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Campsite #S09 at Swan Lake Cabin Seward, AK
$50
Cabin Site #S09
| 8 people | |
| 0 | weak |
11/25
12/7
Campsite #S09 Features: Back-In parking, Cabin Site
Campsite Reviews (20)
5.0 out of 5
| 5 star | | 55% |
| 4 star | | 40% |
| 3 star | | 0% |
| 2 star | | 0% |
| 1 star | | 5% |
@SheriK9960632 · Camped on Jul 4, 2025 at Campsite #S09
Swan Lake cabin is our favorite summer cabin. Beautiful scenery, lake fishing, campfire, flat ground to play Bocci Ball and just enough off Resurrection Pass Trail to NOT have the looky loos coming up to the cabin to just see it. Once in a while you get the treat of watching a float plane land or take off from the West Swan cabin.
@CathrynT6B5D1B · Camped on Jun 28, 2025 at Campsite #S09
This cabin had a beautiful view of the lake with easy accessibility for boating and a morning bath. The trail in from the winter route of the Resurrection trail was terribly overgrown and difficult at the end of an 11 mile day. But the trail out to Juneau lake was excellent.
@MelindaRCA3328 · Camped on Jun 9, 2025 at Campsite #S09
We were so thankful for a wood stove and a place to get warm after a long day of hiking in the rain/sleet. I was impressed at the tools available to use for firewood. The swan lake cabin is smaller in size than all the others we saw on the trail, we were cozy, maybe better for getting warm.
@RonaldH093523B · Camped on Jun 21, 2024 at Campsite #S09
Great location with views of Swan Lake and a short path to a small gravel beach w/ a rowboat & canoe. Cabin & outhouse were clean; firewood provided though we didn't need it on a warm June evening; and a few basic supplies left by others. Out group of 3 enjoyed our night at Swan Lake.
@ToniaS7724110 · Camped on Jan 6, 2024 at Campsite #S09
Good snow cover and a packed down trail made for easy access. Lake was froze over but did have some overflow. Some open creeks still so be careful if going off trail!
@JenniferD34519 · Camped on Aug 8, 2023 at Campsite #S09
Such a beautiful cabin on a beautiful lake! The canoes were an awesome addition and I love that this cabin's stove has the glass pane for seeing the fire - such a small thing, but a difference I noticed. We saw a family of loons on the lake and salmon! Swan Lake Cabin was my favorite cabin on the trail - we hope to come stay again!
@RonF8957900 · Camped on Jun 4, 2023 at Campsite #S09
we have been going here yearly for nearly 30 years,,,it is a very peaceful and special place in the wilderness..
@CynthiaS564883 · Camped on Mar 3, 2023 at Campsite #S09
Great cabin nice big windows and light colored walls makes it not so dark. Great place to ski.
@ElizabethH3073 · Camped on Jan 19, 2023 at Campsite #S09
Great little cabin. However, there was no firewood readily available due to it being a no snow machine year. Upon arrival to the cabin we had to fell 2 trees for firewood. Luckily (but unfortunately) there is plenty of spruce beetle kill and a pretty decent axe and saw at the cabin. The stove worked great and got the place very toasty. The creek was accessible for fresh water, yet we often just melted snow. The previous cabin-dwellers kinda left of mess, both inside and outside. We dug out a walkway to the wood storage shed and removed the majority of the trash that was left behind.
@WilliamC221307 · Camped on Aug 28, 2022 at Campsite #S09
Excellent state cabin in great shape. A bit of a hike but Resurrection trail is worth it
@CherylC6330808 · Camped on Jul 5, 2022 at Campsite #S09
This was our favorite cabin along the Resurrection Pass Trail. We loved the view from the porch and appreciated the access to the lake with the canoes. We paddled for quite a ways, but never reached the other end of the lake. The wind was quite strong, so be aware which way it's blowing before heading out.
@AmberR5221011 · Camped on May 30, 2022 at Campsite #S09
The Swan Lake cabin is a peaceful refuge and I will certainly look to book it again. It is the perfect distance for a long day hike in, rewarded by a cozy cabin that is easy to heat and not so easy to cool. We stayed in the first part of June so we had to traipse through a very cold stream that had taken over the trail just before reaching the cabin but I doubt that would be the case even now. Thank heavens we could dry those boots by the stove!
