Excellent forest service campground. Roads and pads are great. No hook-ups, but great views and very clean. Good hosts. On the way to Portage Glacier, not really in Whittier. Many large sites. No playgrounds---just a campground in the forest near glaciers and streams! Rate is with Golden Age Passport. We camped here in a Fifth Wheel.
The nicest public campground we have stayed in. The scenery was breathtaking. The mountains, the glaciers and the nearby creek were beautiful. The roads are wide and paved. We had a long, level, paved pull-thru site with a fire ring and picnic table. We could not see the next site, but could see one across from us. They have a host and sell firewood. There is no dump and the water is from a hand pump. There are no showers. There are great hiking trails from the campground. Visit the glaciers in the area. Rate is with the Golden Age Passport. We would give this park a 10 if they had a dump. We camped here in a Fifth Wheel.
The roads through the campground are wide and clear of branches. The sites are large and spread out. Each site has a fire ring and some are double sites (which cost more). No extra charge on the pull-thrus (unless they're doubles). The views of the glacier and waterfalls are great. Road noise can still be heard but, traffic is minor since it's 4 miles off the AK1 Highway. Wind is always blowing here, it seems. Likewise, rain. We were able to find an open site to shoot our satellite (123W). It took a couple tries to find a spot that would shoot through the trees and around the shoulder of the mountain. We would stay here again. Very pretty location. We camped here in a Motorhome.
This place is located at Mile 79 on the Seward Highway, then 4 miles on Portage Valley Highway. It's a very nice national forest campground with paved roads and sites. Our 40' motorhome fit easily. Reservations can be made for some, but not all of the sites. There are both back-in and pull-through sites which are spacious and well-separated with vegetation. There is a hand water pump, firewood and a park host; however no dump station and the vault toilets are just adequate.
Be sure to check out the Visitor Center and watch the film: great ending! There are miles of numerous great, flat trails from the Visitor Center including trails to Portage and Bryon Glaciers. Boat tours of the glaciers are available as are late summer Salmon viewing in nearby Williwaw Creek. We camped here in a Motorhome.
Nicest public campground we've ever been in. Paved roads and sites with heavily wooded surroundings and loads of space between sites. Great views of glaciers. Hookups would make it perfect! While the trip through the train tunnel to Whittier was interesting, the town itself was a major disappointment. We camped here in a Fifth Wheel.
This is a lovely, quiet USFS campground that has no hookups, but is very nice to stay there. There is plenty of trails to walk on and the whole park is paved. The only negative about the park is the speed bumps and they are really high. But I guess that's for people that don't know how to go slow. We camped here in a Motorhome.
Dry camping only in a beautiful wooded area. Plenty of private room between sites. Dump and water available. Some spots are reservation only, but we arrived late in the afternoon and there were plenty of spaces available. If you can do without hook-ups this is the place. Very nice. We camped here in a Motorhome.
Beautiful setting with a glacier visible from our site. Nice big sites. Hiking trails available and paved trail to the Portage Glacier Area. Host is friendly and helpful. We camped here in a Travel Trailer.
Site #24 was a very large, paved, level back-in site with lots of greenery and privacy, the road to and thru the CG was paved and in great condition. We had no troubles maneuvering our 30 ft class A. We thought all of the sites looked good except for the doubles. About 18 of the 60 sites are for reservations, the rest first come first serve. We loved this campground even though there were no hook-up's, no showers, no dump and no fresh water fill (there were a couple of hand pumps so you could bucket fill your tanks). The Portage Valley was beautiful, the glaciers were fascinating and we enjoyed the visitor center. We didn't enjoy our day trip to Whittier, though, it was a $12 toll for the tunnel and with unlucky timing we waited nearly an hour to get through (tour buses got priority). Once we cleared the tunnel the town was incredibly congested with traffic and people (there was a cruise ship in port) and looked rather run down. It was interesting to drive through the tunnel but we wouldn't do it again. Price reflects Interagency Senior Pass. We camped here in a Motorhome.
This campground is one of the best in the state, and it seems they are always upgrading it. Golden Eagle Passport is honored so we paid only $6.50 per night. All comments by the previous entrant are still valid except the whole campground is now available for reservations through the USFS Internet system, yet you can still find first come first served vacancies most anytime during the week. Views are spectacular, lots of places to hike to, and streams adjacent to grounds. You can buy firewood from the camp host We camped here in a Fifth Wheel.
Williwaw Campground was one of our favorites on this trip. The sites are huge, paved and level. Each site has a picnic table and fire pit. The sites are so large and the vegetation so thick that your neighbors are hardly visible. There is a salmon viewing deck and a 2 mile, level hiking / biking trail. Potable water is available but you can not pump it directly into your rig, you’ll have to haul it in a container. There is no dump station at the campground but the gas station in Girdwood has a free one. The western loop can be reserved; the eastern loop is 1st come 1st served but acquiring a site shouldn’t be a problem anytime during the week and by arriving early on the weekends. If you’re interested in dry camping in a beautiful, wilderness setting you’ll enjoy Williwaw. We camped here in a Fifth Wheel.