Yukon - Charley Rivers National Preserve - Activities

The Visitor Center at the Eagle Field Office offers exhibits depicting the area, history, and ecology of Yukon-Charley Rivers. Visitors can enjoy a short video presentation on the preserve as well as area specific videos during normal visitor hours. Scheduled nature hikes, talks, and campfire programs are posted at the Visitor Center and at the nearby BLM campground.

There are currently seven public use cabins located within the preserve. The cabins are along the Yukon River and its tributaries; located at Nation Bluff, Glenn Creek, Washington Creek, Kandik River mouth, and three cabins in the Coal Creek area. These cabins are available on a first come, first served basis. Rafting, kayaking and canoeing are popular on the Yukon River. Power boats are also permitted; however, personal watercraft such as jet skis are not.

Many people start in Eagle and end in Circle, either arranging to be picked up, or to be flown back to Eagle. Longer trips, from Dawson or Whitehorse to the lower Yukon or Bering Sea, are also popular ways of traveling the Yukon through the preserve. Rafting or kayaking the Charley River is also an excellent way to visit Yukon-Charley Rivers. The entire 1.1 million acre watershed of the Charley River is protected inside preserve boundaries and the river itself is a National Wild River. Air-chartered drop off and pick up, or continuation to Circle, must be arranged for a trip on the Charley.