@DanielA4184025 · Camped on Nov 26, 2020 at Campsite #S09
stayed two nights. Found a cache of precut, pre-split cottonwood under a nearby spruce and used about half of it. So nice! I went for Thanksgiving and finding usable wood in the area was otherwise really difficult, as everything was wet from the fall rains and basically frozen anyway.
Stove worked well, but I needed to up my game on fire starting. Luckily that second night after I found the cache it worked really well.
Cabin was otherwise exactly what expected: terrific but simple!
Stove worked well, but I needed to up my game on fire starting. Luckily that second night after I found the cache it worked really well.
Cabin was otherwise exactly what expected: terrific but simple!
@DanielA998 · Camped on Nov 26, 2020 at Campsite #S09
stayed two nights. Found a cache of precut, pre-split cottonwood under a nearby spruce and used about half of it. So nice! I went for Thanksgiving and finding usable wood in the area was otherwise really difficult, as everything was wet from the fall rains and basically frozen anyway.
Stove worked well, but I needed to up my game on fire starting. Luckily that second night after I found the cache it worked really well.
Cabin was otherwise exactly what expected: terrific but simple!
Stove worked well, but I needed to up my game on fire starting. Luckily that second night after I found the cache it worked really well.
Cabin was otherwise exactly what expected: terrific but simple!
@RodneyW836 · Camped on Sep 3, 2020 at Campsite #S09
We came down from Hope and took the northern spur trail to the cabin. That trail is garbage compared to the southern spur trail to the cabin. If you have time, I highly recommend going around to the southern trail. The cabin is nice, but it's one of the smaller ones. There is a wood shed with implements, but the splitting maul is dull and nicked; it's not good for much. I bludgeoned a couple of logs into submission, but I switched to the saw after that. Great views, and there are a row boat and canoe on the lake. Oars and kids life vests are in the woodshed. Lots of water fowl and fish to be seen. The running water source is only about 100 yards from the cabin. and the water was great. The outhouse is about 50 yards behind the cabin, and was well kept. Over all, we enjoyed our stay. and would definitely go again.
@RodneyW8217146 · Camped on Sep 3, 2020 at Campsite #S09
We came down from Hope and took the northern spur trail to the cabin. That trail is garbage compared to the southern spur trail to the cabin. If you have time, I highly recommend going around to the southern trail. The cabin is nice, but it's one of the smaller ones. There is a wood shed with implements, but the splitting maul is dull and nicked; it's not good for much. I bludgeoned a couple of logs into submission, but I switched to the saw after that. Great views, and there are a row boat and canoe on the lake. Oars and kids life vests are in the woodshed. Lots of water fowl and fish to be seen. The running water source is only about 100 yards from the cabin. and the water was great. The outhouse is about 50 yards behind the cabin, and was well kept. Over all, we enjoyed our stay. and would definitely go again.
@tomn1568100 · Camped on Jul 9, 2020 at Campsite #S09
Upgraded Cabin . Could use some more larger logs from the burn area so we wouldn’t have to search for local firewood.. We stayed there for two days. It’s a beautiful setting
@tomn795 · Camped on Jul 9, 2020 at Campsite #S09
Upgraded Cabin . Could use some more larger logs from the burn area so we wouldn’t have to search for local firewood.. We stayed there for two days. It’s a beautiful setting
@DavidF212 · Camped on Nov 2, 2019 at Campsite #S09
The Swan Lake Cabin is an incredible place to stay the night nestled at the edge of a lake that did, indeed, serve as a home to many swans. A piece worth knowing - the cabin contains a wood stove that heats up the relatively small cabin quite quickly. In November 2019 there was just enough wood for us for one night and enough to leave for the next folks. Beyond that the wood shed only had one or two extremely knotted rounds (not sure if or how often wood is stocked).
@NAZIS822 · Camped on Jul 6, 2019 at Campsite #S09
Well I paid for it and never got to stay in it because of the fires, you guys never contacted me or return my money or say that I can still use it, if I did that to you I don’t know what you would have done, so if you still have any concern please return my money for not using the cabin you guys asked to return because of the fires, I did get to stay my 1st day at fox creek !
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