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Outdoors in Game Creek

Few parks or trails are on the map in Game Creek

5% of Game Creek’s land is conserved, about 198 acres. 8.9 miles of mapped trail cross Game Creek, 1.5 per square mile of land.

Conserved land
5%
198 acres · of 5.9 sq mi of land
Trails
8.9 mi
1.5 per sq mi of land
Near a park
under 1%
of residents within ½ mile
The map

Conserved land, trails & bike routes

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Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Places to walk

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Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.

Tongass National Forest

Managed by United States Forest Service
199 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Who protects it

198 conserved acres

5% of Game Creek’s land. Who manages Game Creek’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

U.S. Forest Service198 ac
National Forest · 198 ac
The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Tongass National Forest
National Forest
U.S. Forest Service198Open
When to get out

The best walking months in Game Creek: June to August

NOAA’s 1991–2020 normals for the town and the daylight at its latitude. Outlined months have long days, highs of 59 to 86 °F and little rain for the place.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)7.19.311.614.316.718.117.515.312.710.17.86.5
High (°F)343740495862656458483936
Rain (in)6.85.04.43.12.52.73.34.97.39.28.87.9

May is the driest month (2.5 in) and July the warmest (highs of 65 °F). 9.2 inches fall in October, the wettest month. The climate in Game Creek →

Next door

Game Creek and its neighbors

Game Creek has the most mapped trails of the 2 towns around it. Tap a town to see its outdoors.

Game Creek8.9 miWhitestone Logging Camp1.5 mi
TownConserved
of land		Trail mi
per sq mi		Park acres
per 1,000		Near a park
½ mile		Outdoors
Game Creek— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Whitestone Logging Camp— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.

Questions about parks and trails in Game Creek

Are dogs allowed on Game Creek’s trails?

Tongass National Forest doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.

Is there public land near Game Creek?

42,231 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Game Creek or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), almost none of it inside the town line.

Trail talk

Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Game Creek neighbors.

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Sources

Where this page comes from

Conserved and public land: USGS Protected Areas Database of the United States (PAD-US), service updated July 2026. Parks, trails, playgrounds, beaches and other places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL), map data as of 2026-10-28. Land and water area: Census 2025 Gazetteer. Residents near a park: 2020 Census blocks. National Register: National Park Service. How TownRatings grades the outdoors →