The cook shelter provides a covered place to prepare and eat, as well as secure storage, for all food.
Photo: NPS Photo / Ann Whitmore-Painter
About
Exit Glacier has a 12-site, walk-in, tent-campground. Sites are available on a first-come, first-served basis. There are no reservations or camping fees. There is a fourteen-day stay limit. The campground frequently fills by early evening in July and August. A central food storage, cooking and dining shelter is provided. Cooking and/or storing food in campsites is prohibited. There is a pump for drinking water and pit toilets are available. Pets are not permitted in campsites.
Campsites
Location
Kenai Fjords National Park
P.O. Box 1727
Seward, AK 99664
Fees
Hours
There is one established campground located in the Exit Glacier area. It has 12 sites for tents, and is walk-in only. It is open year-round.
Reservations
No reservations are required. Sites are available on a first come, first served basis.
Directions
The 12-site, tent-only campground is located just before the parking lot to the Exit Glacier Nature Center. Turn on to Herman Leirer Road (commonly called "Exit Glacier Road") at mile 3 of the Seward Highway - AK-9. Proceed 8 miles. The campground will be the first turn on the left, after crossing into the park, about 3/4 of a mile after the park's entrance sign. Google Map Coordinates: 60.1914453,-149.6193232
Weather
Summer daytime temperatures range from the mid 40s to the low 70s (Fahrenheit). Overcast and cool rainy days are frequent. Winter temperatures can range from the low 30s to -20. Exit Glacier area averages close to 200 inches of snowfall annually, but conditions vary greatly. Storms dumping several feet of snow are common, as are rainy mid-winter days with temperatures hovering in the mid-upper 30s.
Accessibility
Campsites #1 and #12 are accessible to wheelchairs via wide, level access paths. The vault toilet is also accessible from the paved parking lot.
Fires are limited to the steel fire rings at the campground cooking shelter and the picnic area. Cook stoves maybe used at the campground cooking shelter. No food is allowed at the individual campsites.
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RVs not allowed.
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Campsites #1 and #12 are both accessible with wide, level access paths.
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Paved Roads - All vehicles OK
Limited Development Campground