USDA Forest Service · Alaska

Chugach National Forest campsites, sold out? Here's how spots come back.

📍 Alaska 🏕️ 57 campgrounds

How booking at Chugach National Forest works

Reservations for Chugach National Forest are made through Recreation.gov. In peak season, the most popular campgrounds are typically claimed within minutes of each release — which is why the park reads as "sold out" for most of the year.

Sold out is not final, though. People book far ahead and plans change, so cancellations return to the official calendar throughout the season — with no announcement, at any hour. A cancelled site is bookable by whoever sees it first.

Booking facts

Managed byUSDA Forest Service
Book throughRecreation.gov
Campgrounds57
Official listingRecreation.gov

Campgrounds in Chugach National Forest

Set a watch on the whole park, or go straight to the campground you want — each one has its own availability and cancellation pattern:

Trail River92 sites
Russian River83 sites
Williwaw Campground52 sites
Quartz Creek Campground45 sites
Tenderfoot Creek36 sites
Porcupine (Ak)34 sites
Cooper Creek South30 sites
Granite Creek19 sites
Ptarmigan Creek17 sites
Bertha Creek Campground12 sites
Black Bear Campground12 sites
Primrose Campground8 sites
Childs Glacier Recreation Area and Campground4 sites
Goose Bay Cabin2 sites
Spencer Glacier Whistle Stop Group Campground2 sites
Aspen Flats Cabin (Chugach National Forest, AK)1 sites
Barber Cabin (Chugach National Forest, AK)1 sites
Beach River Cabin1 sites
Caribou Creek Cabin1 sites
Coghill Lake Cabin1 sites
Crescent Lake Cabin1 sites
Crescent Saddle Cabin1 sites
Crow Pass Cabin1 sites
Dale Clemens Cabin1 sites
Devils Pass Cabin1 sites
Double Bay Cabin1 sites
East Creek Cabin1 sites
Fox Creek Cabin (Ak)1 sites
Green Island Cabin1 sites
Harrison Lagoon Cabin1 sites
Hook Point Cabin1 sites
Jack Bay Cabin1 sites
Juneau Lake Cabin1 sites
Log Jam Bay Cabin1 sites
Lower Paradise Lake Cabin1 sites
Martin Lake Cabin1 sites
Mckinley Lake Cabin1 sites
Mckinley Trail Cabin1 sites
Nellie Martin River Cabin1 sites
Paulson Bay Cabin1 sites
Pigot Bay Cabin1 sites
Porcupine Cabin1 sites
Port Chalmers Cabin1 sites
Power Creek Cabin1 sites
Romig Cabin1 sites
San Juan Bay Cabin1 sites
Shelter Bay Cabin1 sites
Shrode Lake Cabin1 sites
Softuk Bar Cabin1 sites
Spencer Bench Cabin1 sites
Swan Lake Cabin Seward1 sites
Tiedeman Slough Cabin1 sites
Trail River Cabin1 sites
Trout Lake Cabin1 sites
Upper Paradise Lake Cabin1 sites
Upper Russian Lake Cabin1 sites
West Swan Lake Cabin1 sites

How ItOpened watches Chugach National Forest

We scan the official Recreation.gov calendar for Chugach National Forest around the clock. The second a site that matches your dates and equipment opens up, you get a text with a direct link to that exact site. You book it yourself, in your own account, at the normal price. We never book, hold, or resell anything — monitoring is all we do, and it's what your fee pays for. Openings are first-come, so a text beats an email every time.

Page data refreshed 2026-10-29. Availability facts come from the official directory listing for Chugach National Forest; cancellation statistics come from our own scanning logs.