Alaska Administrative Code › Title 11 - Natural Resources › Part 2 - Parks, Recreation, and Public Use › Chapter 12 - Public Use › Article 1 - State Park Land and Water Restrictions › 11 AAC 12.230 - Camping and boating

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) In a developed
				  campground, a person may camp only at a developed campsite or in a designated
				  camping space. A person may not camp within one-half mile of a developed
				  campground or within one-half mile of a road in a state park, except as
				  authorized by the director under
				  11 AAC 18.010, or as otherwise
				  provided in 11 AAC 20.
(b) A person
				  may not camp in a developed campground for more than 15 consecutive days in a
				  calendar year, unless authorized by the director under
				  11 AAC 18.010. If the director
				  determines that a campground in a state park may be damaged or is subject to
				  unusual demand, the director may limit camping at that campground to a period
				  of less than 15 days. The division shall post notice of a time limit of less
				  than 15 days in the campground.
(c)
				  After a vehicle or camping equipment has occupied a campground or campsite in a
				  state park for the posted time limit or for 15 consecutive days, whichever is
				  less, the vehicle or camping equipment must be removed from the state park and
				  may not be returned to the state park for a period of 15 consecutive
				  days.
(d) The director may post
				  campground rules to limit certain activities, or hours of activity, in
				  established campgrounds for the purpose of preserving the public peace, safety,
				  comfort, and convenience.
(e) Every
				  day that a person remains in a developed campground over the camping limitation
				  constitutes a separate offense.
(f)
				  In a sleeping area or campground of a state park between the hours of 11:00
				  p.m. and 6:00 a.m. daily or as otherwise posted, a person may not disturb other
				  campers by making excessively loud noises or by the use of a motorized
				  generator, radio, television, or stereo equipment, or any other machinery or
				  device.
(g) An annual day use
				  parking pass decal, issued upon payment of the fee required by
				  11 AAC 05.170(b)(8) must be permanently
				  affixed in plain view in the lower driver's side comer of a motor vehicle's
				  windshield.
(h) A person may not
				  camp in an area of a state park where a sign prohibits that use.
(i) An annual boat launching pass decal,
				  issued upon payment of the fee required by
				  11 AAC 05.170(b)(4), must be permanently
				  affixed in plain view to the left side of the boat trailer tongue,
				  approximately one foot back from the hitch assembly.
(j) Within a developed campground, a person
				  may not leave food or a food container unattended outside a vehicle or in a
				  place or manner reasonably accessible by bears. A state park officer may
				  impound food or food containers left unattended outside a vehicle or in a place
				  or manner reasonably accessible by bears.
(k) A campsite must be vacated by 12 p.m.
				  (noon), local time, unless the campsite fee for an additional 24 hour occupancy
				  has been paid.
(l) A person may not
				  camp at the same location in an undeveloped area of a state park for more than
				  10 days in a calendar year, except as authorized by the director under
				  11 AAC 18.010. After a person has
				  camped for up to 10 days at the same location in an undeveloped area of a state
				  park, all camping equipment must be removed from that location and may not be
				  set up or used again within one mile of that location during that calendar
				  year. A day of camping begins at 12:00 p.m. and ends at 11:59 a.m. the next
				  days.
(m) A person may not camp,
				  pitch a tent, or stay overnight within 300 feet of a public use cabin, except
				  as authorized by the director under
				  11 AAC 18.010.
Authority:
AS
						41.21.020
AS 41.21.040
AS
						41.21.950