type. 3 of the 6 sites listed carry one, and a site whose type has no published rate sits out of the price rather than being called free.
| Scan & Pay | S&P Site Type 0 | type not stated | |
| Scan & Pay | S&P Site Type 1 | type not stated | |
| Scan & Pay | S&P Site Type 2 | type not stated | |
| Sherman Bunkhouse | cabin nonelectric | $40–$80 | |
| Sherman Compound | cabin nonelectric | $40–$80 | |
| Sherman Guard Station | cabin nonelectric | $40–$80 |
Getting there
the map and the coordinate · the phone number
Where it is
Meadows CabinBridger National Forest · 16 miForest Park CampgroundBridger National Forest · 17 mi
Hoback Guard StationTeton National Forest · 19 miMoose Flat CampgroundBridger National Forest · 19 mi
McCain CabinBridger National Forest · 21 miThe weather
the next four days · the thirty-year normal
Next four days, and the thirty-year normal
Forecast
NWS forecast for Daniel, WY
Typical weather
Typical October night 16°F, day 53°F.
Coldest month of the year: typical January night -7°F, below freezing. Bring a bag rated colder than that, and expect ice in the water bottle.
Daily high and lowDays with 0.10 in or more
A normal is the 1991-2020 average for the month, not a forecast: about half of all Julys are colder than the July line. The seven-day forecast above answers the other question.
The land, and who answers for it
who answers for it
Who answers for this land
Sherman Guard Station and Bunkhouse is in Wyoming’s at-large congressional district. Its representative, Harriet Hageman (R), votes on the laws that decide what happens to this land. Public-lands grade so far: F. See every public-lands vote →