Watson Lake Sign Post Forest

The Sign Post Forest started in 1942, when a homesick US soldier on the Alaska Highway crew, Carl Lindley of Danville, Illinois, nailed up a sign with his hometown’s name and the distance home. Everyone since has added to it. Today there are well over 100,000 plates, license plates, road signs, trail markers, and one-off oddities, planted in rows that stretch out across the lot. Walking it takes however long you let it. It’s free, open all the time, and right at the junction where the Campbell Highway peels off toward Ross River and Carmacks.

This is the logical last stop for a final fuel top-off, groceries, and ice in Watson Lake before the Campbell, which is mostly gravel with long gaps between services. Bring something to hang if you want to add to the forest. A cheap license plate or a painted board will do. The visitor centre next door has road condition info and current maps, but check with the Yukon government on conditions before you commit to the whole run. Hours and services change, so verify ahead.

100,000+ signs where the Campbell Highway begins