Free and paid camping in Alaska

120 camps in Alaska: 82 free, 38 charge a fee. Every camp that charges is marked fee in the list below — or press Free only to hide them.

Every camp we have found on public land in Alaska, grouped by the unit that manages them — that is who sets the stay limit and the fire rules. See them on the map →

U.S. Forest Service26 camps

• Auk Village65 ft · fee
• Bertha Creek Cg768 ft · fee
• Black Bear Cg61 ft · fee
• Childs Glacier Rec Site, Cg, Is175 ft · fee
• Cooper Creek Cg, Th423 ft · fee
• Crescent Creek Cg503 ft · fee
• El Capitan Campground49 ft · fee
• Granite Creek Cg634 ft · fee
• Gut Bay Field Camp47 ft
• Meadow Creek Cg451 ft
• Mendenhall Lake65 ft · fee
• Porcupine Cg, Th125 ft · fee
• Porcupine Island Camp439 ft
• Primrose Cg, Th, Bl, Is442 ft · fee
• Ptarmigan Creek Cg, Th, Pa476 ft · fee
• Quartz Creek Cg, Bl448 ft · fee
• Russian River Cg, Th, Complex413 ft · fee
• Sawmill Creek Campground165 ft · fee
• Sawmill Creek Group Campground167 ft · fee
• Ship Creek Cg433 ft
• Spencer Glacier Group Cg148 ft · fee
• Starrigavan Campground53 ft · fee
• Tenderfoot Creek Cg, Bl1,314 ft · fee
• Three C'S80 ft · fee
• Trail River Cg, Gs466 ft · fee
• Williwaw Cg69 ft · fee

Tongass National Forest20 camps

• Anita Bay Overlook496 ft
• Falls Lake Camp47 ft
• George Islands44 ft
• Horseshoe Hole37 ft
• Kaats'Heeni Yanshuka82 ft
• Kunk Lake Camping Area274 ft
• Lake Number 342 ft
• Last Chance Campground174 ft · fee
• Long Lake679 ft
• Lower Salamander Creek166 ft
• Nemo Campsite313 ft
• North Beach Dispersed Camping Area57 ft
• Ohmer Creek Campground33 ft
• Staney Bridge51 ft
• Thoms Creek Crossing110 ft
• Three Sisters665 ft
• Turn Island Beach89 ft
• Upper Salamander Creek364 ft
• White Sulphur Springs Dispersed Camping Area
• Yunshookuh Loop389 ft

Bureau of Land Management19 camps

• Atigun Pass4,742 ft
• Beaver Creek Wild And Scenic River1,622 ft
• Birch Creek Wild And Scenic River2,063 ft
• Coal Mine Road/Jarvis Creek2,327 ft
• Dalton Highway1,771 ft
• Delta Wild And Scenic River3,257 ft
• Denali Highway3,514 ft
• Duck Point2,704 ft
• Fort Egbert National Historic Site1,031 ft
• Fortymile Wild And Scenic River2,530 ft
• Fossil Creek Trail1,352 ft
• Galbraith Lake Campground2,764 ft
• Gulkana Wild And Scenic River2,546 ft
• Iditarod National Historic Trail Recreation Management Area406 ft
• Pebble Beach2,824 ft
• Porcupine Cove2,624 ft
• Richardson Highway1,882 ft
• Steese National Conservation Area3,649 ft
• Unalakleet Wild And Scenic River18 ft

Other public land13 camps

• Dispersed camp #2 — Matanuska-Susitna Borough, AK2,596 ft
• Dispersed camp — Matanuska-Susitna Borough, AK2,573 ft
• Dispersed camp — Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, AK857 ft
• Free camp465 ft
• Free campground2,119 ft
• Juneau City and Borough64 ft · fee · notes
• Ketchikan Gateway Borough1,321 ft · notes
• Ketchikan Gateway Borough80 ft · fee · notes
• Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area18 ft · notes
• Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area379 ft · fee · notes
• Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area245 ft · fee · notes
• Skagway Municipality41 ft · notes
• Skagway Municipality32 ft · notes

Chugach National Forest13 camps

• Coure d'Alene Campground1,338 ft
• Power Creek Tr Shelter1,832 ft
• USFS dispersed camp #10 — Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK826 ft
• USFS dispersed camp #11 — Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK1,406 ft
• USFS dispersed camp #2 — Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK1,223 ft
• USFS dispersed camp #3 — Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK1,209 ft
• USFS dispersed camp #4 — Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK1,308 ft
• USFS dispersed camp #5 — Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK1,308 ft
• USFS dispersed camp #6 — Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK1,364 ft
• USFS dispersed camp #7 — Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK1,916 ft
• USFS dispersed camp #8 — Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK2,285 ft
• USFS dispersed camp #9 — Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK689 ft
• USFS dispersed camp — Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK1,103 ft

BLM Eastern Interior Field Office10 camps

• Cripple Creek Campground (Steese Highway MP 60)1,208 ft · fee
• Eagle Campground (Taylor Highway MP 160)961 ft · fee
• Mount Prindle Campground (Nome Creek Valley, White Mountains NRA)2,487 ft · fee
• North Fork Trail Shelter (Pinnell Mountain Trail)4,088 ft
• Ophir Creek Campground (Nome Creek Valley, White Mountains NRA)1,661 ft · fee
• Ptarmigan Creek Shelter Cabin (Pinnell Mountain Trail)4,395 ft
• Summit Trail Shelter (White Mountains NRA)2,298 ft
• Walker Fork Campground (Taylor Highway MP 82)1,751 ft · fee
• West Fork Campground (Taylor Highway MP 49)1,875 ft · fee
• Wickersham Creek Trail Shelter (White Mountains NRA)1,687 ft

USFS Tongass National Forest -- Ketchikan-Misty Fjords Ranger District5 camps

• Deer Mountain Shelter (Deer Mountain National Recreation Trail)2,755 ft
• Lake Shelokum Shelter (hot springs)360 ft
• McDonald Lake Shelter95 ft
• Nooya Lake Shelter (Misty Fjords National Monument)303 ft
• Punchbowl Lake Shelter (Misty Fjords National Monument)766 ft

USFS Tongass National Forest -- Wrangell Ranger District5 camps

• Kunk Lake Shelter (Etolin Island)306 ft
• Long Lake Shelter (Wrangell Island)460 ft
• North Wrangell High Country Shelter2,664 ft
• North Wrangell Pond Shelter2,122 ft
• Shoemaker Bay Overlook Shelter1,487 ft

BLM Central Yukon Field Office4 camps

• Arctic Circle Campground (Dalton Highway MP 115)1,314 ft · fee
• Five Mile Campground (Dalton Highway MP 60)442 ft
• Galbraith Lake Campground (Dalton Highway MP 275)2,779 ft
• Marion Creek Campground (Dalton Highway, near Coldfoot)1,115 ft · fee

BLM Glennallen Field Office3 camps

• Brushkana Creek Campground (Denali Highway MP 104.5)2,491 ft · fee
• Paxson Lake Campground (Richardson Highway MP 175)2,589 ft · fee
• Tangle Lakes Campground (Denali Highway MP 21.5)2,818 ft · fee

Elsewhere in Alaska2 camps

• Salmon Lake Campground (Nome-Kougarok Road)455 ft
• Twin Creek Shelter (Mitkof Island)1,134 ft