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Nooya Lake Shelter (Misty Fjords National Monument)
Dispersed · public land · AK · 55.62448, -130.72309
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Can I go now? — Nooya Lake Shelter (Misty Fjords National Monument) · public land · AK
Open today Year-round per the agency record.
public land record: “Year Round” Read against the calendar on 2026-09-17; with JavaScript your browser re-checks it against today.
USGS topo — contours & terrain
Aerial — USGS / NAIP
Weather outlook — at Nooya Lake Shelter (Misty Fjords National Monument)
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 303 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Nooya Lake Shelter (Misty Fjords National Monument)NIFC · 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 Nooya Lake Shelter (Misty Fjords National Monument) · public land · AK
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- @Mail34 mi
- FFuel40 mi
- +Urgent care41 mi
- GGrocery41 mi
- WWater41 mi
- HHardware42 mi
- RxPharmacy42 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is a real 41-mi drive, fuel & food sit about 40 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 — Nooya Lake Shelter (Misty Fjords National Monument)
Access
Dispersed
Land
public land · dispersed
Elevation
303 ft
State
AK
Coordinates
55.62448, -130.72309
Cost
Free
Nearby & resupply — around Nooya Lake Shelter (Misty Fjords National Monument) · public land · AK (OpenStreetMap)
- Resupply lookup unavailable — try the map links below.
EV charging — from Nooya Lake Shelter (Misty Fjords National Monument) · public land · 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)47.7 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 Nooya Lake Shelter (Misty Fjords National Monument) · public land · AK — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletNooya Lake Shelter · at this camp · USFS
- RestroomPunchbowl Lake Shelter · ~6.8 mi S · USFS
- RestroomPunchbowl Cove Buoy · ~7.0 mi S · USFS
- RestroomWalker Cove Buoy · ~7.7 mi N · USFS
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How we know this — Nooya Lake Shelter (Misty Fjords National Monument)
Open season
Year Round
Stay limit
None published
Source
public land records
Confidence
Agency-confirmed — The managing agency's own record names this as a campsite and puts it at these coordinates. About as good as it gets short of standing here.
How it was placed
https://www.fs.usda.gov/r10/tongass/recreation/nooya-lake-shelter-site (read 2026-08-17). Fee field reads: "Free". Season: "Year Round". A three-sided shelter on the edge of Nooya Lake INSIDE THE MISTY FJORDS NATIONAL MONUMENT WILDERNESS. Reached only by boat or float plane, in the north arm of Rudyerd Bay off the east shore of Behm Canal. Two pit toilets. HONEST WARNING FROM THE AGENCY'S OWN PAGE: the shelter sits in the flight-seeing path of float planes, so expect heavy daytime aircraft traffic from May through August. No stay limit stated. Restrooms: Two pit toilets. Water: the page states plainly that potable water is not available at this site. Nearest town/access per the page: Ketchikan -- access by boat or float plane only, via Rudyerd Bay off Behm Canal. | auto:agency-trust 2026-08-18: state agency GIS record with a source URL and coordinates, confidence not low. Fee value is the agency's own, not field-checked. Not field-verified -- confirm access, road conditions and fire rules before you go.
Season
Read from the agency's own season / closure text in this record (data/conditions.py) and checked against the calendar. The words we read are printed under the verdict at the top of the page.
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 Nooya Lake Shelter (Misty Fjords National Monument)
A land record can put you within a few metres 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
- 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 — Nooya Lake Shelter (Misty Fjords National Monument)
Camping near a reservoir →Water on public land →Dumping grey & black →Reading your camp page →All field notes →
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