§ 02 — 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
§ 04 — CONDITIONS
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§ 05 — SIGNAL
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§ 06—09 — FROM THE FIELD
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§ 07 — REVIEWS
§ 08 — TRIP REPORTS
§ 09 — COMMUNITY PHOTOS
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Up to 46 ft
Maximum RV Length
Trailers up to 46 ft
23 RV-only sites of 34 total
34 sites with electric
§ 03 — TRAILS NEARBY
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§ 01 — VITALS
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Based on FCC availability data. Actual signal may vary in remote terrain.
Tod
70°F
Mostly Sunny then Slight Chance Rain Showers
5 mph E
Fri
72°F
Sunny
5 to 20 mph E
Sat
65°F
Chance Light Rain
15 to 30 mph E
Sun
65°F
Rain Showers
5 to 10 mph E
Mon
65°F
Chance Rain Showers
0 mph
Tue
66°F
Chance Rain Showers
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Wed
70°F
Slight Chance Rain Showers
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