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Lower Salamander Creek
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · AK · 56.33964, -132.20144
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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 Lower Salamander Creek
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 166 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Lower Salamander CreekNIFC · 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 Lower Salamander Creek · Tongass National Forest · AK
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- GGrocery11 mi
- HHardware11 mi
- RxPharmacy12 mi
- +Urgent care12 mi
- @Mail12 mi
- WWater26 mi
- FFuel39 mi
- LLaundry44 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is a real 26-mi drive, fuel & food sit about 11 mi out, no EV fast charger is listed within 150 mi.
Not within 60 mi: Dump, Propane. Plan those before you head up.
EV fast charger: none listed within 150 straight-line mi (US DOE data). Charge before the turn-off.
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 — Lower Salamander Creek
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
166 ft
State
AK
Coordinates
56.33964, -132.20144
Cost
Free
Nearby & resupply — around Lower Salamander Creek · Tongass National Forest · AK (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureSalamander Creek (stream) · nearby
- Nearest townWrangell · ~11.4 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- Fuelnone within 30 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- GroceriesCity Market · ~11.3 mi
- Hospital / clinicWrangell Medical Center · ~10.8 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.
EV charging — from Lower Salamander Creek · Tongass National Forest · AK — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast chargerNone listed within 150 straight-line miles. Plan the charge before the turn-off.
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)88.2 mi — ELECTRIC BUS MPL ELEC BUSS, Metlakatla, AK · ChargePoint Network · J1772 · 2 Level 2 ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: 24 hours daily
- 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 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Lower Salamander Creek · Tongass National Forest · AK — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletLower Salamander Creek · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletUpper Salamander Creek · ~2.6 mi S · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletEarl West Cove · ~2.7 mi E · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletMiddle Ridge · ~3.1 mi W · USFS
Open Lower Salamander Creek elsewhere
Other camps near Lower Salamander Creek
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Upper Salamander Creek~2.6 mi
- Long Lake~5.2 mi
- Long Lake Shelter (Wrangell Island)~5.7 mi
- Nemo Campsite~5.8 mi
The unit that manages Lower Salamander Creek
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Lower Salamander Creek are set by Tongass National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
How we know this — Lower Salamander Creek
Source
U.S. Forest Service recreation data
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
Free but developed (not dispersed) - review
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 Lower Salamander Creek
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 — Lower Salamander Creek
Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Reading a forest MVUM →Leave no trace →All field notes →
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