Post Creek Guard Station puts you in a 1934 Civilian Conservation Corps cabin on a ridgeline above Beegum Gorge, with mountain views and genuine solitude. The catch: no electricity, no heat, and gravel forest roads to get there. It's camping for people who want four walls and a real bed but don't mind hauling in their own water and firing up a camp stove.
Campground Details
- ⛺Type
- Developed
- 💵Fee per Night
- $75
- 📋Reservations
- Reservation Required
- 📍GPS
- 40.23333, -122.91694
- 🌤️Best Seasons
- spring, fall
- 🐾Pets Allowed
- No
- 📞Phone
- (530) 623-2121
- 🗺️Address
- CA
The Cabin
The 19x30 two-room cabin sleeps four comfortably (six if you're willing to put sleeping bags on the floor). The kitchen comes stocked with pots, pans, dishes, and utensils, plus a table and chairs. The living area has two barrel chairs and a coffee table. Sleeping arrangements include a queen bed, twin bed, and futon. There's a flushing toilet and water for dishes, but you'll need to bring your own drinking water.
Outside, you get a fire pit and picnic table. The cabin has no electricity, heat, stove, or refrigerator, so pack a camp stove with fuel and all your linens — sheets, blankets, pillows, the works. Portable stoves using gas, jellied petroleum, or pressurized liquid fuel are allowed outside with a valid California Campfire Permit.
The Setting
The guard station sits on a ridgeline in the Hayfork area, with views of nearby mountains and forest. Beegum Creek runs just north of the cabin, and the Yolla Bolly Mountains rise to the south in the Yolla Bolly-Middle Eel Wilderness. On hot days, there's a swimming hole at Post Creek, a quarter-mile walk from the cabin.
This is eligible-for-the-National-Register historic, built as a wildfire lookout when the CCC was putting crews to work across the West. The peace and quiet are genuine — you'll drive gravel forest roads to get here, depending on your chosen route.
Nearby
The Yolla Bolly-Middle Eel Wilderness offers hiking trails and mountain lakes if you want to venture beyond the cabin's ridgeline perch. Beegum Creek provides another option for cold-water relief when the forest heats up.