Hoback Guard Station

Overview

Water & Power are NOT GUARANTEED, Hoback Guard Station was built in 1935 by the CCC to be used as a working Ranger Station, and is considered eligible to the National Register of Historic Places.

Operator

National Forest

Camping types

Tent

Reservations

Reservable online

Amenities

Location

Nearby adventures

Outdoor things to do around Hoback Guard Station, shown on the map above. Distances are straight-line from the campground, so driving or walking will be longer; trail details are approximate. Confirm access and conditions with the land manager.

Hikes and trailheads

• Monument Ridge TrailheadTrailhead · 0.3 mi from camp

  The Monument Ridge Trailhead is right off Highway 189/191 just south of the Hoback Guard Station. Recreation.gov

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• Wyoming Range National Recreation TrailHike · 77.3 mi long · Long-distance trail · 10.6 mi from campShow on map
• Crystal Creek TrailHike · 6.0 mi long · 13.2 mi from campShow on map

Mountain biking

• Great Divide Mountain Bike RouteBike ride · 2,766.5 mi long · Long-distance trail · 20.4 mi from camp

  A long distance touring route from Banff, Alberta to Antelope Wells, New Mexico. OpenStreetMap

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Scenic sights

• Clark ButtePeak · 7,139 ft · 4.4 mi from campShow on map
• Game HillPeak · 7,927 ft · 4.7 mi from campShow on map
• Granite FallsWaterfall · 10.4 mi from campShow on map
• Upper FallsWaterfall · 16.7 mi from campShow on map
• Kelly Warm SpringsHot spring · 30.8 mi from campShow on map

Climbing and snow sports

• Snow King MountainSkiing and snowshoeing · 24.2 mi from camp

  Snow King Mountain is a summer and winter resort in the western United States, in Jackson, Wyoming. Wikipedia

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Trail and sight data: Recreation.gov and OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Text marked Wikipedia is from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0, lightly shortened.

Reviews

Data sources

• Recreation.gov (RIDB) — Public domain (U.S. Government work)

Listing details come from the sources above and may be out of date. Confirm fees, dates and closures with the operator before you travel.