Strawberry Cabin
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- May–Sep
- best months
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Agency alerts are in effect for this area; weather is good · USFS, OpenWeather · checked 11 h ago
Is Strawberry Cabin open right now?
No closures listed
The Forest Service lists no closures for Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest.
As of · Source: USFS · Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest. Agencies don't list every closure — check before you go.
- 1 site for cabin campingReservable on Recreation.gov
- At 6,106 ft
- Near HelenaHelena Ranger District · Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest
Explore a magnificent recreation and wildlife resource at the doorstep of Montana's Capital City. From prairie to alpine, mayflies to mountain goats, and scenic driving to expert climbing routes -- the Elkhorns you will discover a diverse landscape! Built in 1941, Strawberry Cabin lies at the top of Strawberry Butte (6,100 feet) in the heart of the Elkhorn Mountains. The combination of lookout and log cabin are typical of this period. The cabin is an excellent example of a C-46 one room cabin plan, which was designed by William Fox. This cabin style is one of the standard building plans used for housing personnel working at intermediate stations and at lookouts. The C-46 design offers distinctive characteristics of ventral saddle notches and log ends finished in "chopper cut" style, which symbolizes rustic Forest Service log architecture of the second half of the 1930 and early 1940s.
Local outfitters
- MTBCity12 mi away
Not on Roamze yet. Their page has how to reach them.
- Evening RockRock climbing1.9 mi
- Willard CreekHiking2.6 mi
- Tizer/Montgomery Park Gfa - Four-Way Jct CuaCamping2.7 mi
- Casey MeadowsHiking3 mi
- Mcclellan CreekHiking3.1 mi
- Prickly Pear CreekCanoeing4 mi
- Right RockRock climbing5.3 mi
- Sheep MountainRock climbing5.6 mi
Source: Roamze catalog (indexable pages within 10 miles, PostGIS distance)
- Crystal Creek Rd 4017 002Camping · ~4 min drive
- Crystal Creek Rd 4017 001Camping · ~4 min drive
- Crystal Creek Rd 4017 001cCamping · ~4 min drive
- Crystal Creek Rd 4017 001dCamping · ~4 min drive
- Crystal Creek Rd 4017 001gCamping · ~5 min drive
- Tizer/Montgomery Park Gfa - Four-Way Jct CuaCamping · ~5 min drive
- Mcclellan Creek Rd 294 008aCamping · ~5 min drive
- Mcclellan Creek Rd 294 008bCamping · ~5 min drive
- Alahambra RV parkCamping · ~6 min drive
- Crystal Creek Rd 4017 004Camping · ~8 min drive
Best time to visit Strawberry Cabin
Best months: May–September. Best months have typical highs of 55–85 °F, lows of 30 °F or warmer (32 °F where the station doesn't record snow), at most one snowy day and no more than 12 wet days.
Jan
35° / 10°
Feb
36° / 11°
Mar
46° / 18°
Apr
54° / 25°
May
62° / 33°
Jun
71° / 39°
Jul
81° / 44°
Aug
82° / 43°
Sep
71° / 35°
Oct
56° / 26°
Nov
43° / 19°
Dec
33° / 10°
Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Tizer Gardens, MT, 8.7 mi away at 4,672 ft. The station sits about 1,400 ft lower than this place, so expect it a little cooler here. This station doesn't record snowfall. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.
Strawberry Cabin
1 site for cabin camping
