KLONDIKE
HIGHWAY SOUTH
RV PARKS
AND CAMPGROUNDS
Klondike Highway 2 extends from the International Border, fifteen miles north of Skagway, to Dawson City, 425 miles away along the Yukon River. The route roughly parallels the trails used by the gold rush participants of 1898. There are many interesting things to see and do along the way, and travelers should allow sufficient time to explore this area.
At Dawson City there is a free ferry across the Yukon River to mile "0" of the Top of the World Highway. This alternate route into Alaska is about 100 miles longer than the traditional Alaska Highway route. Travelers should plan to use one route going up and the other coming back. Wait in Dawson or Tok for a clear day. In Alaska, the Top of the World Highway connects with the Taylor Highway, with links to the Alaska Highway to the south and Eagle, AK, to the north.
The Klondike Highway, north of Whitehorse, is a modern, paved road with no serious pavement damage despite severe conditions. Stretches where new stones have been put down present a windshield damage hazard because vehicles travel at high speeds.
The Top of the World Highway on the Canadian side was improved and seal coated for the Centennial Celebration. Early in the season the sealcoat is likely to be squishy and subject to rutting due to thawed surface over frozed underlayer. On the Alaska side the 30 miles of gravel to Chicken has been in excellent condition lately, probably because the new pavement has left only this stretch to be graded. The road is narrow and winding in spots with blind curves. Some busses have pilot cars to alert oncoming trqaffic. The Taylor Highway is paved from the Mosquito Fork Wayside to the Alaska Highway Junction. Watch for frost heaves and pavement breaks in the new pavement. Traveling on an extra-clear day in June, 2002, we were treated with a rare view of Mount Sanford looming above the Alaska Range far to the south. During the summer of 2004 much of the area from just south of Chicken to the Alaska Highway Junction burned over. There are two BLM campsites.
Going south from Whitehorse, the Skagway Road is the only place we have had our brakes overheat to the point we could smell them. If this is a problem consider booking a tour bus from one of the Whitehorse RV parks. The only government campground near Skagway is at the Chilkoot Trail trailhead, ten miles from downtown via the Dyea Road. Watch for the turn 2.3 miles from town, just north of the river crossing. The campground is free, but the road is very narrow and difficult, and expect to find mosquitos waiting for you at your campsite.
Also see the Yukon Page for an overview of routes.
Please stay with our campground advertisers and tell them you saw their ad on the KARO web site.
In Juneau: Spruce Meadow RV Park. Full hookups, 3.7 miles from ferry terminal on Loop Rd. (907) 789-1990
Skagway Campgrounds:
PULLEN CREEK RV PARK 983-2768
Located at the Harbor, next to the Alaska State Ferry dock, your gateway to Juneau, Ketchikan, Washington State, and all of the scenic wonders of the Inside Passage. Bookings for Fjordlands Express cruise to Juneau. Pullen Creek RV is a short walk from historic downtown Skagway and the White Pass & Yukon Route station. Also very close to day-boat dock for transportation to Haines. The campground features thirty hookup sites, dry sites, clean rest rooms and showers, and a dump station. There are plenty of trees, and grassy tent sites. Mountain views from every site! Reservations welcome. From State Street or Broadway, turn left at 2nd Avenue and follow road around to the right. Easy access for big rigs. Craig Weidner. P.O. Box 324, Skagway, AK 99840 E-mail
SKAGWAY
MOUNTAIN VIEW RV PARK
(907) 983-3333 There are 62 RV sites, 42 with hookups; showers,
laundry, cable TV, and sanidump. Located in a wooded setting, just
eight blocks from downtown. Shuttle services are available, and tours
can be arranged. A quiet, scenic, setting close to all services. WI-FI.
Write: P.O.
Box 375, Skagway, AK 99840
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GARDEN
CITY RV PARK AND CAMPGROUND (907) 983-2378 Conveniently
located between 15th and 17th on State Street. Walk to town or hiking
trails. 100 level sites. Full & partial hookups, dry sites,
pull-throughs, showers, laundry, sanidump, shuttle to town,
mini-golf. Tours and tickets available for gold dredge, flightseeing,
Days of '98, Fjord Express to Juneau, White Pass & Yukon RR,
fishing charters and much more. Cable TV, E-mail access. Good SamPark
Toll free:
866-983-2378. Write: P.O. Box 228, Skagway, AK 99840
E-mail
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Klondike Highway, below; Skagway, above
Chilkoot Trailhead Campground (take first left across river leaving Skagway, drive 12 miles). Scenic, but very narrow with blind, one-lane turns.
Klondike Highway 2: Distances from Skagway/Alaska Hwy Junction
Mile 66/33: Montana Services (867) 821-3708 Full hookups, dry sites, showers, laundry, dump station, restaurant, gas. Groceries, propane, ice cream. .
Mile 66/33: Carcross YT Campground and "Carcross Dessert"
66/33 Junction with Yukon Hwy 8 (Tagish Road).
TAGISH ROAD connects Carcross with the Alaska Highway and Atlin Road at Jake's Corner. Distance is 33.8 miles. At mile 17.5 there is an eight mile gravel road to Tagish Lake Resort (867) 668-1009. At mile 20.1 there is an RV park and campground at Tagish Store (867) 399-3032. After crossing the Tagish River at mile 20.7, watch for the Yukon Government Campground.
Mile
72/27: SPIRIT
LAKE WILDERNESS RESORT
(867) 821-4337
Lakeside RV sites, treed tent camping, new and modern rooms, showers, dump station, restaurant, gas, tires, much more including some of the grandest scenery in the north. Emerald Lake (AKA Rainbow Lake) is arguably the most photographed splash of scenic wonder in the Yukon, and it's just two km north of Spirit Lake. Use link above for more info. E-mail
Mile 99/0:
Junction with the Alaska Highway. For campgrounds around Whitehorse
and all of the Alaska Highway in the Yukon, go to the Whitehorse
Area section. The Klondike Highway joins the Alaska Highway for
about 20 miles. The north section of the Klondike Highway, referred
to as the Klondike Loop, starts at
the Alaska Highway junction 7.4 miles from the north Whitehorse
access road.
Scroll up if
headed towards Skagway.