Eagles Nest Campground
- Right now
- Nobody has saidNo season, no closure, no bookings to read
- A night
- $8From, per site
The place
the agency’s own description · what’s there
In the agency’s own words
Eagle's Nest Campground is nestled in the forest above the scenic Balls Lake. The campground provides 12 camping sites, including ten drive-in sites and two walk-in locations along the lake side. One centrally located, two-stall outhouse is provided. Eagle's Nest is perfect for families traveling through Prince of Wales Island that want to stop and rest at a beautiful, well-cared for campground in the center of the Island. Eagle's Nest also offers an accessible Interpretive Trail that describes the salmon cycle in the stream, as well as longer hiking trail. Keep reading
Special Features: Eagle's Nest Campground offers something for all visitors. A boat launch on Balls Lake provides a launching point for campers with a canoe or kayak. Fish from boat or shore for trout and Dolly Varden. The Balls Lake Trail passes through the Campground, offering a 2.5 mile hike all the way around the lake. Swans, kingfisher, and ducks may be seen along with an array of riparian plants. The accessible Eagle's Nest Interpretive Trail (.5 miles one-way) provides a path through huge spruce trees, beside Control Creek, where salmon come to spawn.
Facilities
- Boat ramp
- Yes
Around the campground
- On the water
- Lake, Creek
Phone before you drive
recreation.gov publishes no availability for a campground you can’t reserve, so there’s no thirty-night reading to draw here. The season bar above is what the agency does publish.
Every line of the receipt · 5
What you actually pay
Derived by CAMPANAC: the lowest per-night amount the agency’s fee record states ($8), and no booking fee, because this campground takes no reservations. A weekend here means Friday and Saturday night. Optional charges (an extra vehicle, a second tent, a dump-station fee) are listed separately and aren’t in this total.
How we know this receipt · 5
record Aug 24, 2026 · How we know all this
Getting there
the map and the coordinate
Where it is
Control Lake CabinTongass National Forest · 1.0 mi
Eagles Nest CampgroundTongass National Forest · 1.6 mi
Honker Lake CabinTongass National Forest · 8.8 miLake No. 3 CampgroundTongass National Forest · 11 mi
Salmon Lake Cabin Thorne BayTongass National Forest · 11 mi
Black Bear Lake Cabin (Tongass National Forest, AK)Tongass National Forest · 12 miThe weather
the next four days · the thirty-year normal
Next four days, and the thirty-year normal
Forecast
NWS forecast for Thorne Bay, AK
Typical weather
Typical October night 40°F, day 52°F.
Coldest month of the year: typical February night 30°F, below freezing. Bring a bag rated colder than that, and expect ice in the water bottle.
Daily high and lowDays with 0.10 in or more
A normal is the 1991-2020 average for the month, not a forecast: about half of all Augusts are colder than the August line. The seven-day forecast above answers the other question.
The land, and who answers for it
what threatens it · who answers for it
What threatens this place
You’re camping on ground somebody wants. We track the threats and the comment deadlines.
Who answers for this land
Eagles Nest Campground is in Alaska’s at-large congressional district. Its representative, Nick Begich (R), votes on the laws that decide what happens to this land. Public-lands grade so far: F. See every public-lands vote →