Wild Basin Ranger Station

Boulder County, United States

Open to visitors

The interior is normally open, possibly ticketed.

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The Wild Basin Ranger Station stands in the southeastern portion of Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado, a log structure built in 1932 that exemplifies National Park Service rustic architecture. Designed by the National Park Service Branch of Plans and Design, the building features a steeply pitched gable roof with wood shingles, supported on a concrete foundation. A front porch, formed by the overhanging roof section, is braced by corbeled logs at each end. The modest interior comprises three rooms serving administrative and residential functions. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988, the station represents the park service's distinctive early twentieth-century approach to backcountry facilities, designed to harmonize with the natural landscape.