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A Guide to Kathleen Lake Campground, Yukon

by Murray Lundberg


Campgrounds & Rest Areas in the Yukon

Dateline: March 9, 2013. Last update: September 1, 2023.

    The Kathleen Lake Campground, operated by Parks Canada, is located at Km 220 of the Haines Highway. It has 39 campsites, none of them pull-throughs, and a maximum length of 30 feet for motorhomes is recommended. It also has a boat launch and a kitchen shelter. There is superb hiking both at Kathleen Lake and in the area. The nightly fee at Kathleen Lake Campground is $26.00 including firewood.

    Kathleen Lake Campground is open and fully serviced from May 19 to September 24 (in 2023), and is gated in the off-season, though the recreation area and kitchen shelter on the lakeshore is accessible all winter.


Kathleen Lake Campground, Yukon
Fall at Kathleen Lake.
Kathleen Lake Campground, Yukon
A tour group in the kitchen shelter on a bitterly cold day in early February.