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U.S. Forest Service · Chugach National Forest · AK

Russian River

ReservableOut of season, no booking; December 1 opens June 1.

Book on recreation.govWe make nothing when you book

Right now: Listed not openA database flag with no reason and no date
A night: $23–$33Across the site types the agency prices
Sites: 83All of them booked ahead

Photos · U.S. Forest Service

100 ftLongest rig

410 ftElevation

539 ftWater · Russian RiverOcean · 29.8 mi · to the Pacific Ocean

21 miE of Sterling, AK

34%Tree cover

The place

the agency’s own description · what’s there · 13 notices

In the agency’s own words

Russian River Campground is perched between the Russian and Kenai Rivers in south-central Alaska. It lies within driving distance of two main population centers, 110 miles south of Anchorage and 40 miles east of Soldotna, surrounded by the Chugach National Forest and the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge. Each year, this area is visited by over 100,000 people who recreate at the Russian River Campground, Ferry Access Site, Sportsman's Boat Launch, Russian Lakes Trail and K'beq Site. Hiking, biking and fishing are popular pastimes. Keep reading

Recreation

The Russian River is the most popular sockeye salmon stream in Alaska and a top-rated spot for rainbow trout. Retention of sockeye salmon is legal from June 11th to August 20th. Silver salmon can be retained from July 1st to September 30th. Trout can be retained from June 11th through April 30th. Anglers are required to have a State of Alaska Fishing license and obey all regulations and emergency orders. Kenai Peninsula is also a hiker's paradise, boasting hundreds of miles of maintained trails. The following two trails are accessible from the campground. The Russian Lakes Trail begins in the campground, and is the most popular trail on the Chugach National Forest. Most hikers travel only 2.3 miles to Russian River Falls where a viewing platform allows views of leaping salmon. More ambitious hikers and backpackers can travel another 19 miles past two lakes to the Upper Trailhead on Snug Harbor Rd. Along the trail, three public use cabins can be reserved; Barber Cabin, Aspen Flats Cabin and Upper Russian Lake Cabin. The Angler's Trail also begins in the Russian River Campground and travels 1.25 miles from the Russian River Canyon to the Kenai-Russian River Confluence. Along the way, 22 sustainable river access points allow anglers to enter the Russian River. At the confluence, hardy anglers can cross the Russian River (hip-waders recommended) and continue along the Kenai River, where another 15 access points are located. Staircases lead to this trail from campground loops as well as day use parking lots.

Facilities

The campground consists of 83 campsites and 130 day-use parking spaces. The campground is open with full service from May through September with 24-hour operation at the "contact station." Compliance with all campground rules and regulations is necessary to insure a safe experience for everyone. Water, vault toilets, tables, fire pits and dumpsters are available, as well as paved roads and parking spurs.

Natural Features

The campground sits at an elevation of 400 feet on the Eastern Kenai Peninsula in the Chugach National Forest. The forest, spanning more than 5 million acres, is comprised of jagged mountains, deep fjords and glacier-fed rivers. Contact Info For local information, please call (907) 522-8368 or call (907) 288-3178 for general information.

Nearby Attractions

Resurrection Pass Trail: This trail climbs from 500 to 2,600 feet over 38 miles. It connects the towns Hope and Cooper Landing via a historic route. Russian River Ferry: The ferry transports anglers across the Kenai River. Sportsman's Boat Launch: The boat launch provides boat access to the Kenai River. K'beq Interpretive Site: At this site, tribal members share traditions, stories and culture with visitors through interpretive walks featuring archeological sites, traditional plant use, informational signs, and artifacts. The gift shop features Native art.

Source: Recreation.gov data (RIDB), full extract · Aug 23, 2026

What the agency tells you

Rule

Bears can be anywhere at any time- in or near the river, campground, or on the trails and boardwalks.

Rule

All attractants and equipment used to cook and store food must be acceptably stored in a bear-resistant container, or enclosed in a hard-sided camper or in your vehicle.

Rule

Pets must be leashed.

Everything else this campground posts · 10

Rule

On the river, all personal items such as backpacks must be within 3 feet of you (preferably on you).

Rule

Stringers of fish must be kept within 12 feet of you.

Rule

Stay on trails and make noise to prevent surprise encounters.

Rule

Do not run from bears. Running could trigger a pursuit.

Rule

Stay in a group and keep children close.

