Agency-listedBLM Anchorage Field Office (Nome Field Station)Free
Salmon Lake Campground (Nome-Kougarok Road)
Drive-up · public land · AK · 64.91644, -164.96111
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Ask about this camp →The land manager lists this site. Someone from the agency inventoried it, so it is a real camp — not a spot we guessed at. 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 Salmon Lake Campground (Nome-Kougarok Road)
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 455 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Salmon Lake Campground (Nome-Kougarok Road)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 Salmon Lake Campground (Nome-Kougarok Road) · public land · AK
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- FFuel31 mi
- GGrocery31 mi
- MMechanic32 mi
- @Mail32 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: fuel & food sit about 31 mi out, no EV fast charger is listed within 150 mi.
Not within 60 mi: Water, 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 — Salmon Lake Campground (Nome-Kougarok Road)
Access
Drive-up
Land
public land
Elevation
455 ft
State
AK
Coordinates
64.91644, -164.96111
Cost
Free
Nearby & resupply — around Salmon Lake Campground (Nome-Kougarok Road) · public land · AK (OpenStreetMap)
- Resupply lookup unavailable — try the map links below.
EV charging — from Salmon Lake Campground (Nome-Kougarok Road) · 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)none listed within 150 mi
- Also listed, not counted aboveNACS-only Level 2 — Tapraq Rock, Stebbins, 125.6 mi · NACS (Tesla) · hours: 24 hours daily · AFDC lists it “Free”
- 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 Salmon Lake Campground (Nome-Kougarok Road) · public land · AK — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletSalmon Lake Campground Vault Toilet · at this camp · BLM
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How we know this — Salmon Lake Campground (Nome-Kougarok Road)
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.blm.gov/visit/salmon-lake-campground (read 2026-08-17). Fees field reads exactly: "No fee". Six campsites with picnic tables and an unimproved boat launch on a nine-acre site. IMPORTANT CURRENT NOTICE on the page: the restroom building is CLOSED and trash receptacles are NOT being serviced -- visitors must plan their own sanitation and pack out all waste. Reached by a one-mile gravel road off the Nome-Kougarok Highway at milepost 38. No stay limit stated. Nearest town/services per the page: Nome, about 40 road miles south. | 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.
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 Salmon Lake Campground (Nome-Kougarok Road)
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
- 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 — Salmon Lake Campground (Nome-Kougarok Road)
Camping near a reservoir →Water on public land →Dumping grey & black →Off-grid communication →All field notes →
Been here? Tell us what changed. This page is built from public records, so the fastest way it gets better is somebody who has actually pulled in. Road washed out, site gone, gate locked, or it is exactly as described — all of it useful. Send a report →