Porcupine (AK)
PORCUPINE (AK)
Part of Chugach National Forest
Overview
Porcupine Campground is located in the Chugach National Forest in south-central Alaska near the town of Hope. Visitors have a prime location to watch windsurfers in the bay and spot Beluga whales from the scenic overlook.
Facilities
Porcupine boasts an impressive scenic overlook of Turnagain Arm. Firewood is sold on-site and the campground provides an accessible vault toilet, drinking water from a hand well, fire rings, a dumpster and picnic tables.
Natural Features
The remote campground, surrounded by a mostly birch forest, sits beside Porcupine Creek on the south coast of Turnagain Arm. Turnagain Arm is a branch of the Cook Inlet, the waterway that divides the Kenai Peninsula from the mainland of Alaska.
Recreation
Popular activities include fishing, hiking, whitewater rafting and gold panning.
Gull Rock Trail offers excellent hiking, mountain biking and horseback riding. It extends for 5.1 miles along the south shore of Turnagain Arm from the end of the Hope Highway to a rocky peninsula. Snow usually melts in the area by early May and the scenic trail leads visitors over gradual hills with occasional steep sections.
Nearby Attractions
The town of Hope is considered the best preserved gold rush town in the region. Campers can head to town to explore the quaint historic streets and try their hand at gold panning.
Available Activities
- WILDLIFE VIEWING - Wildlife Viewing
- WATER SPORTS - Whitewater Rafting
- HIKING - Hiking
- FISHING - Fishing
- CAMPING - Camping
- BIKING - Mountain Biking
Directions
From Anchorage, go about 70 miles south on Seward Highway to the Hope cutoff. Bear right at 'Y' junction and continue 17.8 miles to the town of Hope. The campground is at the end of the road.
Contact Information
Seward Ranger District, 33599 Ranger Station Spur
Seward,
AK
99664
Available Campsites
- Site 008, Loop AREA PORCUPINE, Type Tent Only Nonelectric
- Site 026, Loop AREA PORCUPINE, Type Rv Nonelectric
- Site 006, Loop AREA PORCUPINE, Type Rv Nonelectric
- Site 030, Loop AREA PORCUPINE, Type Tent Only Nonelectric
- Site 013, Loop AREA PORCUPINE, Type Rv Nonelectric
- Site 034, Loop AREA PORCUPINE, Type Rv Nonelectric
- Site 019, Loop AREA PORCUPINE, Type Rv Nonelectric
- Site 029, Loop AREA PORCUPINE, Type Tent Only Nonelectric
- Site 011, Loop AREA PORCUPINE, Type Rv Nonelectric
- Site 002, Loop AREA PORCUPINE, Type Tent Only Nonelectric
- Site 033, Loop AREA PORCUPINE, Type Rv Nonelectric
- Site 023, Loop AREA PORCUPINE, Type Tent Only Nonelectric
- Site 018, Loop AREA PORCUPINE, Type Rv Nonelectric
- Site 012, Loop AREA PORCUPINE, Type Rv Nonelectric
- Site 016, Loop AREA PORCUPINE, Type Rv Nonelectric
- Site 001, Loop AREA PORCUPINE, Type Rv Nonelectric
- Site 027, Loop AREA PORCUPINE, Type Rv Nonelectric
- Site 024, Loop AREA PORCUPINE, Type Rv Nonelectric
- Site 032, Loop AREA PORCUPINE, Type Rv Nonelectric
- Site 004, Loop AREA PORCUPINE, Type Tent Only Nonelectric
- Site 028, Loop AREA PORCUPINE, Type Rv Nonelectric
- Site 020, Loop AREA PORCUPINE, Type Rv Nonelectric
- Site 015, Loop AREA PORCUPINE, Type Tent Only Nonelectric
- Site Host Site 5, Loop AREA PORCUPINE, Type Rv Nonelectric
- Site 009, Loop AREA PORCUPINE, Type Rv Nonelectric
- Site 014, Loop AREA PORCUPINE, Type Rv Nonelectric
- Site 021, Loop AREA PORCUPINE, Type Rv Nonelectric
- Site 022, Loop AREA PORCUPINE, Type Tent Only Nonelectric
- Site 017, Loop AREA PORCUPINE, Type Rv Nonelectric
- Site 025, Loop AREA PORCUPINE, Type Tent Only Nonelectric
- Site 010, Loop AREA PORCUPINE, Type Rv Nonelectric
- Site 031, Loop AREA PORCUPINE, Type Tent Only Nonelectric
- Site 007, Loop AREA PORCUPINE, Type Rv Nonelectric
- Site 003, Loop AREA PORCUPINE, Type Tent Only Nonelectric