Rule

If a bear approaches you while reeling in a fish, cut the line. Do not let a bear get a fish while hooked to your rod.

Rule

Carry accessible bear spray and be prepared to use it.

Rule

Discharging a firearm is prohibited except in defense of life or property. No warning shots. No hunting.

Rule

Click here for more information on Chugach National Forest

Rule

Don't Move Firewood: Prevent the spread of tree-killing pests by purchasing firewood near your destination and burning it on-site. For more information visit dontmovefirewood.org.

Read them on the agency’s own page →

Source: recreation.gov facility notices, quoted verbatim · Sep 9, 2026

Tents and rigs

Sites: 83
Hookups: None
Longest rig: 100 ft
Paved pads: All
Accessible sites: None listed
Shade: Every site

Source: Recreation.gov campsite records · Aug 23, 2026

Facilities

Toilets: Vault Toilets; “…a safe experience for everyone. Water, vault toilets, tables, fire pits and dumpsters are available, as…”
Boat ramp: Yes

Source: Stated in the agency description · Aug 23, 2026

Water, toilets and showers: read from the agency description, shown above · Sep 12, 2026

Around the campground

On the water: Lake, River, Creek; Biking; Fishing; Hiking
Night sky · 224th darkest of 280 in AK: Bortle 2

Source: Recreation.gov activity records · Aug 23, 2026

Night sky: VIIRS Day/Night Band annual cloud-free composite, VNL V2 2024 (Earth Observation Group, Colorado School of Mines), read at the published coordinate · Sep 8, 2026

No reading yet, book on recreation.gov

Every site here is reservable, and the record lists none held back for anyone who drives up.

No availability snapshot inside the last 36 hours, so this page draws nothing rather than ageing a reading into fiction.

Booking windowOut of seasonOut of season, no booking. On December 1, 2026 at 10 AM ET, availability opens through June 1, 2027.recreation.gov Add to calendar (.ics)

Max stay3 nightsthe facility record

A night$23–$33plus $8 to reserve, once per bookingthe agency’s rate schedule

A weekend$54–$74DerivedFriday and Saturday, everything includedours, from the lines above

If plans change$10 to cancel$10 to change a reservationrecreation.gov’s schedule

Runs itAlaska Recreational Management, Inc.A private concessionaire under permit from U.S. Forest Servicethe operator link

Watch for a cancellation

Full? Watch it.

One email when a night opens, plus More Than Just Parks dispatches. Unsubscribe any time.

We read recreation.gov once an hour, at 40 minutes past, and write the first time a site in your window is free for the nights you asked for.

Scanners that check every few minutes exist, and most of them charge. This one is free, it reads the same calendar, and it won’t always be first.

Free forever, no booking kickbacks.

Tell me when the season opens

Watch for the season to open

One email when the season goes on sale, plus More Than Just Parks dispatches. Unsubscribe any time.

We check once an hour, at 40 minutes past, and write the first time the agency has that season on sale.

Scanners that check every few minutes exist, and most of them charge. This one is free, it reads the same calendar, and it won’t always be first.

Free forever, no booking kickbacks.

Book on recreation.gov

We make nothing when you book. The link goes straight to the government.

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What you actually pay

The sign priceU.S. Forest Service

A night, per site$23–$33

RV Nonelectric- Other$23

Standard Nonelectric$23

RV Nonelectric$33

Standard Nonelectric- Double Site$33

These are next season’s rates, Jun 1, 2027 to Sep 12, 2027. The campground is between seasons now.

The booking feerecreation.gov

Reservation fee, booked online$8

One fee per reservation, however many nights you book, and it’s non-refundable. $9 if you book by phone, $3 in person.

Pass discounts only apply to the recreation (or use) fee for the facility. Other charges such as electricity or water hookups, reservation or other fees are not eligible for a discount.

What a stay costs

One nightDerived$31–$41

A weekend, Friday and SaturdayDerived$54–$74

Derived by CAMPANAC: the agency’s published rates for this season, $23–$33 a night, plus one $8 recreation.gov reservation fee for the booking. A weekend here means Friday and Saturday night, booked once. Optional charges (an extra vehicle, a second tent, a dump-station fee) are listed separately and aren’t in this total.

