USDA Forest Service · Alaska

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

📍 Alaska 🏕️ 156 campgrounds

How booking at Tongass National Forest works

Reservations for Tongass 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
Campgrounds156
Official listingRecreation.gov

Campgrounds in Tongass 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:

Mendenhall Campground68 sites
Starrigavan Campground and Day Use41 sites
Signal Creek Campground24 sites
Last Chance Campground18 sites
Harris River Campground14 sites
Eagles Nest Campground12 sites
Auk Village Campground11 sites
El Capitan Campground3 sites
Sawmill Creek Campground and Day Use2 sites
Admiralty Cove Cabin1 sites
Alava Bay Cabin1 sites
Allan Point Cabin1 sites
Alsek River Cabin1 sites
Anan Bay Cabin1 sites
Anan Lake Cabin1 sites
Anchor Pass Cabin1 sites
Appleton Cove Cabin1 sites
Avoss Lake Cabin1 sites
Bakewell Lake Cabin1 sites
Baranof Lake Cabin1 sites
Barnes Lake Cabin1 sites
Beecher Pass Cabin1 sites
Berg Bay Cabin1 sites
Berners Bay Cabin1 sites
Big John Bay Cabin1 sites
Big Shaheen Cabin1 sites
Black Bear Lake Cabin (Tongass National Forest, AK)1 sites
Blind Pass Cabin1 sites
Breiland Slough Cabin1 sites
Brents Beach Cabin1 sites
Cascade Creek Cabin1 sites
Castle Flats Cabin1 sites
Castle River Cabin1 sites
Checats Lake Cabin1 sites
Church Bight Cabin1 sites
Control Lake Cabin1 sites
Dan Moller Cabin1 sites
Davidof Lake Cabin1 sites
Deep Bay Cabin1 sites
Denver Caboose Cabin1 sites
Devils Elbow Cabin1 sites
Eagle Cabin1 sites
Eagle Glacier Cabin1 sites
Eagle Lake Cabin1 sites
Eight Fathom Cabin1 sites
El Capitan Cabin1 sites
Ella Narrows Cabin1 sites
Fish Creek Cabin1 sites
Florence Lake (East) Cabin1 sites
Freds Creek Cabin1 sites
Frosty Bay Cabin1 sites
Garnet Ledge Cabin1 sites
Goulding Lake Cabin1 sites
Greentop Cabin1 sites
Gut Island 1 Cabin1 sites
Gut Island 2 Cabin1 sites
Harding River Cabin1 sites
Harvey Lake Cabin1 sites
Hasselborg Creek Cabin1 sites
Heckman Lake Cabin1 sites
Helm Bay Cabin1 sites
Helm Creek Cabin1 sites
Honker Lake Cabin1 sites
Hugh Smith Lake Cabin1 sites
Humpback Lake Cabin1 sites
Italio River Cabin1 sites
Jims Lake Cabin1 sites
John Muir Cabin1 sites
Jordan Lake Cabin1 sites
Josephine Lake Cabin1 sites
Kadake Bay Cabin1 sites
Kah Sheets Bay Cabin1 sites
Kah Sheets Lake Cabin1 sites
Kanga Bay Cabin1 sites
Karta Lake Cabin1 sites
Karta River Cabin1 sites
Kathleen Lake Cabin1 sites
Kegan Cove Cabin1 sites
Kegan Creek Cabin1 sites
Kennel Creek Cabin (Ak)1 sites
Koknuk Cabin1 sites
Kook Lake Cabin1 sites
Lake Alexander Cabin1 sites
Lake Eva Cabin1 sites
Laughton Glacier Cabin1 sites
Little Dry Island Cabin1 sites
Little Shaheen Cabin1 sites
Mallard Slough Cabin1 sites
Manzanita Lake Cabin1 sites
Marten Lake Cabin1 sites
Mcdonald Lake Cabin1 sites
Middle Dangerous River Cabin1 sites
Middle Ridge Cabin1 sites
Moser Island Cabin1 sites
Mount Flemer Cabin1 sites
Mount Rynda Cabin1 sites
North Beach Cabin1 sites
Patching Lake Cabin1 sites
Petersburg Lake Cabin1 sites
Peterson Lake Cabin1 sites
Phocena Bay Cabin1 sites
Piper Island Cabin1 sites
Plenty Cutthroat Cabin1 sites
Plotnikof Lake Cabin1 sites
Point Amargura Cabin1 sites
Polk Camp1 sites
Portage Bay Cabin1 sites
Pybus Bay Cabin1 sites
Raven Cabin1 sites
Ravens Roost Cabin1 sites
Red Bay Lake Cabin1 sites
Reflection Lake Cabin1 sites
S'igeidí Aas Hídi Cabin1 sites
Salmon Bay Lake Cabin1 sites
Salmon Lake Cabin Sitka1 sites
Salmon Lake Cabin Thorne Bay1 sites
Salt Chuck East Cabin1 sites
Samsing Cove Cabin1 sites
Sarkar Lake Cabin1 sites
Sergief Island Cabin1 sites
Sevenfathom Bay Cabin1 sites
Shakes Slough 1 Cabin1 sites
Shakes Slough 2 Cabin1 sites
Shelikof Cabin1 sites
Shipley Bay Cabin1 sites
Sitkoh Lake (East) Cabin1 sites
Sitkoh Lake (West) Cabin1 sites
Situk Lake Cabin1 sites
Southeast Heckman Cabin1 sites
Spurt Cove Cabin1 sites
Staney Creek Cabin1 sites
Starrigavan Creek Cabin1 sites
Steamer Bay Cabin1 sites
Suloia Lake Cabin1 sites
Swan Lake Cabin Petersburg1 sites
Sweet Water Lake Cabin1 sites
Sítʼ Yá Hítʼ Cabin1 sites
Taku Glacier Cabin1 sites
Tanis Mesa Cabin1 sites
Towers Arm Cabin1 sites
Trollers Cove Cabin1 sites
Turner Lake East Cabin1 sites
Turner Lake West Cabin1 sites
Twelvemile Cabin1 sites
Twin Lakes Cabin (Ak)1 sites
Virginia Lake Cabin1 sites
West Point Cabin1 sites
White Sulphur Springs Cabin1 sites
Wilson Narrows Cabin1 sites
Wilson View Cabin1 sites
Windfall Lake Cabin1 sites
Winstanley Island Cabin1 sites
Winstanley Lake Cabin1 sites
Young Lake (North) Cabin1 sites
Young Lake (South) Cabin1 sites
Áax’W Sáani - Little Lakes Cabin1 sites

How ItOpened watches Tongass National Forest

We scan the official Recreation.gov calendar for Tongass 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 Tongass National Forest; cancellation statistics come from our own scanning logs.