§ 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.
RV Information
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
§ 04 — CONDITIONS
National Weather Service · seven-day outlook · updated hourly
§ 05 — SIGNAL
FCC broadband data · actual signal varies in remote terrain
§ 06—09 — FROM THE FIELD
Community Intel from visitors, written reviews, dated trip reports, and reader-submitted photographs.
§ 07 — REVIEWS
§ 08 — TRIP REPORTS
§ 09 — COMMUNITY PHOTOS
§ 01 — VITALS
Mon
60°F
Light Rain Likely
25 to 30 mph E
Tue
62°F
Light Rain
10 to 20 mph SE
Wed
66°F
Chance Light Rain then Chance Rain Showers
5 mph E
Thu
68°F
Chance Rain Showers
0 to 5 mph E
Fri
67°F
Chance Rain Showers
0 mph
Sat
68°F
Slight Chance Rain Showers
0 mph
Sun
68°F
Slight Chance Rain Showers
0 mph
AT&T
Verizon
Based on FCC availability data. Actual signal may vary in remote terrain.
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