If your plans changerecreation.gov

Change fee, moving to dates outside your booking$10

Cancellation fee$10

Cancelling the day before, or the day of$10 + your first night

No-show$20 + your first night

Who keeps the booking fee

The agency’s own policy text says the reservation fee and the cancellation processing fee are “retained by the reservation service contractor”, and that a campground concessionaire will decline to refund them because “they did not receive these fees”. Recreation.gov is run under contract by Booz Allen Hamilton. What share of your booking fee the contractor keeps isn’t published in any federal dataset we can read, so we print no number for it. Our reporting on the contract →

How we know this receipt · 5

Sign price: recreation.gov facility rate schedule, quoted as the agency publishes it · Oct 1, 2026

Booking fee, change fee, cancellation fee, no-show: Rules and Reservation Policies, Recreation.gov, the published fee schedule, curated by hand into lib/reservation-fee-schedule.json (9 rows, each carrying its own verbatim sentence). The publisher states these policies were last updated September 2019. · Sep 9, 2026

The two totals: Derived by CAMPANAC by adding the agency’s own published nightly rate to recreation.gov’s own published reservation fee. Both components are cited above; the addition is ours and is shown only where every component is known. · Sep 9, 2026

Who keeps the booking fee: Recreation.gov facility policy text, Dead Swede Campground (facility 234221) · Not on the national policy page. This is agency policy text recreation.gov publishes on individual campground pages; this site holds it verbatim on 45 active campgrounds (campground_rules.cancellation_description, scripts/load-facility-rules.mjs). · Sep 9, 2026

The contract: Reservation Gods: Who Stole Our Campsites and Sold Them Back to Us, More Than Just Parks, April 2025 · Apr 1, 2025

Source: Recreation.gov data (RIDB), full extract · Aug 23, 2026

rules read Sep 9, 2026 · rates Oct 1, 2026 · How we know all this

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The sites

83 sites · which ones have room · the site map

The sites, ranked

from 79 mapped sites

109 ftbetween you and the next site, typically

Most roomLoop SSDB 031 180 ftLoop SHDB 016 167 ftLoop RSDB 010 156 ftLoop SHSG 017 155 ftLoop RAIN 050 153 ft

Least roomLoop RUSS 078 60 ftLoop RUSS 079 60 ftLoop KING 069 63 ft

Source: Derived by CAMPANAC from recreation.gov per-site coordinates (nearest-neighbor distance) · Oct 12, 2026

All 83 sites

79 of 83 sites located

Standard48RV / electric31

069 070 080 081 045 046 047 048 050 051 052 054 060 062 063 064 065 002 003 005 006 007 009 010 011 012 013 014 015 049 053 055 056 057 058 061 004 008 066 067 068 071 072 073 074 075 076 077 078 079 082 083 016 020 024 026 017 018 019 021 022 023 025 027 028 029 030 031 032 033 037 044 034 035 036 038 039 040 043

Aerial · Esri World Imagery

Sites: recreation.gov (RIDB), coordinates as published · Aug 23, 2026

Imagery: Esri World Imagery

SleepsTakes aUp to

Toilet distances are OpenStreetMap’s, measured for 79 of the 83 sites listed. A site with no reading is unknown, never far.

The price is derived by CAMPANAC, not published per site: the per-night rate this campground publishes for each site’s own site type. 83 of the 83 sites listed carry one, and a site whose type has no published rate sits out of the price rather than being called free.

Measured shade is NLCD Tree Canopy Cover 2024 (USDA Forest Service / MRLC) read at the site’s own coordinate, 27% canopy or more, and only for the sites the agency gave no Shade value. It never changes the agency’s own shaded count beside it.


