Anchorage Campgrounds, bad as they say?

Howdy!

We chose not to stay in Anchorage we stayed at Big Bear RV Park in Palmer.

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We stayed at Golden Nugget last summer for a week and it’s fine ... I would recommend it

We also stayed in Palmer. It is an easy drive into Anchorage.

There is a Alaska DNR campground on the Eagle River about 10 miles north of Anchorage that is beautiful!

Also a DNR campground about 20 miles south of Anchorage.

Eagle River Campground

Bird Creek Campground

MORSNOW wrote:
There is a Alaska DNR campground on the Eagle River about 10 miles north of Anchorage that is beautiful!

Also a DNR campground about 20 miles south of Anchorage.

Eagle River Campground

Bird Creek Campground

Thanks, No power there I believe?

MACHZER wrote:

MORSNOW wrote:
There is a Alaska DNR campground on the Eagle River about 10 miles north of Anchorage that is beautiful!

Also a DNR campground about 20 miles south of Anchorage.

Eagle River Campground

Bird Creek Campground

Thanks, No power there I believe?

Will let someone who's RV'd there confirm, but based strictly on tenting there in '17 (and driving through the CG), I don't believe there is power at the ER location....and probably not a Bird Creek either (power and/or sewer at individual sites are not common in Alaska DNR / Park facilities).

With the current state of the roads, depending on one's rig and assuming you don't drive with rush hour traffic, the Big Bear Park mentioned above (and / or the park that's actually on the Palmer side) is only about 20-30 minutes from Eagle River.....

MACHZER wrote:

MORSNOW wrote:
There is a Alaska DNR campground on the Eagle River about 10 miles north of Anchorage that is beautiful!

Also a DNR campground about 20 miles south of Anchorage.

Eagle River Campground

Bird Creek Campground

Thanks, No power there I believe?

No power at either place. It's daylight all day and night up here, who needs power? My little group 24 would last for 3 day weekends.

Bobbys RV Park in Chugiak located behind Bella Vista Italian Restaurant has hookups and pretty close to Anchorage.

We stayed at Ship Creek. It is close to everything, although certainly not rustic. Gravel sites. They were in the saver booklet, and that will get you part of the cost of the book.

We've stayed at Ship Creek in '15' since we didn't do much other than sleep there a couple three nights we had no complaints at we weren't staying for the amenities.

Stayed in Palmer last summer at Big Bear on our way down to Homer Needed an oil change and replenish food stuffs. Nice park, as far as AK RV parks unless I've missed something this one is a 4 star.

Also stayed at Golden Nugget on our way back from Homer as it was across the street from Costco and we needed to resupply again. Very tight spaces and our 39 overall 5er was a foot longer than the site with no place to park the tow vehicle.

Eagle river is not far & worth the extra drive. Keep an eye out for the bears. It is woodsy & next to the river.