HAINES HIGHWAY
AND HAINES, ALASKA
ALASKA
& YUKON RV PARKS AND CAMPGROUNDS
The 151 miles of scenic grandeur from Haines Junction, YT, to Haines, Alaska, is probably the most beautiful mountain drive anywhere. The road is all paved with no construction problems. There are also few services, so plan ahead. The customs stations close at night. Remember that Haines time is an hour earlier than Canada. Many travelers choose to visit Haines by driving to Skagway, then continuing on to Haines via water taxi or ferry. The drive to Skagway is also striking, but completely different from the Haines Highway. Both routes should be covered. Try to drive it on a clear day, and repeat as often as possible in different months and times of day. It never grows old! you'll find an excellent road all the way to Haines. Remember to use the many designated areas to pull off as you pass through the Bald Eagle Preserve.
Haines is a ferry port for Southeast Alaska. Passage to Skagway is available via ferry, water taxi, or day boat. A new day-trip tour boat is now operating from Haines and Skagway to Juneau: Fjordlands Express. Office is at small boat harbor. A new state ferry, the high-speed catamaran MV Fairweather, entered service in 2004 making daily trips from Juneau-Skagway-Juneau-Haines-Juneau. There is also a private cabin-over catamaran for transporting vehicles and equipment to Auk Bay. For ferry details, visit the Marine Highway page.
In Juneau: Spruce Meadow RV Park. Full hookups, 3.7 miles from ferry terminal on Loop Rd. (907) 789-1990
Distances from Haines/Haines Junction
Haines Campgrounds:
Chilkoot Lake State Park (mile 10, Lutak Road)
SALMON
RUN
CAMPGROUND AND CABINS
(907)
766-3240
Camp in a
rustic, forest setting with a half mile of water-front on Lutak Bay.
Just 1.8 miles past the State Ferry Terminal at mile 6.5, Lutak Road.
There are 30 secluded RV sites, tent camping, rest rooms &
showers, picnic tables, and cabins. The mountain view is spectacular.
Let Salmon Run be your base for sightseeing, beach combing, fishing,
photography, and wildlife viewing. Family owned and operated. Your
host: Ruth Ann Thompson
Box 1582,
Haines, Alaska 99827-1122 E-mail
OCEANSIDE
RV PARK (907) 766-2437 Located at the small boat harbor with a
magnificent unobstructed view of the Lynn Canal from your site. Easy
walk to Museum, downtown, Visitor Center, water taxi, and Fort
Seward. Full hookups, showers, laundry. Lighthouse Restaurant next
door. On water, one block to town. Easy access. Fishing charters
nearby. From north go straight at "Y" and go to end of
road. From ferry terminal, bear left at "Y".
New management
in 2005 E-mail
PORT CHILKOOT CAMPER PARK (907) 766-2000
Hotel Halsingland operates this RV/campground, located in a unique,
thickly wooded site, adjacent to the Fort Seward Historical District.
Full and partial hookups available. This is the only private
campground in town offering tent sites. Showers, laundry. Walk to
hotel, restaurant, Ft. Seward shops, boat to Skagway, downtown. Hotel
Halsingland is in the former fort officer's quarters.
The restaurant offers unique, creative entrees focusing on the bounty
of the Pacific Northwest. Relax in our comfortable lounge with a
spectacular view of mountains and Lynn Canal. Reasonable rates;
courtesy transfers available.
Call toll
free: 800-542-6363 or (907) 766-2000.
Box 1589,
Haines, Alaska 99827. E-mail
Flower garden, below, at the Wild Iris gift shop.
Haines Hitch-up RV Park (907) 766-2882 RV park has 92 full-service, level pull-throughs, showers and laundry for guests, gift shop, tour tickets, cable TV
Portage Cove Campground (walk-in only) Chilkat State Park (mile 8, Mud Bay Road)
Haines Highway
Mile 27.3/124.3: Mosquito Lake State Recreation Site
Mile 27.3/124.3: SWAN'S REST RV PARK (907) 767-5662
Haines, Alaska, and the Haines Highway offer some of the most spectacular scenery anywhere in the north. SWAN'S REST is nestled along the shore of Mosquito Lake, 30 miles north of Haines and 14 miles from the AK-BC border. Turn off at Mosquito Lake Road and drive three miles. The campground borders the Bald Eagle Preserve, and offers an unrestricted view of the southernmost nesting area for trumpeter swans in Alaska. See moose in the lake! Why camp in town when all the amenities plus great scenery is just a half hour away? Our wilderness setting features RV sites with full hookups, hot showers, laundry, cabins, boat rental. Tenters welcome. Good fishing for Dolly Varden and cutthroat trout in the lake, and silver (coho) salmon in the nearby Kelsal River. Experience the real Alaska at SWAN'S REST. Write: HCR60 Box 2860, Haines, Alaska 99827
Mile 33.2/118.4: Chilkat Charlie's RV Park. Next to 33-mile Roadhouse. Full, partial hookup, dry sites, pull-throughs, showers.
Mile 40.7/110.9: U.S. - Canadian Border. Customs is open from 8 a.m. to midnight, PST
Mile 96.2/55.4: Million Dollar Falls YT Campground. Watch for grizzly bears along highway south of falls.
Mile 119.7/31.9: Dezadeash Lake YT Campground (photo below).
Mile 134.8/16.8: Kathleen Lake Kluane National Park Campground
Mile 152: Haines Junction. For campgrounds in and around Haines Junction, visit the Alaska Highway/YT west page. Heading south, scroll up.