KING	069	standard nonelectric	65 ft	63 ft	569 ftKenai River	2,104 ft	$23–$33
KING	070	rv nonelectric	40 ft	126 ft	435 ftKenai River	2,192 ft	$23–$33
KING	080	standard nonelectric	50 ft	79 ft	463 ft	2,213 ft	$23–$33
KING	081	standard nonelectric	53 ft	74 ft	463 ft	2,315 ft	$23–$33
RAIN	045	standard nonelectric	45 ft	63 ft	460 ft	1,081 ft	$23–$33
RAIN	046	standard nonelectric	20 ft	100 ft	231 ft	1,097 ft	$23–$33
RAIN	047	standard nonelectric	53 ft	67 ft	394 ft	1,105 ft	$23–$33
RAIN	048	standard nonelectric	62 ft	136 ft	380 ft	973 ft	$23–$33
RAIN	050	standard nonelectric	62 ft	153 ft	203 ft	850 ft	$23–$33
RAIN	051	standard nonelectric	47 ft	119 ft	368 ft	694 ft	$23–$33
RAIN	052	standard nonelectric	28 ft	119 ft	407 ft	813 ft	$23–$33
RAIN	054	standard nonelectric	41 ft	63 ft	523 ft	1,069 ft	$23–$33
RAIN	060	standard nonelectric	46 ft	104 ft	293 ft	1,567 ft	$23–$33
RAIN	062	standard nonelectric	100 ft	82 ft	435 ft	1,448 ft	$23–$33
RAIN	063	standard nonelectric	41 ft	99 ft	549 ft	1,563 ft	$23–$33
RAIN	064	rv nonelectric	47 ft	82 ft	447 ft	1,367 ft	$23–$33
RAIN	065	rv nonelectric	40 ft	103 ft	470 ft	1,266 ft	$23–$33
RSDB	002	standard nonelectric	54 ft	124 ft	128 ft	297 ft	$23–$33
RSDB	003	standard nonelectric	55 ft	124 ft	112 ft	333 ft	$23–$33
RSDB	005	rv nonelectric	45 ft	115 ft	102 ft	461 ft	$23–$33
RSDB	006	rv nonelectric	45 ft	84 ft	231 ft	340 ft	$23–$33
RSDB	007	rv nonelectric	35 ft	113 ft	139 ft	551 ft	$23–$33
RSDB	009	standard nonelectric	50 ft	113 ft	232 ft	598 ft	$23–$33
RSDB	010	standard nonelectric	47 ft	156 ft	390 ft	582 ft	$23–$33
RSDB	011	standard nonelectric	45 ft	99 ft	459 ft	465 ft	$23–$33
RSDB	012	standard nonelectric	84 ft	102 ft	463 ft	279 ft	$23–$33
RSDB	013	rv nonelectric	47 ft	113 ft	360 ft	373 ft	$23–$33
RSDB	014	standard nonelectric	35 ft	99 ft	472 ft	378 ft	$23–$33
RSDB	015	standard nonelectric	69 ft	102 ft	362 ft	250 ft	$23–$33
RSNG	049	rv nonelectric	50 ft	100 ft	252 ft	998 ft	$23–$33
RSNG	053	standard nonelectric	56 ft	124 ft	496 ft	918 ft	$23–$33
RSNG	055	standard nonelectric	36 ft	120 ft	218 ft	1,279 ft	$23–$33
RSNG	056	standard nonelectric	53 ft	70 ft	342 ft	1,411 ft	$23–$33
RSNG	057	rv nonelectric	45 ft	120 ft	208 ft	1,398 ft	$23–$33
RSNG	058	standard nonelectric	63 ft	70 ft	346 ft	1,480 ft	$23–$33
RSNG	059	standard nonelectric	53 ft				$23–$33
RSNG	061	rv nonelectric	54 ft	99 ft	478 ft	1,615 ft	$23–$33
RSSG	001	standard nonelectric	22 ft				$23–$33
RSSG	004	rv nonelectric	45 ft	84 ft	245 ft	258 ft	$23–$33
RSSG	008	standard nonelectric	64 ft	104 ft	239 ft	437 ft	$23–$33
RUSS	066	standard nonelectric	63 ft	93 ft	509 ft	2,032 ft	$23–$33
RUSS	067	standard nonelectric	54 ft	150 ft	441 ft	1,889 ft	$23–$33
