ranger station

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A ranger station is a building complex typically including a dwelling and outbuildings which support a ranger or other guardian of a wilderness or national forest area.

For example, the Cold Meadows Guard Station in Idaho County, Idaho, United States, is a complex of six buildings and structures in the Payette National Forest.{{cite web|url={{NRHP url|id=94001017 }}|title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Cold Meadows Guard Station |publisher=National Park Service|author=John Elliott |author2=Donna Hartmans |date=March 1994 |accessdate=September 19, 2017}} With {{NRHP url|id=94001017 |photos=y|title=eight photos from 1991}}.