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Campbell Tract
Campbell Tract is a 730-acre Bureau of Land Management Special Recreation Management Area on Anchorage's east side, with its own real trail network that connects into the much larger, roughly 4,000-acre Far North Bicentennial Park. The BLM's own site documents summer hiking, mountain biking, and horseback riding, plus winter snowshoeing, fat biking, skijoring, and Nordic skiing — a genuinely multi-use network, not a single-purpose trail.
Who this suits
Guests who want real Anchorage trail time on the east side of town rather than Kincaid's west-side network — hikers and mountain bikers especially, with real (if less commonly requested) horseback-riding access too.
A plan that works
- Treat this as Kincaid Park's east-side counterpart — a real trail network, not a single hike, so ask what kind of day the guest wants before picking a route.
- The Campbell Creek Science Center sits within the tract and is worth mentioning for guests interested in the area's ecology, not just the trails.
- In winter, mention fat biking and Nordic skiing as real, current uses here — check current grooming and conditions before you go.
Drive and timing, honestly
- East Anchorage, connecting to Far North Bicentennial Park. No drive time is stated from either property — none has been measured.
- Flexible — a couple of hours to a half day depending on how much of the network a guest wants to cover.
What we won’t promise
- We cannot promise wildlife sightings — moose and other wildlife do use this area, but that is luck, not a feature of the trail.
- We cannot promise current trail, fat-biking, or ski-grooming conditions, or current trailhead parking and access.
Practical notes
- A real, multi-use trail network — bring a map or download one before you go if you want to cover real distance.
- Connects directly into the much larger Far North Bicentennial Park network for guests who want a bigger day.
Local context
Around Anchorage
Where Campbell Tract sits relative to the rest of Anchorage — no dead end here, open anything else nearby directly from the map.
Schematic — direction is real, distance is not to scale. Nothing here is placed at a street address.