About Granite Creek
Granite Creek Campground is set in the captivating Kenai Mountains on Turnagain Pass, surrounded by wildflowers and spruce forests. The campground, about 1 hour south of Achorage, AK on the Seward Highway, boasts prime fishing, hiking, packrafting, and wildlife watching. Biking is a popular activity at Granite Creek Campground. There is a paved bike path along the Seward Highway that extends for five miles south to the Hope Higway and Johnson Pass North Trailhead just north of the campground offers a 23 mile mountain biking or hiking opportunity. For the packrafters, Granite and Six-Mile Creeks offer world class opportunities. Whatever recreation activity you choose, look for raspberries to pick and wildflowers to smell. Fishing is considered intermediate, and Dolly Varden trout are among the tasty fish you might catch. Look for wildlife like moose, snowshoe hare, black and brown bears…
- Managed by: Chugach National Forest, FS
- Where: 12 mi southeast of Sunrise, AK · 60.72528, -149.29556
- Winter: the road at camp is closed to cars in winter; plan to ride, ski or snowshoe in.
Things to do:
Official page for this camp (fees, closures, booking)
Trails near camp
| Trail | Open to | From camp | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inht: Johnson Pass Trail | Horse | 0.6 mi | 22.9 mi |
| Inht: Turnagain Pass Trail | Hiking | 0.7 mi | 9.8 mi |
| Lynx Creek Trail | Hiking | 1.1 mi | 2.1 mi |
| Bertha Creek ATV Trail | ATV / OHV, Dirt bike | 2.3 mi | 0.5 mi |
Straight-line distance from camp, from Forest Service, BLM, state and OpenStreetMap trail data.
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Good to know
No signal at camp
From the carriers' FCC coverage maps, which tend to be generous.The Milky Way shows rich detail, horizon to horizon.
Class 2 of 9, from NASA/NOAA night-light data.Dump station: 15.4 mi
Water fill-up: 17.2 mi
Propane: 15.4 mi
Camps nearby
- Bertha Creek Campground 2.3 mi
- Dispersed spot · 15 mi NE of Moose Pass 3.7 mi
- Campsite · 14 mi SW of Whittier 8.9 mi
- Tenderfoot Creek 9.3 mi
- Spencer Bench Cabin 10.2 mi
- Coeur d'Alene Campground 11.9 mi