Free camping in Alaska

61 free and low-cost camps 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 →

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
• 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

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

Other public land5 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

U.S. Forest Service4 camps

• Gut Bay Field Camp47 ft
• Meadow Creek Cg451 ft
• Porcupine Island Camp439 ft
• Ship Creek Cg433 ft