About Quartz Creek Campground
Quartz Creek Campground is tucked between Kenai Lake and Quartz Creek in Cooper Landing, Alaska. Boating, hiking, nature-viewing and fishing are popular pastimes at this family-friendly campground, where most campsites offer sweeping views of the lake. At an elevation of 500 feet, the campground is relatively flat with small spruce trees dotting the area. Kenai Lake is the third largest lake in the Kenai Peninsula. It is over 20 miles long and 500 ft. deep. It boasts about 14,000 acres of water as well as one island the three remote campsites at Ship Creek, Meadow Creek and Porcupine Island. These can be reached by boat from the boat launch at Quartz Creek Campground. Fishing is also popular in the area. Rainbow, lake trout and Dolly Varden are found in Kenai Lake, with rainbow and Dolly Varden found in Quartz Creek later in the summer. About two miles east of Quartz Creek Campground…
- Fees: Fee
- Managed by: Chugach National Forest, FS
- Where: 4 mi east of Cooper Landing, AK · 60.47861, -149.72806
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Official page for this camp (fees, closures, booking)
Trails near camp
| Trail | Open to | From camp | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crescent Creek Trail | Horse | 2.5 mi | 5.8 mi |
| Slaughter Gulch Trail | Hiking | 2.7 mi | 0.6 mi |
Straight-line distance from camp, from Forest Service, BLM, state and OpenStreetMap trail data.
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Good to know
Verizon 4G · AT&T 5G
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: 4.2 mi
Nearest of each within 25 miles, straight-line.Camps nearby
- Crescent Creek Campground 2.1 mi
- Grizzly Ridge Cabins & RV Sites 3.5 mi
- Eastern Kenai Peninsula 4.1 mi
- Kenai Princess RV Park 4.3 mi
- Crescent Lake Cabin 5.3 mi
- Cooper Creek South 5.3 mi