This park is too small and cramped, plus it is next to a busy, noisy highway. Good news is the park is clean and the lake is lovely. Unfortunately when we visited, there was a group occupying the limited lake access and it wasn't comfortable to intrude. The books give it good ratings, but I would skip it next time. We camped here in a Travel Trailer.
Great park, friendly host, a little road noise at night, lake with row boats to hire short walk down the hill, lake stocked with fish would recommend this park. We camped here in a Motorhome.
This is a very small RV park. All sites are gravel. There is a small fishing lake off of the campground. TV reception was with my rabbit ears and it was pretty good. My dish antenna would not work in Alaska. In Alaska the dish must be 30 inches across at a minimum I was told. WIFI in the park depended on how close you were parked to the office. The restrooms and showers were satisfactory. The staff were ok but not what I would call friendly. We camped here in a Fifth Wheel.
This is a very, very well run campground with friendly and helpful staff. There is much shade, with trees between sites. Sites are very close and the trees do nothing for privacy. The roads and sites are gravel and fairly level. We didn't use the park's restrooms and showers but we did check these out and they are very, very clean and well stocked and kept. Wi-Fi is $2. a day. We used our Verizon aircard and it worked fairly well. Our cell service also worked well. We got about 10 channels on the TV with our antenna. They only have water and electric hook-ups, but do have a dump station. The rate is with a Good Sam discount. We would stay here again. We camped here in a Fifth Wheel.
We were able to get 11 TV channels that came in good with our antenna. There are nice trees in the park, but they do not provide any privacy between the closely spaced sites. Wi-Fi is $2 per day payable at check-in, and then you are given the security code. We had a great signal and one of the best internet connections we have had. The major problem with this park is that it is right on the highway with lots of traffic noise both day and night. Coming from Palmer the turn into the park is difficult and leaving the park isn't easy with all of the traffic. The staff was friendly and the owners appear to maintain the park well but because of the highway location and getting on and off of the highway we would not return to this park. We camped here in a Fifth Wheel.
The park staff is very friendly. The pull throughs were a bit tight. TV not so good, only 1 out of 4 channels came in clear. WiFi was good. Good places to walk the dogs. The showers and bathrooms were immaculate. They even piped in good music. The shower was extremely pleasant and private. The sites had trees that provided shade and a pleasant atmosphere. No sewer but they did have a dump station, and for $10 someone came around and pumped your holding tanks, so you did not need to unhook. This was a great convenience and well worth the $10.00. We camped here in a Motorhome.
Restrooms and showers were immaculate with music piped in. Staff was very, very pleasant and very helpful with information about what to see in the area. My wife had medical problems and there is a very good hospital within a mile or so of the resort. Even though there are no sewer hookups they have a pumper tank that they pull around to empty your holding tanks for a small fee. Absolutely the best park in Palmer. We will stay here again on our way back from Homer. We camped here in a Motorhome.
This is a pleasant park compared to most Alaska "gravel parking lots". Every site has trees. The road is gravel. It is a very well-kept park and the workers are very helpful and friendly. The bathrooms are immaculate. The sites are in a row, close together but the trees help the look of the park. There are no sewer hookups but there is a dump station at the entrance. If you stay a week, they come around and pump out your tanks for free. Not having 50A is a fault. Our Verizon Air Card work but was slow for internet. We camped here in a Motorhome.
Please read the previous review and you will understand exactly what the people that work/own here are like. I have never met ruder people. Not sure if they just have so much business they can afford to be that way or if they just don't care. If you do still decide to stay there make sure you don't get on the last row, which is next to the road. It is very, very loud because of the way the noise carries. We camped here in a Motorhome.
Review Rating
[ 1 / 10 ]
August 2008
$31
Homestead RV park you will wish you were at Home instead. 10:40 am I get a knock on the door " Are you staying another day"? Fact is I could not get my Rig level on this Uphill sloped lot so mercifully the answer was no. I am a retired Service connected disabled Vet. Homestead claims to cater to Vets and yet at 10:55 as I step out my door I am asked by Kathy " Do you want a half a day"? Now anyone can see my slideouts are in my, Truck is hooked to my trailer and my Jacks formerly down are now up. Bill has already asked if I am to stay I have replied "no". Bill looks to his watch shakes his head and gives me a pained look as if my staying there in that spot a moment longer will require he eat Mighty Dog canned Dog Food, and States it is after 11:00a.m. I look around at his empty park and I wonder why the need for such disapproving and rude behavior from a man with no customers. So I reply again" No, I had some cleaning to do, my youngest had spilled some food into the carpet and I was trying to get it up before getting on the road." I understand that check out is eleven, but they have an empty park in fact the only ones there are the owners and the work campers, Might I add forget a view lot is seems to only be for them as the reserve this row for themselves and when they do give them up it is for the overnighters who do not stay long. Yet here I am being harrassed as I finish securing my trailer which it is a scant 10:57 at this point. Now I paid $126 to stay four night and I feel as if I am dealing with a cheap hooker and my $2.00 is up and they are going to let me know it. It just ruined my day it was so petty and cheap. The RV business is a people business, did they bother to ask kindly what might be going on? is it to much to ask to use the spot in a nearly empty park to even 11:15? I rolled out at 11:01 vowing to never come back and to make sure to let others know this is not a friendly park. If you have to stay there leave before 11:00 because to this park you are just a number. You get the sense that once they have your money you no longer are welcome. We camped here in a Fifth Wheel.
