Agency-listedBLM Eastern Interior Field Office · dispersedFree
Summit Trail Shelter (White Mountains NRA)
Hike-in · public land · AK · 65.27237, -147.96858
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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 Summit Trail Shelter (White Mountains NRA)
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 2,298 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Summit Trail Shelter (White Mountains NRA)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 Summit Trail Shelter (White Mountains NRA) · public land · AK
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- FFuel20 mi
- GGrocery21 mi
- OOutfitter26 mi
- MMechanic28 mi
- LLaundry29 mi
- +Urgent care29 mi
- @Mail29 mi
- DDump29 mi
- HHardware30 mi
- EVEV fast charger30 mi
- ShShower30 mi
- AAir-up30 mi
- WWater31 mi
- RxPharmacy31 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is a real 31-mi drive, fuel & food sit about 20 mi out.
Not within 60 mi: 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 — Summit Trail Shelter (White Mountains NRA)
Access
Hike-in
Land
public land · dispersed
Elevation
2,298 ft
State
AK
Coordinates
65.27237, -147.96858
Cost
Free
Nearby & resupply — around Summit Trail Shelter (White Mountains NRA) · public land · AK (OpenStreetMap)
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelHilltop Truck Stop · ~19.5 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- Dump station~29.1 mi
- GroceriesNorth Country Mercantile · ~21.0 mi
- Hospital / clinicUAF Student Health and Counseling Center · ~28.9 mi
EV charging — from Summit Trail Shelter (White Mountains NRA) · public land · AK — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger29.9 mi straight-line S — Golden Valley Electric Fairbanks · FLO · CHAdeMO, CCS · 2 fast ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: 24 hours daily · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reachnone within 25 mi · 2 within 50 · 3 within 100 · 8 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)30.4 mi — Fairbanks, AK - Tesla Supercharger, Fairbanks
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)102.0 mi — Three Bears Healy (at a fuel reseller) · Non-Networked · CHAdeMO, J1772, CCS · 2 Level 2 ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2024-02-12 · hours: 24 hours daily
- Pricing at the fast chargernot listed
- 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 200475 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Summit Trail Shelter (White Mountains NRA) · public land · AK — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletSummit Trail Shelter Pit Outhouse · at this camp · BLM
- Vault / pit toiletEleazars Cabin Pit Outhouse · ~2.7 mi E · BLM
- Vault / pit toiletWickersham Creek Trail Shelter Pit Outhouse · ~3.5 mi E · BLM
- Vault / pit toiletLees Cabin Pit Outhouse · ~4.7 mi SE · BLM
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Other camps near Summit Trail Shelter (White Mountains NRA)
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Wickersham Creek Trail Shelter (White Mountains NRA)~3.5 mi
- Fossil Creek Trail~10.1 mi
- Free camp~10.6 mi
How we know this — Summit Trail Shelter (White Mountains NRA)
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/summit-trail-shelter (read 2026-08-17). Fees field reads "No fee" and the body says the shelter "is available for use on a first come-first served basis. It is not available for reservation and is free of charge." Rustic insulated shelter, NO woodstove, no running water, no electricity, no cell coverage. Eight trail miles from the Wickersham Dome Trailhead at Elliott Highway milepost 28. Designed for summer hikers; reachable in winter by snowshoe or ski. Not accessible to motorized use in any season. Nearest town/services per the page: Fairbanks; trailhead is Wickersham Dome, Elliott Hwy milepost 28. | 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 Summit Trail Shelter (White Mountains NRA)
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 — Summit Trail Shelter (White Mountains NRA)
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