About Karta River Cabin
Karta River 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, all within the vicinity of the cabin. The site can be accessed by float plane or boat. Visitors are responsible for their own travel arrangements and safety, and must bring several of their own amenities. Anglers will find the surrounding snow-capped peaks and forested shoreline to be quite scenic while fishing for rainbow and cutthroat trout, Dolly Varden and four species of salmon. 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. During sockeye salmon season, people gather at mouth of river to subsistence fish, often processing and smoking the fish on…
- 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: 6 mi northeast of Hollis, AK · 55.56056, -132.57611
Things to do:
Official page for this camp (fees, closures, booking)
Trails near camp
| Trail | Open to | From camp | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| Karta River Trail | Hiking | 0.1 mi | 7.7 mi |
| Karta Bay Trail | Hiking | 0.6 mi | 0.4 mi |
| Karta Falls Trail | Hiking | 1.0 mi | 0.1 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: 22.6 mi
Nearest of each within 25 miles, straight-line.Camps nearby
- Karta Lake Cabin 1.2 mi
- Salmon Lake Cabin Thorne Bay 3.5 mi
- Lake No. 3 Campground 6.4 mi
- Black Bear Lake Cabin 9.7 mi
- Harris River Campground 11.6 mi
- Control Lake Cabin 13.6 mi