Recreation Region: Ferron Recreation Region

Seely Creek Guard Station

Seely Creek Guard Station is located near the top of the Wasatch Plateau, approximately 16.3 miles southeast of Ephraim, UT. The cabin was built in 1908 and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The rustic cabin is situated in a beautiful wildflower-filled meadow, at an elevation of ~9920 feet. Seely Creek flows along the edge of the meadow. Wildlife and summer wildflowers are plentiful, and autumn leaves put on quite a show. Due to the guard station's high elevation, guests should be prepared for all types of weather, including snow or hail, especially after September.

Seely Creek Guard Station can accommodate a maximum of 30 people, including 24 camped outside in a maximum of six vehicles (truck and trailer combination counts as one vehicle). The guard station/cabin is spacious inside, with four single bunks without mattresses, a table and chairs, and a fireplace and woodstove for heating. Guests must bring their own linens, bedding and pillows. There is no water or electricity available, but does have solar lighting. A vault toilet is located approximately 50 feet behind the cabin and a campfire ring is set up outside the fenced area on the north side.

Guests enjoy year-round recreational activities, including hiking, mountain-biking, off-roading, snowmobiling and skiing. Cross-country skiing, back country skiing and snowshoeing are also popular activities. Horseback riding trails crisscross the area as well. A maximum of 20 horses is allowed at the guard station, though no horse facilities (corrals, hitching posts, etc.) are present. The surrounding meadow can be used for picketing or hobbling.

Nearby attractions include Skyline Drive, which runs along the top of the Wasatch Plateau for more than 60 miles, rewarding visitors with beautiful mountain scenery, glacial cirques, spruce-fir and aspen forests, and numerous lakes and reservoirs. John August Lake is also less than three miles from the guard station, with fishing and scenic high alpine views. Additionally, Pete's Hole and Soup Bowl are less than eight miles away, offering fishing hiking.

Current Conditions

Typically reservable end of June-October

General Information

End June - October

$50

Getting There

Latitude / Longitude

Latitude: 39.312183

Longitude: -111.429604

Directions

From the intersection of State Route 89 and Center Street in Ephraim, Utah, head east on Center Street for 0.4 miles. Head south at S 300 E (Ephraim Canyon Road) for ~1.1 miles. When the road splits, bear east on Ephraim Canyon Road/State Route 29 and continue on this road for approximately 14.2 miles. At Skyline Drive/Forest Road (FR) 0150, head south for 0.01 miles. Turn east/northeast at FR 2326 and follow the road for ~0.09 miles until it turns into FR 0050, the road for Seely Creek Guard Station (GS). This road dead-ends at the GS in ~0.26 miles.