Campground help needed for June trip to Alaska by RV
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โJun-04-2016 11:41 AM
We are long (42 foot 5th wheel toy hauler). Our preference would be to just go...and when we get tired, be likely we can find somewhere to overnight...or is this just wishful thinking? If we don't have reservations, don't expect to find any vacancies?
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โJun-15-2016 09:17 AM
But i bet this summer will be down a bit on locals with the poor AK economy and up on tourists with the good L48 economy and cheap fuel.
That said, everyone camps for the night wherever they're able to park and I've never seen a AK State Troopers show where they kick people off the side of the road pullouts and gravel pits. Never seen it in person either. It's just normal and acceptable to do up there.
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โJun-14-2016 06:03 AM
Bea PA wrote:
Don't forget the service clubs, Elks, Legions, VFW, most have campgrounds. When we were there 5 years ago we only stayed in a campground every 3rd day to dump and fill up with water. We had a 36 ft Class A a that time and there were lots of pull offs where you could overnight. We would stop and by morning there would be several other rigs there.
Great suggestions on the service clubs...do you need to belong to take advantage if they have camp sites? From your post, I'm guessing not as I'd guess it unlikely you belong to each of them LOL.
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โJun-13-2016 04:54 PM
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โJun-13-2016 12:22 PM
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โJun-13-2016 09:25 AM
4X4Dodger wrote:
I am in Alaska now. I have been so far in Skagway, Valdez, Seward, Anchorage, Homer, Kenai, and Soldatna. We are now headed back toward Anchorage and on to Denali.
Virtually everyone of the parks, RV, City or state that we have been in have been almost virtually empty. Homer which is busy with Anchorage weekenders still had plenty of spots available on the weekend.
The ONLY place I have made reservations is in Denali at Teklanika CG.
If you will be here over the 4th of July, that may be a time just to get to a spot BEFORE the holiday starts and grab a spot and stay until the madness is over.
It's really not that busy up here.
I've been on the same route, but am still in Homer headed north in the morning, and have found the same situation in all the areas I've visited. Likewise I have made reservations at a private park in the Denali area over the 4th. Only reservations I have or probably will make while in Alaska or on our way home.
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โJun-12-2016 10:08 AM
Virtually everyone of the parks, RV, City or state that we have been in have been almost virtually empty. Homer which is busy with Anchorage weekenders still had plenty of spots available on the weekend.
The ONLY place I have made reservations is in Denali at Teklanika CG.
If you will be here over the 4th of July, that may be a time just to get to a spot BEFORE the holiday starts and grab a spot and stay until the madness is over.
It's really not that busy up here.
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โJun-11-2016 01:12 PM
RandMJacobs wrote:We did the same route on our way to Alaska. We stayed at River Oaks RV Park in Oroville so we could cross into Canada early in the morning. Great park on the river in a tiny town. And we loved the Okanagan Valley so much that we are planning to go back there and stay much longer.
We will be entering: Osoyoos BC - Oroville Washington Highway 97, Osoyoos, British Columbia - U.S. Route 97, Oroville, Washington.
However, we would never go back to the Kamloops RV Park again as it was of the worst places we stayed on the entire 3-month trip. Too crowded with long-term residents and extremely noisy from both the Trans-Canada Highway and the railroad. They also put us in a very tight space that was too short for our truck and trailer. But, like you, we were traveling without reservations and took what we could get (for one night only).
And, if you are going all the way up to the Yellowhead Highway on CA Route 97 and then over to the Cassiar Highway, we highly recommend the little city-owned campground in Burns Lake, BC. Free, quiet, tree-shaded campground on the lakeshore; water and a free sanidump two blocks away; free WiFi at several nearby fast-food places; and reasonably-priced fuel. Can't beat it at twice the price!
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โJun-11-2016 06:16 AM
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โJun-11-2016 01:49 AM
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โJun-10-2016 10:57 PM
I could be all wrong on this. However, might want to consider booking a spot ahead of time (a few days at most) if you want to stay in some of the CG's or parks near to either Los Anchorage or Squarebanks on the weekends.
"Might"...certainly not as critical as July 4 or for Denali.
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โJun-05-2016 02:29 PM
Canadian provincial parks are real gems. Alaskan state parks are pretty good too. The private parks are much the same as anywhere else. Camp Cram Em Inn for most of them.
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โJun-05-2016 09:28 AM
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โJun-05-2016 07:52 AM
RandMJacobs wrote:c.traveler2 wrote:
Summer of 2015 we travel in a TC through Canada into Alaska, we never made reservations for any RV park and the RV parks that we did stay at rigs of your size made, very few of them made any reservations. There are some unusual places to stay overnite in both Canada and Alaska Where do you plan on entering Canada? If I can be of some help..PM me.
We will be entering: Osoyoos BC - Oroville Washington
Highway 97, Osoyoos, British Columbia - U.S. Route 97, Oroville, Washington. I think we will be fine. We are prior military, which means we are used to traveling, being flexible, rolling with the punches...and accepting less than ideal conditions LOL. Mostly, just wondered if we stood a reasonable chance to find decent stops along the way, and from what everyone has said, we should be ok. I like the idea of moving as the mood strikes on any given day...so, THANKS TO ALL who responded.
We had entered Canada at the Sumas border port, taking Trans-Canada 1 to Canada 97 to Yellowhead 16 to the 37 then on the ALCAN to Tok border port. We had made a stop in Steward, Canada and Hyder, AK to see the Salmon Glacier, a well worth sight.
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โJun-05-2016 07:17 AM
c.traveler2 wrote:
Summer of 2015 we travel in a TC through Canada into Alaska, we never made reservations for any RV park and the RV parks that we did stay at rigs of your size made, very few of them made any reservations. There are some unusual places to stay overnite in both Canada and Alaska Where do you plan on entering Canada? If I can be of some help..PM me.
We will be entering: Osoyoos BC - Oroville Washington
Highway 97, Osoyoos, British Columbia - U.S. Route 97, Oroville, Washington. I think we will be fine. We are prior military, which means we are used to traveling, being flexible, rolling with the punches...and accepting less than ideal conditions LOL. Mostly, just wondered if we stood a reasonable chance to find decent stops along the way, and from what everyone has said, we should be ok. I like the idea of moving as the mood strikes on any given day...so, THANKS TO ALL who responded.