Thorne Bay, AK

Staney Creek Cabin

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About this spot

Overview

Staney Creek Cabin offers visitors recreation, relaxation and a unique lodging experience on Prince of Wales Island in Alaska's Tongass National Forest. The remote site offers a scenic setting for fishing, hiking, hunting and wildlife viewing, all within the vicinity of the cabin. The site can be accessed by vehicle and a half-mile hike, boat or by float plane. Visitors are responsible for their own travel arrangements and safety, and must bring several of their own amenities.

Recreation

The cabin is an excellent location for anglers, as the stream supports cutthroat trout, rainbow trout, dolly varden, steelhead and four species of salmon. Hunters can take advantage of the long hunting season in the surrounding national forest. Bear season occurs during spring and fall, while deer season begins in late summer and lasts through the late fall.

Facilities

The cabin is a 12 x 12-foot primitive, pre-cut cedar log cabin (pan-abode style) furnished with wooden bunkbeds (without mattresses) that sleep 4-6 guests. The cabin is equipped with a table, benches, and an outdoor toilet. Other amenities include a cooking counter, fire extinguisher and a broom. The cabin does not have running water or electricity. Guests must bring their own food, water, sleeping bags, sleeping pads, cook stove/fuel, fire starter, cooking gear/utensils, light source (lantern), toilet paper, first aid kit, garbage bags, and bio brick compressed logs or fire wood for the woodstove. There are no dependable freshwater sources near the cabin, so visitors should be sure to bring plenty of their own water for drinking, cooking and washing. Click here for more cabin details.

Natural Features

The cabin sits at the mouth of Staney Creek, a grassy tidal meadow, and is surrounded by a canopy of old-growth spruce, hemlock and cedar. Wildlife in the area abounds, including a variety of waterfowl, shore birds, bald eagles, Sitka black-tailed deer and black bears. Learn more about bear safety in the Tongass National Forest.

Typical weather

Air temperature

Average daily high-low
Average daily high and low air temperature, January through DecemberEach vertical bar shows a monthly average daily high and low in degrees Fahrenheit.39°32°JJanuary: average high 39°F, average low 32°F38°29°FFebruary: average high 38°F, average low 29°F42°31°MMarch: average high 42°F, average low 31°F49°34°AApril: average high 49°F, average low 34°F54°41°MMay: average high 54°F, average low 41°F60°47°JJune: average high 60°F, average low 47°F63°51°JJuly: average high 63°F, average low 51°F64°52°AAugust: average high 64°F, average low 52°F58°48°SSeptember: average high 58°F, average low 48°F51°41°OOctober: average high 51°F, average low 41°F42°34°NNovember: average high 42°F, average low 34°F36°28°DDecember: average high 36°F, average low 28°F

5-year average · Open-Meteo

Staney Creek

Average water temperature
Average water temperature for Staney Creek, January through DecemberEach point shows the monthly average water temperature in degrees Fahrenheit.34°JJanuary: average water temperature 34°F34°FFebruary: average water temperature 34°F35°MMarch: average water temperature 35°F40°AApril: average water temperature 40°F48°MMay: average water temperature 48°F54°JJune: average water temperature 54°F58°JJuly: average water temperature 58°F57°AAugust: average water temperature 57°F51°SSeptember: average water temperature 51°F45°OOctober: average water temperature 45°F38°NNovember: average water temperature 38°F35°DDecember: average water temperature 35°F

Water: STANEY C NR KLAWOCK AK (USGS 15081497)

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