About San Juan Bay Cabin
San Juan Bay Cabin offers recreation, relaxation and a unique lodging experience on Montague Island in the Chugach National Forest in southcentral Alaska. The remote site offers a scenic setting for fishing, wildlife viewing, hunting and beachcombing. Access to the cabin is by wheel plane at low tide from Cordova or Seward. Visitors are responsible for their own travel arrangements and safety, and must bring several of their own amenities. The cabin is about a mile south of San Juan Creek, so it's a bit of a hike to get to the fishing, but the creek has good runs of coho and pink salmon and Dolly Varden from mid-July through mid-August. Hunters can take advantage of a long hunting season on the island and in the surrounding national forest. Bear season occurs during spring and fall, while deer season begins in late summer and lasts through late fall. The sandy landing beach, located…
- 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: Chugach National Forest, FS
- Where: 20 mi south of Chenega, AK · 59.80222, -147.88639
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Trails near camp
| Trail | Open to | From camp | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Juan Bay Cabin Trail | Hiking | 0.1 mi | 0.3 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 casts shadows and the sky is crowded with stars.
Class 1 of 9, from NASA/NOAA night-light data.Camps nearby
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