Camping in
Ketchikan Gateway County, Alaska
27 federal places to camp in Ketchikan Gateway County: 27 Forest Service.
- 27
- federal places to camp
- 27 Forest Service
- 27
- take reservations
- On Recreation.gov. The rest are first come, first served, or not listed there
- 192 ft
- at the highest of them
- Last Chance Campground. The lowest, Signal Creek Campground, sits at 87 ft
- 66
- campsites you can book ahead
- On Recreation.gov. The longest rig any of them takes is 45 feet
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Every federal campground in Ketchikan Gateway County
27 places
- Alava Bay Cabin cabin or lookout Forest Service · Tongass National Forest 32 ftelevation 1site n/alongest rig ReserveRecreation.gov
- Anchor Pass Cabin cabin or lookout Forest Service · Tongass National Forest 33 ftelevation 1site n/alongest rig ReserveRecreation.gov
- Bakewell Lake Cabin cabin or lookout Forest Service · Tongass National Forest 178 ftelevation 1site n/alongest rig ReserveRecreation.gov
- Blind Pass Cabin cabin or lookout Forest Service · Tongass National Forest 30 ftelevation 1site n/alongest rig ReserveRecreation.gov
- Checats Lake Cabin cabin or lookout Forest Service · Tongass National Forest 737 ftelevation 1site n/alongest rig ReserveRecreation.gov
- Ella Narrows Cabin cabin or lookout Forest Service · Tongass National Forest 313 ftelevation 1site n/alongest rig ReserveRecreation.gov
- Fish Creek Cabin cabin or lookout Forest Service · Tongass National Forest 47 ftelevation 1site n/alongest rig ReserveRecreation.gov
- Heckman Lake Cabin cabin or lookout Forest Service · Tongass National Forest 155 ftelevation 1site n/alongest rig ReserveRecreation.gov
- Helm Bay Cabin cabin or lookout Forest Service · Tongass National Forest 40 ftelevation 1site n/alongest rig ReserveRecreation.gov
- Helm Creek Cabin cabin or lookout Forest Service · Tongass National Forest n/aelevation 1site n/alongest rig ReserveRecreation.gov
- Hugh Smith Lake Cabin cabin or lookout Forest Service · Tongass National Forest 43 ftelevation 1site n/alongest rig ReserveRecreation.gov
- Humpback Lake Cabin cabin or lookout Forest Service · Tongass National Forest 338 ftelevation 1site n/alongest rig ReserveRecreation.gov
- Jordan Lake Cabin cabin or lookout Forest Service · Tongass National Forest 113 ftelevation 1site n/alongest rig ReserveRecreation.gov
- Last Chance Campground Forest Service · Tongass National Forest 192 ftelevation 18sites 45 ftlongest rig ReserveRecreation.gov
- Manzanita Lake Cabin cabin or lookout Forest Service · Tongass National Forest 276 ftelevation 1site n/alongest rig ReserveRecreation.gov
- Mcdonald Lake Cabin cabin or lookout Forest Service · Tongass National Forest 96 ftelevation 1site n/alongest rig ReserveRecreation.gov
- Patching Lake Cabin cabin or lookout Forest Service · Tongass National Forest 330 ftelevation 1site n/alongest rig ReserveRecreation.gov
- Phocena Bay Cabin cabin or lookout Forest Service · Tongass National Forest 30 ftelevation 1site n/alongest rig ReserveRecreation.gov
- Plenty Cutthroat Cabin cabin or lookout Forest Service · Tongass National Forest 221 ftelevation 1site n/alongest rig ReserveRecreation.gov
- Reflection Lake Cabin cabin or lookout Forest Service · Tongass National Forest 331 ftelevation 1site n/alongest rig ReserveRecreation.gov
- S'igeidí Aas Hídi Cabin cabin or lookout Forest Service · Tongass National Forest 76 ftelevation 1site n/alongest rig ReserveRecreation.gov
- Signal Creek Campground Forest Service · Tongass National Forest 87 ftelevation 23sites 45 ftlongest rig ReserveRecreation.gov
- Southeast Heckman Cabin cabin or lookout Forest Service · Tongass National Forest 165 ftelevation 1site n/alongest rig ReserveRecreation.gov
- Wilson Narrows Cabin cabin or lookout Forest Service · Tongass National Forest 283 ftelevation 1site n/alongest rig ReserveRecreation.gov
- Wilson View Cabin cabin or lookout Forest Service · Tongass National Forest 295 ftelevation 1site n/alongest rig ReserveRecreation.gov
- Winstanley Island Cabin cabin or lookout Forest Service · Tongass National Forest 64 ftelevation 1site n/alongest rig ReserveRecreation.gov
- Winstanley Lake Cabin cabin or lookout Forest Service · Tongass National Forest 419 ftelevation 1site n/alongest rig ReserveRecreation.gov
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