Camping near
Ketchikan, Alaska
15 federal places to camp within 30 miles of Ketchikan in Ketchikan Gateway County: 15 Forest Service.
- 15
- federal places to camp
- 15 Forest Service
- 3.7 mi
- to the nearest one
- S'igeidí Aas Hídi Cabin
- 192 ft
- at the highest of them
- Last Chance Campground. The lowest, Signal Creek Campground, sits at 87 ft
- 54
- campsites you can book ahead
- On Recreation.gov. The longest rig any of them takes is 45 feet
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Within 30 miles of Ketchikan, nearest first
15 places
- S'igeidí Aas Hídi Cabin cabin or lookout Forest Service · Tongass National Forest · Ketchikan Gateway County 3.7 miaway 76 ftelevation 1site n/alongest rig ReserveRecreation.gov
- Signal Creek Campground Forest Service · Tongass National Forest · Ketchikan Gateway County 3.7 miaway 87 ftelevation 23sites 45 ftlongest rig ReserveRecreation.gov
- Last Chance Campground Forest Service · Tongass National Forest · Ketchikan Gateway County 5.2 miaway 192 ftelevation 18sites 45 ftlongest rig ReserveRecreation.gov
- Phocena Bay Cabin cabin or lookout Forest Service · Tongass National Forest · Ketchikan Gateway County 13.5 miaway 30 ftelevation 1site n/alongest rig ReserveRecreation.gov
- Southeast Heckman Cabin cabin or lookout Forest Service · Tongass National Forest · Ketchikan Gateway County 16.1 miaway 165 ftelevation 1site n/alongest rig ReserveRecreation.gov
- Heckman Lake Cabin cabin or lookout Forest Service · Tongass National Forest · Ketchikan Gateway County 16.6 miaway 155 ftelevation 1site n/alongest rig ReserveRecreation.gov
- Jordan Lake Cabin cabin or lookout Forest Service · Tongass National Forest · Ketchikan Gateway County 17.2 miaway 113 ftelevation 1site n/alongest rig ReserveRecreation.gov
- Fish Creek Cabin cabin or lookout Forest Service · Tongass National Forest · Ketchikan Gateway County 18.9 miaway 47 ftelevation 1site n/alongest rig ReserveRecreation.gov
- Patching Lake Cabin cabin or lookout Forest Service · Tongass National Forest · Ketchikan Gateway County 19.5 miaway 330 ftelevation 1site n/alongest rig ReserveRecreation.gov
- Trollers Cove Cabin cabin or lookout Forest Service · Tongass National Forest · Prince of Wales-Hyder County 20.5 miaway 90 ftelevation 1site n/alongest rig ReserveRecreation.gov
- Helm Bay Cabin cabin or lookout Forest Service · Tongass National Forest · Ketchikan Gateway County 22.2 miaway 40 ftelevation 1site n/alongest rig ReserveRecreation.gov
- Alava Bay Cabin cabin or lookout Forest Service · Tongass National Forest · Ketchikan Gateway County 22.4 miaway 32 ftelevation 1site n/alongest rig ReserveRecreation.gov
- Helm Creek Cabin cabin or lookout Forest Service · Tongass National Forest · Ketchikan Gateway County 23.6 miaway n/aelevation 1site n/alongest rig ReserveRecreation.gov
- Ella Narrows Cabin cabin or lookout Forest Service · Tongass National Forest · Ketchikan Gateway County 24.5 miaway 313 ftelevation 1site n/alongest rig ReserveRecreation.gov
- Manzanita Lake Cabin cabin or lookout Forest Service · Tongass National Forest · Ketchikan Gateway County 27.5 miaway 276 ftelevation 1site n/alongest rig ReserveRecreation.gov
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