RUSS	068	rv nonelectric	60 ft	96 ft	571 ftKenai River	2,033 ft	$23–$33
RUSS	071	rv nonelectric	98 ft	63 ft	535 ftKenai River	2,164 ft	$23–$33
RUSS	072	standard nonelectric	45 ft	107 ft	426 ftKenai River	2,277 ft	$23–$33
RUSS	073	rv nonelectric	54 ft	107 ft	459 ftKenai River	2,309 ft	$23–$33
RUSS	074	standard nonelectric	49 ft	92 ft	573 ft	2,247 ft	$23–$33
RUSS	075	standard nonelectric	50 ft	85 ft	522 ftKenai River	2,341 ft	$23–$33
RUSS	076	standard nonelectric	56 ft	75 ft	535 ftKenai River	2,389 ft	$23–$33
RUSS	077	standard nonelectric	31 ft	85 ft	576 ft	2,301 ft	$23–$33
RUSS	078	rv nonelectric	33 ft	60 ft	548 ftKenai River	2,402 ft	$23–$33
RUSS	079	standard nonelectric	59 ft	60 ft	537 ft	2,368 ft	$23–$33
RUSS	082	rv nonelectric	49 ft	79 ft	391 ft	2,183 ft	$23–$33
RUSS	083	rv nonelectric	99 ft	94 ft	426 ft	2,131 ft	$23–$33
SHDB	016	rv nonelectric	40 ft	167 ft	624 ft	256 ft	$23–$33
SHDB	020	rv nonelectric	47 ft	122 ft	729 ft	523 ft	$23–$33
SHDB	024	rv nonelectric	56 ft	144 ft	794 ft	801 ft	$23–$33
SHDB	026	standard nonelectric	55 ft	87 ft	651 ft	728 ft	$23–$33
SHSG	017	standard nonelectric	54 ft	155 ft	789 ft	398 ft	$23–$33
SHSG	018	standard nonelectric	45 ft	125 ft	865 ft	536 ft	$23–$33
SHSG	019	standard nonelectric	40 ft	122 ft	848 ft	593 ft	$23–$33
SHSG	021	standard nonelectric	40 ft	109 ft	899 ft	704 ft	$23–$33
SHSG	022	rv nonelectric	45 ft	113 ft	772 ft	637 ft	$23–$33
SHSG	023	rv nonelectric	59 ft	109 ft	915 ft	780 ft	$23–$33
SHSG	025	rv nonelectric	86 ft	113 ft	708 ft	658 ft	$23–$33
SHSG	027	rv nonelectric	53 ft	87 ft	594 ft	642 ft	$23–$33
SHSG	028	rv nonelectric	42 ft	108 ft	529 ft	535 ft	$23–$33
SHSG	029	rv nonelectric	69 ft	124 ft	631 ft	519 ft	$23–$33
SSDB	030	standard nonelectric	90 ft	129 ft	864 ft	1,042 ft	$23–$33
SSDB	031	rv nonelectric	100 ft	180 ft	827 ftKenai River	969 ft	$23–$33
SSDB	032	standard nonelectric	100 ft	129 ft	758 ftKenai River	1,103 ft	$23–$33
SSDB	033	standard nonelectric	50 ft	142 ft	652 ftKenai River	1,163 ft	$23–$33
SSDB	037	standard nonelectric	55 ft	134 ft	526 ftKenai River	1,430 ft	$23–$33
SSDB	041	rv nonelectric	80 ft				$23–$33
SSDB	042	rv nonelectric	99 ft				$23–$33
SSDB	044	rv nonelectric	59 ft	131 ft	752 ftKenai River	1,205 ft	$23–$33
SSSG	034	rv nonelectric	51 ft	149 ft	526 ftKenai River	1,316 ft	$23–$33
SSSG	035	standard nonelectric	66 ft	131 ft	668 ftKenai River	1,231 ft	$23–$33
SSSG	036	standard nonelectric	52 ft	138 ft	452 ftKenai River	1,432 ft	$23–$33
SSSG	038	standard nonelectric	45 ft	135 ft	384 ftKenai River	1,543 ft	$23–$33
SSSG	039	rv nonelectric	82 ft	117 ft	407 ftKenai River	1,593 ft	$23–$33
SSSG	040	rv nonelectric	55 ft	117 ft	460 ftKenai River	1,615 ft	$23–$33
SSSG	043	standard nonelectric	69 ft	134 ft	634 ftKenai River	1,388 ft	$23–$33

