Established Camping
Gold Creek Gold Mine
About
Nestled among the Chugach Mountains, Crow Creek Mine offers a unique blend of historical buildings, antiques, rare mining equipment, beautiful gardens, amazing wilderness scenery, hiking trails (including the Historic Iditarod Trail).
Tent and RV camping available. No reservations, pets must be leashed.
Access
- Drive-InPark next to your site
Stay Connected
- WiFiUnknown
- VerizonUnknown
- AT&TUnknown
- T-MobileUnknown
Site Types
- Tent Sites
- RV Sites
Features
For Campers
- Phone Service
- Pets
- Fires
Camp anywhere you can find
This is the best camping in Alaska. Just find a spot big enough for your rig it tent and pull off. There are many regularly used sites that have rock fire rings already made. Always make sure you are not in a drive way and that there are no POSTED signs to keep off property. Bug shelters highly recommended because depending on the year it’s mosquitoes, flies, or bees.
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Beautiful Area, but... the flies!
We were hard pressed to find a camping spot in Girdwood, but we found this one to have nice scenery and uncrowded. There were some pretty small sites and we were lucky to find one suitable for an 8 person tent. It sites in a really beautiful spot near the Crow Creek Gold Mine. Being from Alaska, we are used to mosquitos and flies, but our experience here was quite traumatic. We set up after the sun started setting and were up in the morning before the sun rose over the mountains. It was all well and good until the sun was shining bright and the temperature rose. As soon as it got warm, an insane amount of flies came out. We are not talking 10-15, we are talking 50-75 each on my husband and I. We couldn't not pack up fast enough! As we packed up, the kids stood there smacking flies off of us and each other. I am not sure if the insane amount of flies are just from the warm winters and really warm summers or what. It might be worth staying here again if we check the fly situation first.
Location
Gold Creek Gold Mine is located in Alaska
Directions
Drive south , 35 miles on the Seward Highway to Girdwood (Alyeska). Take a left at the gas station and turn into Girdwood on the Alyeska Highway. 1.9 miles later and just before the bridge crossing you come to Crow Creek Road on your left. Follow Crow Creek Road for 2.7 miles until you come to Crow Creek Mine, take a right and drive down to the parking lot.
Coordinates
60.98642 N
149.10659 W