Agency-listedUSFS · dispersedFree
Highline Campsite
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · AK · 56.27483, -132.32782
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Ask about this camp →U.S. Forest Service 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 Highline Campsite
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 703 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Highline CampsiteNIFC · 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 Highline Campsite · Tongass National Forest · AK
▲ your camp. Rings are 15, 30 and 60 straight-line miles; bearings are approximate and roads run longer.
Nearest of each
- GGrocery14 mi
- HHardware14 mi
- +Urgent care14 mi
- RxPharmacy14 mi
- @Mail14 mi
- WWater26 mi
- FFuel33 mi
- LLaundry44 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is a real 26-mi drive, fuel & food sit about 14 mi out.
Not within 60 mi: Dump, Propane. 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 — Highline Campsite
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service · dispersed
Elevation
703 ft
State
AK
Coordinates
56.27483, -132.32782
Cost
Free · no fee, per the land manager's own page (apps.fs.usda.gov, read 2026-09-24)
Nearby & resupply — around Highline Campsite · Tongass National Forest · AK (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureStream · mapped within 1.6 mi
- Nearest townWrangell · ~13.7 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- Fuelnone within 30 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- GroceriesCity Market · ~13.6 mi
- Hospital / clinicWrangell Medical Center · ~13.1 mi
- Mapping is thin out hereAn empty row means nothing is mapped within that radius — not that nothing exists. Small stores, seasonal resorts and single fuel pumps out here often never make it onto the map. Treat these as unconfirmed and ask locally.
Nearby restrooms — around Highline Campsite · Tongass National Forest · AK — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletHighline · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletAnita Bay Overlook · ~0.9 mi NW · USFS
- RestroomNemo Saltwater Access · ~1.3 mi S · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletThree Sisters · ~1.4 mi NW · USFS
Coming out here — Highline Campsite · Tongass National Forest · AK
- Surface water mapped nearby: Stream. That is wash water at best, and nobody has checked it for you — a creek can be dry and a tank can be mud. Filter or boil anything you drink.
- Assume no services at all. Most dispersed camping in a national forest has none: no tap, no power, no dump, often no toilet. Everything you need, you bring.
- Power: Dave carries his own — batteries or solar. A generator will run your rig and it is also the thing everybody camped near you can hear.
- Getting online: Dave recommends Starlink. He has had it since SpaceX introduced it, used it for four years living on the road, and it delivers as promised — several hundred nights out, and he can count on one hand the places he could not connect. The cable on his unit runs 150 feet, which is usually all it takes to find enough sky. Starlink → Referral link — Starlink pays Dave $100 in cash if you sign up through it, and that money funds this site and the next trip. It costs you nothing and does not change the recommendation.
Open Highline Campsite elsewhere
Other camps near Highline Campsite
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Anita Bay Overlook~0.9 mi
- Three Sisters~1.4 mi
- Turn Island Beach~1.7 mi
- Yunshookuh Loop~2.0 mi
The unit that manages Highline Campsite
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Highline Campsite are set by Tongass National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
How we know this — Highline Campsite
Source
public land records
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
USFS Recreation Area Activities, activity 'Dispersed Camping', pulled 2026-09-19: https://www.fs.usda.gov/recarea/tongass/recarea/?recid=79179 | agency openstatus: none || REVIEW 2026-09-24 (nightshift-verified): The recid URL above now 301s to the forest's recreation landing page (a made-up recid does the same). Live page https://www.fs.usda.gov/r10/tongass/recreation/highline-campsite (read 2026-09-24): 'Two sites. Each site provides excellent view of Zimovia Strait and the Three Sisters range on Etolin Island. Both sites are fully accessible'; outhouse; fee 'none'; 3.3 mi down FR 6267. Page lat/lon 56.27482469,-132.32780515. APPROVED: COORDINATE CORRECTED from 56.276111,-132.316667 (0.7 km off) to the agency point 56.27483,-132.32782: EDW HIGHLINE is there and it is 0 m from MVUM road 50035, named 'HIGHLINE CAMPSITE'. Nearest published pin #11119 Anita Bay Overlook 1.5 km. Caveat: EDW types it PICNIC SITE; the agency names it a campsite, counts two sites, and the MVUM road carries the campsite name. | No fee 2026-09-24: "No fees are required for this site" Source: https://apps.fs.usda.gov/arcx/rest/services/EDW/EDW_RecInfraRecreationSites_02/MapServer/0/query?where=usda_portal_id='79179' -- statement verified on that page (lead coordinate before this review: 56.276111,-132.316667)
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 Highline Campsite
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 — Highline Campsite
Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Reading a forest MVUM →Off-grid communication →All field notes →