Nice treed site, friendly people. I got free Wi-Fi on my computer, being closer to the office. I would have given it 10 if they had sewer hookups. We camped here in a Fifth Wheel.
This is a very neat, clean and well run park. Our site was long enough to leave our tow car attached to our 36' motorhome. Sites have only water and electric, no sewer or cable TV. Wi-Fi cost left a bad taste in our mouths - $3 for 1 hour or $10 for a day. You can drive a mile to the tourist info building and get free Wi-Fi in the parking lot. We camped here in a Motorhome.
Nice looking park with a good location, but our site left a lot to be desired. It was a very short, very narrow pull-thru; we only have a 30 ft class A, and we had to park our toad separately at the end of the row. Love the trees but we couldn't get our awning out because of them. This is a very busy park, (it looked like 90% of the sites turned over each day), that seemed to be well run and organized. The staff we dealt with were good. We paid $15.95 for a week of Wi-Fi access. All of the services we needed were close by in either Wasilla or Palmer. We'd stay here again if we could get a better site. We camped here in a Motorhome.
This is a nice, but somewhat older campground near the Glenn highway, about 5 miles from Palmer, Ak. Staff is helpful and friendly. Baths and showers are very clean. Nice view of mountains. Wi-fi is extra. Sites are about 25' wide with some shaded. Overall, very nice. We camped here in a Fifth Wheel.
I'm the summer park host and just wanted to get this park "in the system." We get a lot of good comments from campers and was surprised nobody had reviewed the park yet. This is a "bare bones" park run by the borough -- if you need a clubhouse, Wi-Fi, etc., you'll have to go elsewhere. But a lot of people use us as a "base station" as they explore other parts of the state and if I wasn't the park host this is the place I'd camp in the Mat-Su Valley, for sure. We camped here in a Travel Trailer.
The campground looked like a lovely green pasture which was a welcome sight after the gravel parking lot in Valdez. However, the sites were terribly uneven. The worst of all was the noise created by the host's family. Her husband was worked on car in the garage with music blasting. Their son drove motorcycle up and down the road and across the campground. Their little girls careened through the campsites in a little cart crashing into picnic tables. We complained but nothing changed. Avoid! We camped here in a Motorhome.
Only park on our 48 day caravan tour of Alaska with uneven site. Needed 4" blocks under one set of rear tires and one rear jack to get level. However, pull thru adequate for our 40' motor home and Dodge Dakota on tow bar. No cable and we were unable to get digital TV even though close to Anchorage. Only pay wireless at $10/day. Don't know rate because we are on a caravan tour. They did provide a covered site for a group dinner. We camped here in a Motorhome.
Not sure of rate, we were part of a caravan. Previous reviews pretty much hit it. There is not compelling reason to stay here. Ok view of mountain, but they are everywhere. This might be a better option then the parks in Anchorage, but it is a pretty good drive to get there. I pretty much skip this area if on my own. We camped here in a Motorhome.
This is still the best campground in the greater Anchorage area. Owner had to terminate free WiFi because of the cost. WiFi is now available by daily subscription at a cost of $10 a day. Ouch! Free WiFi available in Palmer Library. For hikers, there are a few trail-heads nearby which provide access to nearby peaks in the Chugach Mountains. We camped here in a Fifth Wheel.
Located near the Chugach Mountains in a rural setting. Access to Anchorage, 40 miles away, either by the old Glenn Highway or the new highway. Nice laundry, clean restrooms and showers. TV is over the air from Anchorage. Wi-Fi accessible in all sites. We camped here in a Fifth Wheel.
Clean, level and services worked and price is right. WiFi is not included and must be purchased if needed (the Palmer Public Library is up the road a few blocks) and there is considerable road noise at night. I would use this campground again for an overnight. We camped here in a Motorhome.
We camped there for two days in a 34 foot 5th wheel with full hookups. The camp sites were level and clean with grass between them. The park is virtually void of trees which makes all the pull thru easy. The laundry facilities are clean and reasonably priced. The manager is friendly and eager to provide you information. There is some road noise but it drops off during the evening hours. We would stay there again. The price is right. We camped here in a Motorhome.
Easy, level pull through sites. Owner very friendly and helpful. Grass and picnic table between sites. Quiet despite being off main highway. Beautiful view of the mountains. We camped here in a Motorhome.
The sites are easy for a big rig to get into and out of, room for a tow car behind. There is grass and a picnic table between sites. The down side - it is located just off a busy highway; although the noise is constant, there are no trucks shifting down and few sirens. The owner is pleasant and helpful. We camped here in a Motorhome.