Eagle River Campground

We stayed here while visiting Anchorage at the beginning of August. It was quiet during the week, only filling up on Friday evening. Road noise was audible over the river noise. The signage wasn’t great from the highway and the road into the campground was rough in places but the campground roads were good. There are 3 loops with the ones by the river being better suited to tents and small trailers. Privacy in the RV area was varied with a number of double sites or ones with openings to the neighboring site. Our site was large and paved (good solar) but we could see the neighbors at their picnic table. Groceries, laundry, craft brewery, and a dump station were all less than 10 minutes away in Eagle River. The dump station at the campground was still closed when we were there.

We knew there was a chance for no potable water but now it looks like the dump is out for good or in need of major repairs.

It’s too bad. This is a nice little campground just outside of Anchorage. Most sites are well spaced apart (watch for the double side by side sites) and overall a nice campground.

There is a dump station but it has fairly permanent signs saying closed. They have water trucked in but says boil before drinking.

It looks like they used to mow around the entrance and the campsites but now everything is over grown ( this was written at the end of June).

It’s too bad as this could be a very nice campground. For $20 there should be drinking water and dump.

Eagle River Campground is nestled in trees down by the Eagle River. It's less than an mile to the freeway and less than a couple miles to downtown Eagle River. The loop road is paved as are the individual spaces. In addition to RV sites, there are a few tent only sites. The river masks much of the campground or freeway noise. There are restrooms and bear resistant trash containers, and yes, there are bears so keeping a clean camp is essential.

This campground is very popular with locals who want a quiet weekend. Every site was full over Father's Day weekend.

I had some AT&T connectivity with the Mobley but I didn't pay any attention to performance.

While not really IN Anchorage, this campground is more convenient to Eagle River, which has basic amenities, while still being close to the state's largest city.

The road into the campground is a little narrow and winding (watch for trees on the right), but easy enough to get into. The sites are all back-ins with no hookups, but there are fire pits and picnic tables at most. There's also an awesome dump station area and a place to fill up water (limited number of gallons allowed per person, as it's out of a reservoir, not from the city line).

Long fifth wheels and trailers may have trouble getting into sites, between the busyness of this park and the angle of the back-in sites, but we managed it.

Make sure you wander down to look at the river during your stay. It's a wooded view, but really cool!