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PYBUS BAY CABIN

USFS · Campground · Fee

Fast facts

Cost
Fee charged
Managed by
USFS
Type
Campground
Reservations
recreation.gov
Phone
907-586-8800
Coordinates
57.3493, -134.1631
Last verified
September 19, 2026
57.3493° N · 134.1631° W
Last verifiedSeptember 19, 2026

About this place

Overview Pybus Cabin offers guests recreation, relaxation and a unique wilderness lodging experience on the southeast side of Admiralty Island in the Tongass National Forest. The remote site offers a scenic setting for fishing, boating 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 Wildlife viewing is abundant on land and in water. Pybus Bay is quite remote, and a good place for humpback whale sightings. A game trail to Donkey Bay is accessible at high tide and seasonal commercial fishing activity is popular in Pybus Bay. Facilities The cabin is a primitive, pre-cut cedar log cabin in A-frame style, furnished with wooden bunkbeds without mattresses and a loft that sleep up to seven guests. The cabin is equipped with a table, benches, an oil stove for heat and an outdoor toilet. The cabin does not have running water or electricity. Visitors must bring their own food, water, sleeping bags, sleeping pads, cook stove, matches, cooking gear/utensils, light source, #1 stove oil, toilet paper, first aid kit and garbage bags. Water is available from a nearby stream. Water from any natural site must be filtered, boiled or chemically treated before drinking. Natural Features The cabin is about a half-mile north of Donkey Bay in a protected cove within Pybus Bay. The shoreline is surrounded by a thick temperate rainforest of old-growth spruce and hemlock trees, ferns, shrubs and grasses. The end of the bay has large tidal flats. Wildlife in the area abounds, including migratory waterfowl and shorebirds, Sitka black-tailed deer and brown bears.

From the USFS.Official page

Is PYBUS BAY CABIN free?

No. PYBUS BAY CABIN charges a fee. It is managed by the USFS. Sites are reservable through recreation.gov.

How do I get to PYBUS BAY CABIN?

Located within Pybus Bay, which is on the southeast portion of Admiralty Island. The cabin lies on the north shore of a small protected cove that is approximately 1/2 mile north of Donkey Bay. Floatplane or boat access. This cabin is in designated Wilderness area, and access by helicopter is illegal. One-way flight time from Juneau is 1 hour or 30 minutes from Petersburg. Boat access from Stephens Passage or Fredrick Sound; by water it is approximately 100 miles to Juneau. There is no mooring facility. Suggested USGS topo map: Sitka B-1.

Nearby

No other services within 50 mi on the record.

SourceData from the USFS. Last synced September 19, 2026. Community reports and photos are submitted by travelers and are not verified by the agency.

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