About Karta Lake Cabin
Karta Lake Cabin offers visitors recreation, relaxation and a unique lodging experience on Prince of Wales Island in southeastern Alaska. The remote site offers a scenic setting for fishing, hiking and wildlife viewing, within the vicinity of the cabin. The site can either be accessed by float plane or boat and trail. Visitors are responsible for their own travel arrangements and safety, and must bring several of their own amenities. The cabin can be heated using the small wood stove inside. Anglers will find the surrounding snow-capped peaks and forested shoreline to be quite a scenic setting while fishing for rainbow and cutthroat trout, Dolly Varden and a variety of salmon species. Visitors should contact the [Alaska Department of Fish and Game](http://www.adfg.alaska.gov/) for fishing regulations as catch and release orders may be in effect. The 5-mile Karta River Trail follows the…
- Fees: Only one change per reservation for all Alaska cabins is allowed. Change is defined as a modification to the start or end date of the…
- Managed by: Tongass National Forest, FS
- Where: 5 mi northeast of Hollis, AK · 55.56139, -132.61083
Things to do:
Official page for this camp (fees, closures, booking)
Trails near camp
| Trail | Open to | From camp | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| Karta River Trail | Hiking | at camp | 7.7 mi |
| Karta Falls Trail | Hiking | 0.2 mi | 0.1 mi |
| Karta Bay Trail | Hiking | 0.8 mi | 0.4 mi |
Straight-line distance from camp, from Forest Service, BLM, state and OpenStreetMap trail data.
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Good to know
AT&T 4G
From the carriers' FCC coverage maps, which tend to be generous.The Milky Way casts shadows and the sky is crowded with stars.
Class 1 of 9, from NASA/NOAA night-light data.Propane: 21.3 mi
Nearest of each within 25 miles, straight-line.Camps nearby
- Karta River Cabin 1.2 mi
- Salmon Lake Cabin Thorne Bay 2.4 mi
- Lake No. 3 Campground 6.4 mi
- Black Bear Lake Cabin 8.5 mi
- Harris River Campground 10.7 mi
- Control Lake Cabin 12.7 mi