Lower Windy Creek Ranger Cabin No. 15

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{{Infobox NRHP

| name = Lower Windy Creek Ranger Cabin No. 15

| nrhp_type =

| image = Lower Windy Shelter Cabin NPS.jpg

| caption = Lower Windy Creek Ranger Cabin

| location = East of Mile 324 on Alaska Railroad, Denali National Park & Preserve, Alaska

| coordinates = {{coord|63|26|23|N|148|53|9|W|display=inline,title,source:ProprioMeOW}}

| locmapin = Alaska

| architect =

| builder = National Park Service

| built = 1932

| architecture = Log cabins

| added = November 25, 1986

| area = less than one acre

| mpsub = {{NRHP url|id=64000001|title=Patrol Cabins, Mount McKinley National Park TR}}

| refnum = 86003229{{NRISref|version=2010a}}

}}

The Lower Windy Creek Ranger Cabin No. 15, also known as Lower Windy Creek Patrol Cabin and Lower Windy Shelter Cabin, is a historic backcountry shelter in the Denali National Park & Preserve, in Alaska. It is built out of peeled logs, sealed with oakum and concrete chinking. It has a medium-pitch gable roof of corrugated metal and shiplap. The site includes seven log shelters for dogs, located about {{convert|70|ft|m}} north of the cabin. The cabin is located about 500 feet east of Mile 324 on the Alaska Railroad.{{cite web|url={{NRHP url|id=86003229}} |title=(Lower) Windy Creek Ranger Cabin, No. 15 (continuation document of the Thematic Resources document) |author= |date= |publisher=National Park Service}} and {{NRHP url|id=86003229|title=accompanying photos|photos=y}}

It is a standard design by the National Park Service and was built in 1932.{{cite web|url=http://hscl.cr.nps.gov/insidenps/report.asp?STATE=AK&PARK=DENA&STRUCTURE=&SORT=&RECORDNO=11|access-date=May 10, 2017|work=List of Classified Structures|title=Lower Windy Shelter Cabin}} Shortly after its construction, a complex of separate log dog kennels,{{cite web|url=http://hscl.cr.nps.gov/insidenps/report.asp?STATE=AK&PARK=DENA&STRUCTURE=&SORT=&RECORDNO=12|access-date=May 10, 2017|work=List of Classified Structures|title=Lower Windy Shelter Cabin Dog Houses|publisher=National Park Service}} a log cache{{cite web|url=http://hscl.cr.nps.gov/insidenps/report.asp?STATE=AK&PARK=DENA&STRUCTURE=&SORT=&RECORDNO=14|access-date=May 10, 2017|work=List of Classified Structures|title=Lower Windy Shelter Storage Cabin|publisher=National Park Service}} and an outhouse{{cite web|url=http://hscl.cr.nps.gov/insidenps/report.asp?STATE=AK&PARK=DENA&STRUCTURE=&SORT=&RECORDNO=13|access-date=May 10, 2017|work=List of Classified Structures|title=Lower Windy Shelter Cabin Outhouse|publisher=National Park Service}} were added, also to a standard Park Service design.

The cabin was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.