Whitetail Cabin

in Custer Gallatin National Forest

The numbers that decide it

Longest rig
Not published
Sites
1
Electric hookups
Not published
Pull-through sites
No
Paved access
No
Accessible sites
Not published
Driveway grade
Not published
Bear boxes
Not published
Campfires
Not published
Shade
Yes
Group sites
Not published

Site-level detail from Recreation.gov, checked 2026-08-05. Where a field says “not published”, the agency has not published it — it does not mean zero. See it on Recreation.gov

Whitetail Cabin

.usa-accordion__button { width: auto /* 100%*/; float: right;} .my-container { display: flex; justify-content: space-between; }.child { padding: 5px; margin: 3px; } .right-align { margin-left: auto; } View this site on Recreation.gov Vea este sitio en Recreation.gov Whitetail Cabin is a registered historic site and was once used as a ranger station for the Whitetail Reserve in the early 1900’s. The cabin sleeps 4 and is furnished with a table, 4 chairs, and 2 bunk beds with mattresses. Electric cook stove, and refrigerator, wood stove for heat, and a few cooking and eating utensils are provided. No garbage service - pack it in, pack it out. The Forest Service does not provide cleaning services or garbage removal for this cabin. Cleaning and trash removal is each renters responsibility and your efforts are appreciated in keeping the cabin clean for the next user. There is also a wood burning stove and the Forest Service provides a limited supply of wood. Please let us know via the condition report when the wood supply is getting low. There is a round pen corral facility, two hitching rails, and approximately 5 acres of fenced area to contain packing and riding livestock. Supplemental packing and riding livestock feed must be certified weed free. Stock water available for use by livestock consumption only. Please contact the Ashland, MT District office to find out what the current water conditions are if you plan to rent Whitetail cabin and have your horses/mules/pack-goats/etc with you.

Before you go

Season

Yearlong

Reservations

Reservations accepted

Fees

$65/night with maximum stay of 4 nights

Make it a night on a better road

Byway plans the drive in — real stops, real weather, nothing invented.