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U.S. Forest Service · Alaska

Kenai Mountains-Turnagain Arm National Heritage Area

15 federal campgrounds, 2 of them with first-come, first-served sites.

15Campgrounds
2With first-come sites
359Sites, from 13
60–1,350 ftElevation
Elevation: USGS 3DEP elevation point queries at 15 of these 15 campgrounds

Where they are

15 of 15 mapped
Drawing the map
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Source: RIDB · NPS · USFS EDW · BLM, unified by CAMPANAC · Sep 8, 2026

The campgrounds · 15

15 campgrounds
Reservable
Trail River
Kenai Mountains-Turnagain Arm National Heritage Area · AK
92 sites89 with a tent pad12 pull-through sitesrigs to 88 ft470 ftdrinking watertoilets
Reservable
Williwaw Campground
Kenai Mountains-Turnagain Arm National Heritage Area · AK
52 sites7 pull-through sitesrigs to 145 ft70 ftdrinking watertoilets
Reservable
Tenderfoot Creek
Kenai Mountains-Turnagain Arm National Heritage Area · AK
36 sites36 with a tent pad7 pull-through sitesrigs to 100 ft1,310 ftdrinking watertoilets
Reservable
Granite Creek
Kenai Mountains-Turnagain Arm National Heritage Area · AK
19 sitesrigs to 53 ft640 ftdrinking watertoilets
Reservable
Ptarmigan Creek
Kenai Mountains-Turnagain Arm National Heritage Area · AK
17 sites1 pull-through siterigs to 85 ft480 ftdrinking watertoilets
Reservable
Porcupine Cabin
Kenai Mountains-Turnagain Arm National Heritage Area · AK
1 site120 ftdrinking water
Reservable
Trail River Cabin
Kenai Mountains-Turnagain Arm National Heritage Area · AK
1 site450 ftdrinking watertoilets
Seen from the air The agency never photographed these, so here is the satellite view. Same data, same sources.
Quartz Creek CampgroundKenai Mountains-Turnagain Arm National Heritage Area · AK45 sites · rigs to 120 ft · 450 ft · drinking waterReservablePorcupine (AK)Kenai Mountains-Turnagain Arm National Heritage Area · AK34 sites · rigs to 46 ft · 120 ft · drinking waterReservableCooper Creek SouthKenai Mountains-Turnagain Arm National Heritage Area · AK30 sites · rigs to 99 ft · 430 ft · drinking waterReservableBertha Creek CampgroundKenai Mountains-Turnagain Arm National Heritage Area · AK12 sites · 770 ft · drinking waterReservableBlack Bear CampgroundKenai Mountains-Turnagain Arm National Heritage Area · AK12 sites · 60 ftReservablePrimrose CampgroundKenai Mountains-Turnagain Arm National Heritage Area · AK8 sites · 440 ftReservableCoeur d'Alene CampgroundKenai Mountains-Turnagain Arm National Heritage Area · AK1,350 ftFirst-comeCrescent Creek CampgroundKenai Mountains-Turnagain Arm National Heritage Area · AK540 ftFirst-come
Source: RIDB · NPS · USFS EDW · BLM, unified by CAMPANAC · Sep 8, 2026

This land

measured from the nearest campground in the unit
Roadless
Roaded Donut968 acres · 4 mi · inventoried roadless area
Roadless
Johnson Pass152,508 acres · 5 mi · inventoried roadless area
Roadless
Resurrection224,615 acres · 6 mi · inventoried roadless area
Roadless
Boston Bar53,617 acres · 6 mi · inventoried roadless area
Roadless
Twenty Mile198,775 acres · 8 mi · inventoried roadless area
Roadless
Kenai Lake213,172 acres · 9 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.

Source: USFS Inventoried Roadless Areas via MTJP Roadless Map · Jul 29, 2026

Who answers for this land

Kenai Mountains-Turnagain Arm National Heritage Area’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 · 15 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
SRC · RIDB · NPS · USFS EDW · BLM · unified by CAMPANAC · refreshed nightly