Price: Derived by CAMPANAC: each site takes the per-night rate this campground publishes for the site’s own site type (recreation.gov rate schedule). recreation.gov publishes no per-campsite fee, and a site whose type carries no published rate is left blank rather than called free · Oct 1, 2026

25 of 83 listed

Source: Recreation.gov data (RIDB), full extract · Aug 23, 2026

Getting there

the map and the coordinate · the agency’s directions · the phone number

Coordinate60.48351, -149.97349

The mapSee it on the map

The driveDirections ↗

The phone(907)288-7756

The agency’s pageOfficial page ↗

Where it is

Also near hereCooper Creek SouthChugach National Forest · 3.1 mi

Barber Cabin (Chugach National Forest, AK)Chugach National Forest · 3.2 mi

Trout Lake CabinChugach National Forest · 5.4 mi

Romig CabinChugach National Forest · 6.9 mi

Juneau Lake CabinChugach National Forest · 7.3 mi

Hidden Lake CampgroundKenai National Wildlife Refuge · 7.8 mi

Getting there

From Anchorage, Alaska, travel south for 110 miles to Milepost 54 on the Sterling Highway, Alaska State Highway 1.

Directions: Driving directions as the agency wrote them · Sep 9, 2026

Source: Recreation.gov data (RIDB), full extract · Aug 23, 2026

The weather

the next four days · the thirty-year normal

Next four days, and the thirty-year normal

Forecast

Today47°Partly Sunny13% rain

Tonight34°Mostly Cloudy then Slight Chance Light Rain21% rain

Saturday44°Slight Chance Light Rain24% rain

Saturday Night29°Slight Chance Rain And Snow20% rain

NWS forecast for Cooper Landing, AK

Source: National Weather Service, AER forecast office · Oct 16, 2026

Typical weather

Typical October night 31°F, day 41°F.

Coldest month of the year: typical January night 16°F, below freezing. Bring a bag rated colder than that, and expect ice in the water bottle.

70°32°10°

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 Julys are colder than the July line. The seven-day forecast above answers the other question.

Measured at: SEWARD 19N, AK (USC00508377), 23 miles away and 108 ft higher

Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, U.S. Climate Normals 1991-2020, monthly normals · Sep 8, 2026

The land, and who answers for it

what threatens it · who answers for it

What threatens this place

developing

Chugach National Forestlogging, rollback

You’re camping on ground somebody wants. We track the threats and the comment deadlines.

Source: MTJP Threatened Lands map · Oct 3, 2026

Who answers for this land

Russian River 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 →

Seen something wrong here? Tell us.

Source: U.S. Census district boundaries and the MTJP Congressional Public Lands Score

How we know

every fact on this page, and where it came from

Right now: U.S. Forest Service’s own recreation database flags it not open and publishes no reason and no date. That’s a flag, not a notice: the number below is the only way to be sure.

Listed not open: USFS EDW Recreation Opportunities, openstatus field: a not-open flag in a database, with no reason and no date published; read there since Sep 9, 2026. A flag, not a notice, so this page doesn’t call it a closure. · Oct 16, 2026

Sites on recreation.gov: recreation.gov’s own month availability payload for this facility, asked for October 2026 and November 2026. It names 83 of the 83 campsites the agency files here, and every one of them carries an answer either way. A campground nobody has read carries no answer at all, never a no. · Oct 15, 2026

Elevation: USGS 3DEP elevation point query at this campground’s coordinate · Sep 7, 2026

Tree cover: NLCD Tree Canopy Cover 2024 (USDA Forest Service / MRLC), one 30 m cell at this coordinate, taken as the median across the 79 campsites here that carry a reading · Sep 9, 2026

Water: USGS National Hydrography Dataset, nearest perennial lake, reservoir, river or stream to this campground’s coordinate · Sep 8, 2026

Coast: USGS National Hydrography Dataset, nearest ocean, bay, sound, estuary or tidal flat to this campground’s coordinate · Sep 9, 2026

Night sky: VIIRS Day/Night Band annual cloud-free composite, VNL V2 2024 (Earth Observation Group, Colorado School of Mines), read at the published coordinate: 0.074 mcd/m² of artificial all-sky glow, ranked against the 280 rated federal campgrounds in Alaska · Sep 8, 2026

Sky-glow model: Duriscoe, Anderson, Luginbuhl and Baugh (2018), a simplified model of all-sky artificial sky glow derived from VIIRS Day/Night band data, the National Park Service sky-glow model

Cell signal: the Forest Service’s own campground description, read as text by CAMPANAC. None of this is a measurement. It’s what the land manager published about the place, and phones, carriers and weather all disagree with each other; treat it as a warning, not a promise.

Nearest place of any size: inside Cooper Landing, AK (a census designated place). Straight line.

Nearest town: U.S. Census Bureau TIGER/Line 2024 places, measured by CAMPANAC to the town boundary; population is the ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimate · Sep 9, 2026