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U.S. Forest Service · Wilderness Area · Alaska

Karta River Wilderness

2 federal campgrounds, all of them reservable or unlisted.

2Campgrounds
2Sites
160 ftElevation
Elevation: USGS 3DEP elevation point queries at 2 of these 2 campgrounds

Where they are

2 of 2 mapped
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Source: RIDB · NPS · USFS EDW · BLM, unified by CAMPANAC · Sep 8, 2026

The campgrounds · 2

2 campgrounds
Reservable
Karta Lake Cabin
Karta River Wilderness · AK
1 site160 ft
Reservable
Salmon Lake Cabin Thorne Bay
Karta River Wilderness · AK
1 site160 ft
Source: RIDB · NPS · USFS EDW · BLM, unified by CAMPANAC · Sep 8, 2026

This land

measured from the nearest campground in the unit
developing
Roadless
Karta52,117 acres · 4 mi · inventoried roadless area
Roadless
Kasaan Bay7,363 acres · 8 mi · inventoried roadless area

Camping here is a stake in what happens to it. More Than Just Parks tracks the threats and the comment windows.

Roadless areas: USFS Inventoried Roadless Areas via MTJP Roadless Map · Jul 29, 2026
Source: MTJP Threatened Lands map · Aug 12, 2026

Heads up

Wildfire
Winter Island fire · 26 mi from the nearest campground here · 0 acres
Source: NIFC/IRWIN via MTJP wildfire tracker · Sep 7, 2026

Who answers for this land

Karta River Wilderness’s campgrounds sit in one congressional district. These members vote on the laws that decide what happens to this land.

Nick Begich (R)AK at-large · 2 campgrounds · grade F
Source: U.S. Census district boundaries and the MTJP Congressional Public Lands Score
Unit: USGS Protected Areas Database of the United States (PAD-US) land units
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