USDA Forest Service · Alaska
Green Island Cabin
USDA Forest Service · Alaska, United States
- Sites
- 1
- Hookups
- 1 no hookups
- Season
- Year-round
- Drinking water
- No
- Restrooms
- Yes
- Elevation
- 20 ft
- Dark sky
- Bortle class 1
- Cell coverage
- T-Mobile none · AT&T none · Verizon none (carriers' 4G LTE filings to the FCC, 2025-12; not measured here)
- Lake
- Chugach National Forest
- Nearest town
- CORDOVA
- Address
- PO BOX 280, CORDOVA, AK, 99574
- Phone
- 1 (907) 424-7661
- Activities
- Boating, Camping, Fishing, Hunting, Wildlife Viewing
1 numbered sites are mapped one by one - open the site map to pick yours.
About
Overview
Green Island Cabin offers guests a remote lodging experience in the Chugach National Forest. Situated on
the northwest side of Green Island, the cabin offers guests year-round recreation and relaxation. Fishing,
hunting and wildlife viewing are available within the area.
Access to the cabin is by float plane or boat. Visitors are responsible for their own travel
arrangements and safety, and must bring several of their own amenities. This facility is wheelchair-accessible.
Recreation
Anglers will find several creeks flowing into the bay. In mid-July, pink salmon spawn in most of the little
creeks, and coho arrive in August. Some of the lakes in the area have good-sized cutthroat trout and Dolly Varden. Fishing for halibut and
rockfish in the nearby ocean waters is accessible with a boat.
Hunters can take advantage of a long hunting season on the island. Sitka black-tailed deer can be challenging
to hunt, but worth traversing the terrain.
Facilities
The cabin is 16-by-20 and fully wheelchair-accessible. It is furnished with wooden bunks that sleep up to six guests. Other amenities include a table, benches, wood
and oil stoves for heat, a rainwater catchment barrel, axe, splitting maul, saw and an outdoor pit toilet.
The cabin does not have running water, electricity, cut firewood or heating oil. Visitors must bring their own water for drinking, cooking and washing, as well as
#1 stove oil for the oil stove.
Visitors must bring food, sleeping bags, sleeping pads, a cook stove, matches, cooking gear, lanterns or flashlights, toilet paper, a first aid kit and garbage bags.
All trash and food must be packed out, and visitors are expected to clean the cabin before leaving.
Natural Features
The cabin is located on Green Island between Gibbon Anchorage (a shallow bay) and Prince William Sound.
The surrounding terrain is a spruce and hemlock forest with boggy muskeg openings. Wildlife in the area abounds, including migratory waterfowl and Sitka black-tailed deer.
The beaches on the Prince William Sound shoreline offer expansive views of the water and surrounding
mountains. Occasionally, humpback and killer whales can be seen spouting offshore. Sea otters and other
sea mammals are in the area as well.
Fees
Only one change per reservation for all Alaska cabins is allowed. Change is defined as a modification to the
start or end date of the reservation; after one change has been made, if additional changes are desired, the
customer must cancel the current reservation and re-book the new dates.
Weather, month by month
| Month | Typical high | Typical low | Coldest night | Hottest day | Years with a night below 32°F |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28° | 24° | 10° | 32° | 11 of 11 |
| February | 26° | 23° | 15° | 31° | 11 of 11 |
| March | 25° | 22° | 12° | 31° | 11 of 11 |
| April | 28° | 25° | 9° | 32° | 11 of 11 |
| May | 34° | 31° | 25° | 41° | 10 of 11 |
| June | 40° | 38° | 34° | 51° | 0 of 11 |
| July | 44° | 42° | 39° | 53° | 0 of 11 |
| August | 45° | 43° | 39° | 56° | 0 of 11 |
| September | 43° | 40° | 37° | 52° | 0 of 11 |
| October | 35° | 32° | 22° | 41° | 8 of 10 |
| November | 31° | 27° | 7° | 37° | 10 of 10 |
| December | 28° | 23° | 9° | 33° | 10 of 10 |
Mid-month figures from 2016–2026 of daily weather at this spot (ERA5 reanalysis via Open-Meteo, CC BY 4.0), in °F. Typical is the median; coldest and hottest are the extremes seen.
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