EAGLES NEST CAMPGROUND

campground · AK

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Key facts

Name: EAGLES NEST CAMPGROUND Type: campground Location: AK Coordinates: 55.6833333, -132.85 Facilities (from source description): The campground offers single and double-family sites. Picnic tables and campfire rings are provided, as are vault toilets. Phone: Not listed Website: Not listed Email: Not listed Reservable on Recreation.gov: Yes Managed by: USDA Forest Service Recreation area: Tongass National Forest

Where is it?

State on record: AK (no town listed in the source). Coordinates: 55.6833333, -132.85. Part of: Tongass National Forest (USDA Forest Service). Directions from the source: From Ketchikan, take the Alaska Marine Ferry to Hollis on Prince of Wales Island. From Hollis, take State Highway 924 to Klawock. From Klawock, take State Highway 929 to Control Lake Junction 18 miles and turn right. Continue on State Highway 929 for 2 miles. Campground is on the left.

What facilities are there?

The campground offers single and double-family sites. Picnic tables and campfire rings are provided, as are vault toilets.

About — from the official source

Overview Eagles Nest Campground is located on Prince of Wales Island in a temperate rainforest surrounded by muskeg and Balls Lake. Visitors enjoy viewing wildlife, hiking, fishing, canoeing and kayaking. This campground is situated on Prince of Wales Island, the third largest island in the U.S., on the shores of Balls Lake, eighteen miles west of Thorne Bay. Recreation An interpretive trail parallels the lake for approximately 1,800 feet, offering scenic views of the Thorne Mountains and surrounding foothills. Canoeing, kayaking and fishing are popular activities at Balls Lake. A canoe ramp is located on the lakeshore. Sockeye salmon, wildflowers and industrious beavers are common sights in and around the lake. The 2.5-mile Balls Lake Trail lets visitors hike around the lake, where swans, kingfisher and ducks are often seen, along with an array of riparian areas. Facilities The campground offers single and double-family sites. Picnic tables and campfire rings are provided, as are vault toilets. Natural Features The campground is situated near Control Creek and Balls Lake, within the Tongass National Forest, which covers nearly 17 million acres in southeast Alaska and is the largest forest in the national forest system. The Tongass surrounds the Inside Passage, the network of waterways that buffers the jagged Alaskan Coast and a cluster of coastal islands. The Tongass offers visitors a chance to view wildlife, including eagles, bears and spawning salmon. Expansive vistas of fjords, glaciers and mountain peaks abound. Much of the forest is a temperate rainforest. Nearby Attractions A number of hiking trails and recreation sites are in the area.

Fees

Not listed — check official source.

Reservations

This facility is listed as reservable on Recreation.gov.