Kenai National Wildlife Refuge Cabins

Nice cabin, convenient location and beautiful setting.

Nice cabin, convenient location and beautiful setting.

We had an amazing time at the Dolly Varden Lake cabin. The first day we kayaked there in the rain and set up camp. The cabin was left very clean by the previous guests. Our second day was a nice sunny day full of paddling and fishing. We highly recommend staying here and will be back in the future.

We had an amazing time at the Dolly Varden Lake cabin. The first day we kayaked there in the rain and set up camp. The cabin was left very clean by the previous guests. Our second day was a nice sunny day full of paddling and fishing. We highly recommend staying here and will be back in the future.

Very nice cabin, we could hardly hear the wind howling(& it was)and the rain on the roof! The trail is a little overgrown in areas but definitely doable. Overall awesome trip!!

Very nice cabin, we could hardly hear the wind howling(& it was)and the rain on the roof! The trail is a little overgrown in areas but definitely doable. Overall awesome trip!!

Tusty was at extreme high water level due to glacier melt from recent heat and rains on top of that. There was ZERO shore all around the lake from the Kasilof River entry to the cabin. At the cabin it was a 6" step up out of the boat and onto grass...no shore at all where the boat could pull up. So Tusty was a huge body of water surrounded by swamp from knee to waist deep along most of the usually exposed shorelines. Boating to the cabin if the winds are over 15 mph is probably something to consider carefully depending on your boat and experience....winds over 10 mph and it begins to get tad rough. The cabin was in good shape...but the door needs to have the latch adjusted so that it can be secured against animal/bird entry. When we arrived someone had used a foot long cord with a hook to close the door since they evidently could not operate the faulty latch. This left the door open over 6"....totally unsat. We saw a martin that lives around/under the cabin...an open door not a good thing. The latch can be closed...and we did close it properly when we departed....but it takes a stronger person and some determination to get it over the latch hoop. It needs to be repaired soonest. All else was good....the Dutch Door Outhouse is cute...and it was even stocked with feminine hygiene product...go figure. Plenty of firewood was there on our visit....but someone had spilled it all out of the shed probably looking for smaller birch they could split...we loaded it back into the wood shed prior to leaving. We didn't need the wood burning stove which looked quite good or the fire ring with grill but it would certainly work for grilling steaks. Very nice facility....hence the 5 stars. Cell service was excellent with zero dropped connection with ATT as long as you walked 30 yds out of the cabin to the shore and faced south....zero service in cabin....go figure why 30 yds makes a diff??? So calling out no issue....getting calls in to you probably a problem???

Tusty was at extreme high water level due to glacier melt from recent heat and rains on top of that. There was ZERO shore all around the lake from the Kasilof River entry to the cabin. At the cabin it was a 6" step up out of the boat and onto grass...no shore at all where the boat could pull up. So Tusty was a huge body of water surrounded by swamp from knee to waist deep along most of the usually exposed shorelines. Boating to the cabin if the winds are over 15 mph is probably something to consider carefully depending on your boat and experience....winds over 10 mph and it begins to get tad rough. The cabin was in good shape...but the door needs to have the latch adjusted so that it can be secured against animal/bird entry. When we arrived someone had used a foot long cord with a hook to close the door since they evidently could not operate the faulty latch. This left the door open over 6"....totally unsat. We saw a martin that lives around/under the cabin...an open door not a good thing. The latch can be closed...and we did close it properly when we departed....but it takes a stronger person and some determination to get it over the latch hoop. It needs to be repaired soonest. All else was good....the Dutch Door Outhouse is cute...and it was even stocked with feminine hygiene product...go figure. Plenty of firewood was there on our visit....but someone had spilled it all out of the shed probably looking for smaller birch they could split...we loaded it back into the wood shed prior to leaving. We didn't need the wood burning stove which looked quite good or the fire ring with grill but it would certainly work for grilling steaks. Very nice facility....hence the 5 stars. Cell service was excellent with zero dropped connection with ATT as long as you walked 30 yds out of the cabin to the shore and faced south....zero service in cabin....go figure why 30 yds makes a diff??? So calling out no issue....getting calls in to you probably a problem???

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