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Atigun Pass

Dispersed camping area · Federal agency · Alaska

Free campsiteOvernight unknownNot reported

You cross the Continental Divide at Atigun Pass (milepost 244, elevation 4,739 feet). South of here, rivers flow into the Pacific Ocean or Bering Sea, while rivers to the north flow into the Arctic Ocean. Storms can dump snow here even in June and July. Watch for Dall sheep, which often feed and rest on rocky

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Beaver Creek Wild and Scenic River

Dispersed camping area · Federal agency · Alaska

Free campsiteOvernight unknownNot reported

Those folks seeking true adventure can find it floating Beaver Creek Wild and Scenic River. Beaver Creek Wild and Scenic River is a Class I, clear water river, with only a few short sections of class II water that flows past jagged limestone peaks in the White Mountains National Recreation Area and through the

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Coal Mine Road/Jarvis Creek

Dispersed camping area · Federal agency · Alaska

Free campsiteOvernight unknownNot reported

This unimproved road starts at mile 254 on the east side of the Richardson Highway. This network of trails and roads provides access to stocked lakes and amazing views of the Alaska Range and Delta River. Unimproved campsites exist that are not maintained. It is recommended for high clearance, 4-wheel-drive vehicles

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Dalton Highway

Dispersed camping area · Federal agency · Alaska

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The Dalton Highway stretches 414 miles across northern Alaska from Livengood (84 miles north of Fairbanks) to Deadhorse and the oilfields of Prudhoe Bay. Built to allow for construction of the trans-Alaska oil pipeline in the 1970s, this mostly gravel highway travels through rolling, forested hills, across the Yukon

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Fortymile Wild and Scenic River

Dispersed camping area · Federal agency · Alaska

Free campsiteOvernight unknownNot reported

The Fortymile Wild and Scenic River is an extensive network of creeks and rivers in east-central Alaska, 392 miles of which are designated as a Wild, Scenic, or Recreational section of the National Wild and Scenic River System. The river's numerous forks flow into the 'mainstem' Fortymile River, which joins the Yuko

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Fossil Creek Trail

Dispersed camping area · Federal agency · Alaska

Free campsiteOvernight unknownNot reported

Fossil Creek Trail, in the White Mountains National Recreation Area , is an 18.8-mile trail maintained for winter snowmobiling, skiing, dog mushing, snowshoeing, and fat-biking. Fossil Creek Trail starts at the north end of Wickersham Creek Trail near the

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Steese National Conservation Area

Dispersed camping area · Federal agency · Alaska

Free campsiteOvernight unknownNot reported

A half day’s drive northeast of Fairbanks, Alaska, the Steese National Conservation Area (NCA) offers stunning scenery, peaceful solitude, and outstanding opportunities for year-round recreation. The 1.2-million-acre NCA was designated by the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act in 1980 to protect the are

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Unalakleet Wild and Scenic River

Dispersed camping area · Federal agency · Alaska

Free campsiteOvernight unknownNot reported

The clear, smooth waters of the Unalakleet Wild and Scenic River (WSR) meander gently among the rolling Nulato Hills and across the broad expanses of the active tundra to the seaside village of Unalakleet, Alaska, at the rocky shores of the Norton Sound. Located 400 miles from Anchorage, the village of Unalakleet ha

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Aubrey Peak Wilderness

Dispersed camping area · Federal agency · Arizona

Free campsiteOvernight unknownNot reported

The 15,400-acre Aubrey Peak Wilderness is located in Mohave County, 70 miles south of Kingman, Arizona and 40 miles east of Lake Havasu City, Arizona. The wilderness contains imposing landforms carved into a variety of brightly colored volcanic rhyolites, tuffs, and basalt. Aubrey Peak, a large cliff-encircled

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