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Kook Lake Cabin

10 mi southeast of Tenakee Springs, AK · No signal at camp

Federal campgroundtype
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About Kook Lake Cabin

Kook Lake Cabin sits on the west end of Kook Lake, approximately 45 miles northeast of Sitka, Alaska. The cabin is available May through November, weather permitting, and makes an excellent base for experiencing and exploring this corner of Alaska. The cabin is remote and accessible by floatplane, weather permitting, 30 minutes from either Sitka or Juneau. The cabin can also be reached by a boat and hiking trip. The cabin is about an 8-mile hike from Corner Bay. Visitors are responsible for their own travel arrangements and safety, and must bring their own amenities. Visitors enjoy hiking on a network of old logging roads of the the Corner Bay road system near the cabin. The 0.7-mile Kook Lake Trail begins behind the cabin and ends at Forest Road 7540, part of the Corner Bay road system. The trail is not maintained and crosses through many muskegs. It can be very wet, muddy and hard to…

  • 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: 10 mi southeast of Tenakee Springs, AK · 57.66519, -135.00936

Things to do:

FishingHikingBoating & paddlingHuntingClimbing

Official page for this camp (fees, closures, booking)

Trails near camp

TrailOpen toFrom campLength
Kook LakeHiking0.1 mi0.5 mi
Trap BayATV road0.4 mi9.7 mi
Kook Lake WestATV road0.4 mi2.1 mi
Trap Bay 5 RoadATV / OHV, Dirt bike2.1 mi0.6 mi
Chatham View RoadATV / OHV, Dirt bike2.1 mi1.0 mi

Straight-line distance from camp, from Forest Service, BLM, state and OpenStreetMap trail data.

See Kook Lake Cabin from above

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Good to know

Cell signal

No signal at camp

From the carriers' FCC coverage maps, which tend to be generous.
Night sky: Pristine

The Milky Way casts shadows and the sky is crowded with stars.

Class 1 of 9, from NASA/NOAA night-light data.