Skip to content

Map Activities Discover Guides Trips Saves

A map of everywhere you can sleep outside in the U.S., with the weather and cell signal to match. Built to stay free.

Explore

Map
Hiking
State guides
Discover

Plan

Trip planner
My trips
Saves
Offline downloads

About

Privacy
Data deletion

© 2026 Roaming.Camp · Data from NPS, Recreation.gov, BLM, USFS, NWS, and the FCC.Operating on ceded ancestral land.Photography via Unsplash.

Leave it better than you found it.

Hike

Black Mountain

Inside Tongass National Forest

1.2 mi one way · 274 ft climb · 264 ft high point · Easy

In Tongass National Forest · AK · U.S. Forest Service

About Elevation Map Camp near here More hikes

About this hike

Black Mountain is a 1.2-mile trail in Tongass National Forest gaining 274 feet. The route is easy.

Elevation

274 ft of gain and 115 ft of descent.

Camp near here

The closest places to sleep, measured from the trailhead.

See all on the map

11.7 mi from the trailhead
Signal Creek Campground
Campground · AK

More hikes nearby

Ranked the same way, within twenty-five miles.

12 mi from you
Ward Lake Nature Trail
- Ends at Ward Lake
- Inside Tongass National Forest
- 7,276 ft of climbing
1.4 mi loop · 7,276 ft climb · Hard
Tongass National Forest · Camp under a mile away
11 mi from you

Elevation along the trail from the start. Source: USGS 3DEP.

Map

The route at the trailhead. Drag with two fingers, or hold a key to zoom.

Trail data: USFS, NPS, © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Elevation: USGS 3DEP via Mapzen terrain tiles. Nearby reading: Wikipedia. Download the trail and feature data.

At a glance

Length: 1.2 mi
Shape: One way
Gain: 274 ft
Descent: 115 ft
High point: 264 ft
Low point: 23 ft
Difficulty: Easy
Managed by: U.S. Forest Service
State: AK
Camps within 15 mi: 4
Trailhead: 55.2999° N · 131.4722° W

Get directions Open the map

12.4 mi from the trailhead

Last Chance Campground

Campground · AK

12.5 mi from the trailhead

Fish Creek Cabin

Campground · AK

Perseverance Trail

Ends at Ward Lake
Inside Tongass National Forest
Camp 1 mi away

2.6 mi of trails · 693 ft climb · Moderate

Tongass National Forest · Camp 1 mi away

Deer Mountain National Recreat

Ends at Upper Silvis Lake
Inside Tongass National Forest
4,730 ft of climbing

8.3 mi one way · 4,730 ft climb · Moderate

Tongass National Forest · Camp 7 mi away

Ward Creek

Ends at Ward Lake
Inside Tongass National Forest
Camp under a mile away

1.3 mi one way · 148 ft climb · Hard

Tongass National Forest · Camp under a mile away

Dude Mountain Trail

Summits Dude Mountain
Inside Tongass National Forest
1,386 ft of climbing

1.3 mi one way · 1,386 ft climb · Moderate

Tongass National Forest · Camp 3 mi away

Minerva Mountain

Passes Juno Mountain
Inside Tongass National Forest
2,183 ft of climbing

5.0 mi one way · 2,183 ft climb · Moderate

Tongass National Forest · Camp under a mile away

Signal

Cell coverage here

AT&TNo signal

FCC coverage data · signal varies in remote terrain

More like this

Hikes that read like this one, wherever they are.

Thunder Mountain Access
- Inside Tongass National Forest
- 1,540 ft of climbing
- Camp 3 mi away
1.2 mi of trails · 1,540 ft climb · Very hard
Tongass National Forest · Camp 3 mi away
Beaver Lake
- Near Bear Mountain Waterfall
- Inside Tongass National Forest
1.8 mi one way · 626 ft climb · Moderate
Tongass National Forest · Camp 7 mi away
Black Mountain Trail
- Inside Monongahela National Forest
2.3 mi one way · 391 ft climb · Moderate
Monongahela National Forest · Camp 5 mi away
Black Mountain
- Near Black Mountain
- Inside Fishlake National Forest
- 1,235 ft of climbing
2.8 mi one way · 1,235 ft climb · Easy
Fishlake National Forest · Camp 12 mi away

Weather

7-day forecast

Today56°49°Rain Showers
Tue55°47°Rain Showers
Wed54°47°Rain Showers
Thu57°44°Chance Light Rain
Fri58°47°Slight Chance Light Rain
Sat56°49°Rain Likely
Sun55°49°Rain Showers

Today: Rain Showers · wind 5 mph S

National Weather Service · refreshed hourly