ADMIRALTY COVE CABIN

Overview Admiralty Cove Cabin offers guests recreation, relaxation and a unique wilderness lodging experience on the northern tip of Admiralty Island in the Tongass National Forest. The remote site offers a scenic setting for hiking, beachcoming, berry picking, and wildlife viewing, all within the vicinity of the cabin. Access to the cabin is float plane or boat.

Visitors are responsible for their own travel arrangements and safety, and must bring several of their own amenities. Recreation Fishing is available in the stream adjacent to the cabin, as well as at nearby Young Bay, where cutthroat trout, Dolly Varden and coho salmon may be found. Several primitive trails extend from the cabin into the forest.

5-mile Admiralty Cove-Young Lake trailhead is at the cabin's doorstep, and heads from the cabin to the North Young Lake cabin. It is a relatively flat trail and follows the creek at each end of the trail. The round-trip hike can be fairly strenuous when conditions are rainy and wet.

Beachcoming is another pastime for visitors in the spring, as winter storms wash up Japanese fishing floats, shells, bottles, and other wave-swept treasures from the open ocean. Facilities The primitive, pan-abode log cabin is furnished with wooden bunks, without mattresses, and can accommodate up to six people. It is also equipped with a table, benches, an oil stove for heat and an outside toilet.

Other amenities include cooking counters, shelves, cupboard space and a broom. A campfire ring is located outside the cabin. 1 stove oil (anticipate 5 to 10 gallons for a week), toilet paper, first aid kit and garbage bags.

Natural Features The cabin rests on a level, forested bench overlooking Admiralty Creek and a large grassy tidal meadow.