Photo Credit: Settlers Cove State Recreation Site

Where To Stay In Ketchikan

Wilderness Lodges View All

Season: June–September $6,225+ 3 Days/2 Nights+

The Lodge at Whale Pass is a ful­ly all-inclu­sive lux­u­ry adven­ture lodge tucked into Alaska’s remote Inside Pas­sage, acces­si­ble by float­plane from Ketchikan. Guests enjoy gourmet meals, a full spa, and guid­ed activ­i­ties rang­ing from wildlife view­ing and glac­i­er trips to kayak­ing, hik­ing, and world-class fish­ing. The lodge’s 17 rooms and suites blend wilder­ness aes­thet­ics with high-end com­fort, mak­ing it ide­al for cou­ples, fam­i­lies, and corporate  ...more

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RV Parks & Campgrounds View All

Last Chance Camp­ground, at Mile 2.2 of Revil­la Road near Ketchikan, offers 20 sites for tents and small RVs in Alaska’s Ton­gass Nation­al For­est. Sur­round­ed by old-growth spruce and hem­lock near Ward Lake, it pro­vides peace­ful hik­ing and fish­ing oppor­tu­ni­ties. Man­aged by the U.S. For­est Ser­vice, it’s a con­ve­nient base close to Ketchikan’s fer­ry ter­mi­nal for explor­ing South­east Alaska’s wilderness.

Sig­nal Creek Camp­ground sits at Mile 1.3 of Revil­la Road near Ward Lake, offer­ing 23 dou­ble sites in Alaska’s Ton­gass Nation­al For­est, just out­side Ketchikan. Man­aged by the U.S. For­est Ser­vice, it’s sur­round­ed by old-growth spruce and hem­lock with access to the lake and Ward Creek, fea­tur­ing vault toi­lets, drink­ing water, and trailheads.

Set­tlers Cove State Recre­ation Site, at Mile 18 of North Ton­gass High­way near Ketchikan, offers 13 wood­ed camp­sites along Clover Pas­sage. Sur­round­ed by spruce and hem­lock, it fea­tures two sandy beach­es, vault toi­lets, pic­nic shel­ters, and a trail to a water­fall. Campers can swim, pad­dle, beach­comb, or take in coastal views, with Ketchikan’s attrac­tions just a short dri­ve away.

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Public Use Cabins View All

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Rus­tic style 12ft x 14ft Pan Abode cab­in. Main­land near the north­west bound­ary of Misty Fiords Nation­al Mon­u­ment Wilderness. 

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12′ x 14′ cab­in in Misty Fiords Nation­al Mon­u­ment east of Ketchikan

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The only state pub­lic use cab­in on the Ketchikan-area road sys­tem, this pop­u­lar 12 x 16 cab­in fea­tures one of the region’s few acces­si­ble sandy beach­es. Hik­ing trails, salmon view­ing, sports fish­ing, excel­lent kayak­ing and wildlife view­ing all con­tribute to the cabin’s rep­u­ta­tion as a remark­able base for recre­ation in a serene coastal rain for­est setting.

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