Camping near Skagway, Alaska
Camping near Skagway, Alaska includes 2 public campgrounds on record, 1 reservable. All are run by the National Park Service. The nearest, Chilkoot Trail Camping Permits, is 1.5 miles from Skagway in a straight line, and all 2 are within 15 miles.
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Camping near Skagway at a glance
- Public campgrounds
- 2 (2 National Park Service)
- Getting a site
- 1 reservable
- Distance from Skagway
- 1.5 miles (Chilkoot Trail Camping Permits) to 4 miles (Dyea Campground) in a straight line; 2 within 15 miles
- Elevation
- 36 ft (Chilkoot Trail Camping Permits) to 79 ft (Dyea Campground), 2 of 2 on record
- Season
- 1 seasonal with posted dates
- Campsites
- 55 across the 1 campground that state a count
Distances are straight-line miles from Skagway's point in the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2025), not driving distances. Every other fact comes from each campground's own sourced record, linked from its page.
Things to do near Skagway
Public land and water within 30 miles of Skagway, the public land its campgrounds sit in, and landmarks at those campgrounds, nearest first.
- Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park, all 2 campgrounds here sit inside this National Park Service unit, the nearest Chilkoot Trail Camping Permits at 1.5 miles from Skagway; publiclandsdb.com has its entrance fees, current alerts and fire restrictions, and boundary.
- Taiya Inlet fishing, a fishing water whose mapped point is 7.1 miles from Skagway; stocking record and species on fishypedia.com.
- Lutak Inlet fishing, a fishing water whose mapped point is 14 miles from Skagway; stocking record and species on fishypedia.com.
- Chilkat State Park, a state park whose mapped point is 25 miles from Skagway; its hours, entrance fee, and boundary on publiclandsdb.com.
Supplies and emergencies near Skagway
Nearest emergency room
Bartlett Regional Hospital
3260 Hospital Dr, Juneau, AK, 84 miles from Skagway . (907) 796-8900
Next nearest: Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium, 222 Tongass Dr, Sitka, AK, 167 miles , (907) 966-2411.
In an emergency, call 911.
Both report emergency services in the CMS Hospital General Information dataset (accessed 2026-09-26) .
- Groceries
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- Grizzly's General Store
- Alaska Commercial Company
- Howsers Iga Supermarket
- Fuel
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- Corner Gas Station
- Family Fuel
- Delta Western
- RV dump station
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- Garden City RV
- Potable water fill
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- Hains Visitor Center
- Laundromat
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- Skagway RV Park
- Laundromat
Not mapped in OpenStreetMap within 25 miles of Skagway: propane, pharmacy, and ice. Stores, fuel, propane, dump stations, water fill, laundromats, and pharmacies are the nearest few mapped within 25 miles, straight-line, © OpenStreetMap contributors (data as of 2026-10-01; this extract under the ODbL). Hours are as mapped; call ahead.
Common questions
Where can I camp around Skagway, AK?
2 public campgrounds are on record near Skagway. Nearest first, straight-line from town: Chilkoot Trail Camping Permits (1.5 miles) and Dyea Campground (4 miles). 1 books through Recreation.gov.
Where is the nearest emergency room to Skagway, AK?
Bartlett Regional Hospital, 3260 Hospital Dr, Juneau, AK, is 84 miles from Skagway in a straight line and reports emergency services to CMS; phone (907) 796-8900. In an emergency, call 911.
Every campground in the state: camping in Alaska ; by agency: National Park Service campgrounds in Alaska .