About Sweet Water Lake Cabin
Sweet water Lake Cabin offers visitors recreation, relaxation and a unique lodging experience on Prince of Wales Island in southeastern Alaska. The remote site provides a scenic setting for fishing, hunting, boating and wildlife viewing, all within the vicinity of the cabin. The site can be accessed by vehicle and a 1/2 mile boat paddle, float plane, or canoeing. Visitors are responsible for their own travel arrangements and safety, and must bring several of their own amenities. Anglers will find good fishing for rainbow trout, cutthroat trout, Dolly Varden, as well as coho, sockeye, and pink salmon in Sweet water Lake. Bird watchers are also drawn to the area because of its wide array of waterfowl. Hunters can take advantage of the hunting season in the surrounding national forest. Bear season occurs during spring and fall, while deer season begins in late summer and lasts through 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 southwest of Coffman Cove, AK · 55.95222, -132.93861
Things to do:
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Trails near camp
| Trail | Open to | From camp | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sweetwater Lake Trail | Hiking | 0.4 mi | 0.1 mi |
| Trumpeter Lake | ATV road | 1.3 mi | 7.4 mi |
| East Prince of Wales | ATV road | 1.5 mi | 5.2 mi |
| Hatchery Creek Trail | Hiking | 2.1 mi | 0.5 mi |
| 3030630 Road | ATV / OHV, Dirt bike | 2.2 mi | 1.4 mi |
| Fish City | ATV / OHV, Dirt bike | 2.5 mi | 1.9 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
- Barnes Lake Cabin 4.2 mi
- One Duck Shelter Site 8.2 mi
- Honker Lake Cabin 8.5 mi
- Sarkar Lake Cabin 9.2 mi
- Horseshoe Hole Campground 11.6 mi
- Staney Creek Cabin 11.7 mi