If you’re planning to visit Alaska and plan on doing so camping while doing so than the all new Alaska Campgrounds website is the place for you. In part due to the immense size Alaska, it’s very important to have a plan before you arrive as the diversity of Alaska is unlike any other place you have been. From formidable coastlines with intriguing secret fjords to mile high glaciers where snow camping is possible 12 months through the year, you're destined to discover the campsites you've been daydreaming about.

Learn about the most exciting destinations, favorite activities, most scenic sights and of course the best in Alaska campgrounds.  Follow along the “Circle of Discovery”, the same roads traveled by the tour busses from Holland America and Celebrity cruise tours. We will add clarity to the confusion on visiting the 49th state from the many campgrounds and RV parks in Alaska.

Alaska Camping ~
"Circle of Discovery"

Want to see the widest verity of Alaska sights and experience the best of Alaska's magnificent scenery? Take a trip around the Circle of Discovery where you will sample the widest variety of Alaska's best sites. See Mount McKinley, Denali Park, Fairbanks Alaska and the Alaska Pipeline. Stop at the North Pole and shop for souvenirs in Santa's Workshop. This journey covers over 1200 miles with the options to add even more. In the next section we list the roads and their distances with links to pages about each option and how it fits into the Alaska vacations journey. Also included are the campgrounds and RV parks for you to plan that Alaska camping trip in advance of your arrival.

Circle of Discovery

The Circle of Discovery begins the moment you enter Alaska. Assuming you're entering from the Alaska Highway, the route takes you through miles of rolling tundra dotted with beautiful lakes and meandering streams.

Choosing your route around Alaska really isn't as difficult as it could be.

• Alaska Highway - 110 miles - Beaver Creek Yukon to Tok Alaska.
• Denali Highway - 133 miles - Paxson to Cantwell
• Parks Highway - 324 miles - Anchorage to Fairbanks
• Glenn Highway - 328 miles - Anchorage to Tok
• Richardson Highway - 211 miles - Glennallen to Fairbanks
• Richardson Highway - 113 miles - Valdez to Glennallen
• Taylor Highway - 96 miles - Tetlin Junction to Jack Wade Junction
  • The Taylor Highway continues another 79 miles from Jack Wade Junction to Dawson City Yukon. At this point the road is known as the Top of the World Highway.

Soon to be included are the sections continuing from the Taylor Highway traversing deep into the Yukon Territory of Canada.

• Poker Creek Alaska. The most northerly land border in the USA. Population 2.
• Top of the World Highway - 79 miles -  Jack Wade Junction to Dawson City Yukon
• North Klondike Highway - 330 miles - Dawson City Yukon to Whitehorse Yukon

Camping in Alaska just wouldn't be complete without a few bears and a moose or two.