Yellowjacket Guard Station in ID -- Campground & RV Camping

Yellowjacket Guard Station is a historic 1925 Forest Service structure located in the Yellowjacket Mountains near Beagle Creek within the Salmon-Challis National Forest. The station sleeps up to three guests with one full bed and one single bed across two bedrooms. Indoor facilities include a living room with a couch, table, and wood stove, plus a kitchen equipped with propane lighting, a propane range, oven, and refrigerator. Running water is not available, and an outhouse is located up a hill outside. A front porch overlooks surrounding meadows and conifer forests.

Getting there: From Salmon, Idaho, take Highway 93 south 5 miles, to a right turn at Shoup Bridge onto Forest Road 021 and travel 44.5 miles to Cobalt Work Center facility on Panther Creek Road 055. Continue 8 miles south on Panther Creek Road, where you will come to Porphury Creek turnoff to the right, heading west. Continue approximately 11 miles along Porphury Creek Road/Forest Road 112 to Yellowjacket Guard Station. From Challis, Idaho, take Highway 93 north 8 miles, to a left turn on Morgan Creek Rd. Travel 6 miles and take a slight right onto Forest Road 055/ Morgan Creek Rd. Continue 26.7 miles and take a left on Porphury Creek/ Forest Road 112. Continue approximately 11 miles along Porphury Creek Road/Forest Road 112 to Yellowjacket Guard Station.

• Moderately separated here.
• Beagle Creek runs 0.1 mi off.
• Red Rock Peak stands 2,031 ft above the map pin, 2.7 miles east.
• Cabins and shelters rather than pads.

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