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Man at shelves inside wood cabin with black stove and wood bunk
Wooden plank walkway curving away from trees and bushesPerson sweeping the interior of wood cabin with wood table and bunkbed with a black stove
USFSTongass National Forest · Alaska

Little Dry Island Cabin

Overview Little Dry Island Cabin offers a secluded retreat on the Stikine River Delta in the Stikine-LeConte Wilderness, with expansive views of the surrounding grassflats.
Sites1all reservable
Elev.121ft
Comf.May-Oct6 months
Max rigtents
Electricnonesites
From Juneau9h06real road time
The honest read
Synthesized from
RIDB · Open-Meteo
OSM · OSRM
Updated 2026-05-27

At 121 ft, Little Dry Island Cabin has a 6-month comfortable window (May-Oct). Winter nights average around 28°F, so the shoulder seasons turn cold fast. All 1 sites are reservable in advance, so plan ahead. Popular weekends book out. Within about 4 miles: 1 peak, lake or river access.

The campground at a glance

01 · CHARACTER
QuietCoolRoomyShadeRV-fitReserv.

Reads strongest on shade and reservability. Softest on cool nights.

Six axes, each scored relative to every other federal campground in the region: quiet (miles to a major road), cool (elevation), roomy (average site spacing), shade, RV-fit (longest rig), and how reservable it is. All six come from data, nothing hand-tuned.

When to go

02 · CLIMATE
JFMAMJJASOND
avg highavg lowfrost-freedriest · May
May-Oct
Comfortable window: nights stay above 35°F, days below 90°F.
49%
Of summer weekend-days are dry.
Apr 29
Last spring frost; first fall frost Oct 17.
53°F
Average July low.

Getting there

03 · ACCESS
01
Juneau
190 mi
9h06
02
Fairbanks
900 mi
31h00
03
Anchorage
1016 mi
33h38
By drive time
Juneau · 9h06Fairbanks · 31h00Anchorage · 33h38Camp

Picking your site

04 · 1 SITES
0
Pull-thru
0
Walk-in
0
50-amp
0
Accessible
0
Prime
1
Sites

What's within four miles

05 · TRAILS · PEAKS · WATER

Trails & Peaks

Trail segments
1
Peaks
1

Water & Access

Lake / river access
yes
Method

We synthesize public data layers: RIDB and Recreation.gov facility and site records, Open-Meteo climate normals, OpenStreetMap roads, trails, and water, OSRM drive times, and USGS elevation. We take no bookings, no ads, and no paid placements. Independence is the entire point.

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