Where To Stay in Haines
Haines offers a range of RV parks and camping sites where you can experience the essence of Alaska as you wake up to views of Rainbow Glacier, the Chilkat Mountains, and surrounding lakes.
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This small campground, less than one mile south of the cruise ship dock in Haines, is for bicyclists and others arriving on foot — no vehicles are allowed to here. Don’t miss the nice overlook in the forest above the campground, with views over the water to the Chilkat Mountains.
Chilkat State Park, seven miles south of Haines, is less visited than Chilkoot Lake, probably because it’s further from town and the road is gravel. But don’t let that stop you. The park is quiet, it’s one of the best local areas to look for moose, and the view of the Rainbow Glacier — a hanging glacier with a huge waterfall dropping from its face — is world-class.
Haines locals come here for weddings and other special occasions, a great spot for spotting wildlife, launching a boat, or pitching a tent. It’s rarely crowded due to the bumpy ride down a steep, gravel road in.
The park has a few campsites, but no outhouses. The dock at the park provides public access to Mosquito Lake, which offers great fishing, especially for cutthroat trout and Dolly Varden char. The lake fills with migrating ducks in the spring and fall, and trumpeter swans use the lake as a stopover on their migrations. Up to 80 swans have been seen at one time on the lake. In the winter, locals like to ice fish and cross-country ski on the lake ...more