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Duck Point
Drive-up · Bureau of Land Management · AK · 62.88739, -145.55070
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Ask about this camp →Bureau of Land Management lists this site. On most of their ground you can camp away from developed sites pretty much anywhere — so treat this as a known-good spot, not the only one allowed. The unit sets stay limits and how far off road and water you must be. What changes is conditions — roads, gates, closures, fire rules. Check those with the unit before you commit to the drive.
USGS topo — contours & terrain
Aerial — USGS / NAIP
Weather outlook — at Duck Point
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 2,704 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Duck PointNIFC · AirNow
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Active wildfires from NIFC (within ~50 mi); air quality from AirNow. Always confirm current fire restrictions with the managing office before you go.
Everything you need — measured from Duck Point · Bureau of Land Management · AK
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- DDump1 mi
- FFuel5 mi
- GGrocery5 mi
- PPropane25 mi
- @Mail41 mi
- +Urgent care54 mi
- HHardware54 mi
- LLaundry54 mi
- EVEV fast charger54 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: fuel & food sit about 5 mi out, the nearest EV fast charger is a 54-mi run (and back).
Not within 60 mi: Water. Plan those before you head up.
One dot per need — the nearest of each kind, straight-line from camp. Places from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors); the EV fast charger from the US DOE station locator. Open in Google Maps ↗
The site — Duck Point
Access
Drive-up
Land
Bureau of Land Management
Elevation
2,704 ft
State
AK
Coordinates
62.88739, -145.55070
Cost
Free · dispersed public land, no fee in any source
Nearby & resupply — around Duck Point · Bureau of Land Management · AK (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureGulkana River (river) · nearby
- Nearest townPaxson · ~10.2 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelFuel · ~5.1 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- Dump station~0.8 mi
- GroceriesStore · ~5.1 mi
EV charging — from Duck Point · Bureau of Land Management · AK — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger53.9 mi straight-line S — ReCharge Alaska - Subway, Glennallen, AK (at a parking lot) · Non-Networked · CCS, NACS (Tesla) · 2 fast ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-08-11 · hours: 24 hours daily · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reachnone within 25 mi · none within 50 · 2 within 100 · 6 within 150
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO110.2 mi — Jack River Properties Alaska, Cantwell
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)110.2 mi — Jack River Properties Alaska, Cantwell, AK · FLO · CHAdeMO, J1772, CCS · 1 Level 2 port listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: 24 hours daily
- Pricing at the fast charger$0.55/kWh (as listed by AFDC)
- Power (kW)not listed by AFDC — “DC fast” spans roughly 24 to 350 kW, so ask the network.
- Read this honestlyStraight-line miles, like every distance on this site. Roads run longer than this, and you have to get back. We know where a charger is listed. We don’t know if it works today, how fast it is, or the road miles. Check the network before you commit.
Snapshot 2026-09-16 · AFDC record 326096 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Duck Point · Bureau of Land Management · AK — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletPaxson Lake Campground Vault Toilet #1--In Parking Lot At Boat Ramp · ~0.8 mi E · BLM
- Vault / pit toiletPaxson Lake Campground Vault Toilet #2--First In First Loop · ~0.8 mi E · BLM
- Vault / pit toiletPaxson Lake Campground Vault Toilet #5--Second In Second Camping Loop · ~0.8 mi SE · BLM
- Vault / pit toiletPaxson Lake Campground Vault Toilet #3--Second In First Camping Loop · ~0.9 mi SE · BLM
Open Duck Point elsewhere
Other camps near Duck Point
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Porcupine Cove~0.2 mi
- Pebble Beach~0.6 mi
- Paxson Lake Campground (Richardson Highway MP 175)~0.9 mi · fee
- Gulkana Wild And Scenic River~3.8 mi
How we know this — Duck Point
Source
OpenStreetMap contributors
Confidence
Likely — The record is good enough to put a pin on, but thin in places. Treat the details as a starting point, not gospel.
How it was placed
no road or trail found nearby — check manually
EV chargers
US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center station locator, snapshot 2026-09-16. Straight-line miles to the nearest public, open, unrestricted station; restricted and planned units are shown but never counted.
Field check
On the agency's books. The land manager inventoried this site, so its existence is not in question — current conditions are. Nobody from here has camped it recently.
What we don’t know about Duck Point
A land record can put you within a few meters of a spot. It cannot tell you any of this — so check it yourself, and treat anything below as the open question it is.
- Road surface & last-mile access
- How many rigs actually fit
- Cell coverage by carrier
- Seasonal & winter access
- Current fire restrictions
- Whether any water here is drinkable
- Shade & wind exposure
- Noise and who else shows up
- Whether a listed EV charger works today, or the road miles to it
Before you go — Duck Point
Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Cold-weather camping →How to read this page →All field notes →
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