What is you favorite campground?

[Arteman]

Sun Lakes Resort, lots of things for the kids to do. Good swimming, good fishing, and I enjoy the golfing.  We try to stay a week every year.

[Killmore]

West side=Grayland   -----East side=Curlew

[norsepeak]

this is my favorite campground.  150 miles from anything in the middle of the Alaska Range.

[trophyhunt]

Sun Lakes Resort, lots of things for the kids to do. Good swimming, good fishing, and I enjoy the golfing.  We try to stay a week every year.

I agree, and we love jumping off those clifs on deep lake (i think it's called deep lake). Although we did watch a kid jump off the 180' cliff a couple years ago, it was like watching a suicide. He ended up breaking his back I believe, and no we couldn't stop him the 180' cliffs are about 1/2 mile from the 10 and 20+ cliffs. Another point, you do want to shower after swimming, one year we got the itch from the water.

[Curly]

Some pretty good fishing around there too.  Used to be really good in Dry Falls........

[pnw junkie]

curlew lake state park is one of my favorites.  for me, it is almost a 7 hr. drive, but well worth it.  also, I agree with Arteman, sun lakes is a great place for the entire family to enjoy vacation time!

[MikeWalking]

I liked this one.  The confluence of the East Fork of the Chandalar and the Guilbeau Drainage.  East end of the Brooks Range.

[Skyvalhunter]

Looks like a place where Kirk Sweetsir might take a person.

[MikeWalking]

Looks like a place where Kirk Sweetsir might take a person.

Dropped me off about 3 miles up stream.  This is the spot where days later I crawled out to see Mama Griz and two cubs come my way.  Can you say "Got Small"  they eventually ran into the greenery you see in the top photo.

[Arteman]

Sun Lakes Resort, lots of things for the kids to do. Good swimming, good fishing, and I enjoy the golfing.  We try to stay a week every year.

I agree, and we love jumping off those clifs on deep lake (i think it's called deep lake). Although we did watch a kid jump off the 180' cliff a couple years ago, it was like watching a suicide. He ended up breaking his back I believe, and no we couldn't stop him the 180' cliffs are about 1/2 mile from the 10 and 20+ cliffs. Another point, you do want to shower after swimming, one year we got the itch from the water.

I know what cliffs your talking about, that's crazy somebody jumped it, I don't even like looking off them, we jump the little ones.  Was walking out the trail once and there was a rattler in the middle of it so im cautious with my children now.  Also my daughter got the itch after swimming in the resort lake, bunch of red bumps all over.  The wind storms that can whip up in there make it interesting as well.  We slayed the trout one year, it was so much fun, couldnt keep them off the hook.  Last time we went the trout fishing wasn't so good, but we drove up to Banks and made a killing on the smallmouth with just a #2 bluefox.  I look forward to a week of that weather, always depressing coming back to the cloudy wetside in the middle of the summer.

[huntnnw]

I too don't like campgrounds, but I do have one I have stayed at probably 100+ nights in my life..sheep creek up above northport. No pay and always empty and peaceful.

[Curly]

My favorite campground I won't mention.  It is my favorite for one reason..........nobody else is ever there and the fee is by donation (whatever I feel like it is worth, I pay) and there are showers and a restroom available and electric and water at the campsites. 

[washelkhunter]

Dont be to hard on the camp hosts  they have had a great effect on keeping the riffraff either out or certainly in line  families where fed up going camping and having to put up or be driven out by a bunch of drunk louts doing whatever they pleased 

[hoytem]

I too don't like campgrounds, but I do have one I have stayed at probably 100+ nights in my life..sheep creek up above northport. No pay and always empty and peaceful.

[PolarBear]

I don't like "camping" if there is nothing to do.  My sister and her husband camp probably 30 weekends a year and all they do is sit around, read and play with the dog.  The last time I went camping with the family we hauled our 30' trailer (that I bought to live in while we were building our house) up to Ike Kinswa State Park on Mayfield Lake.  Nice camp ground but all everyone did was sit around and get eaten up by mosquitos.  Once it got dark all the white trash families in the park started getting liquored up, playing music really loud, screaming and fighting with each other.  THat was the one and only time I took that trailer caming and I sold it shortly after.  My favorite camping spot was a little clear spot on the side of the forrest service road at Refrigerator Canyon in Republic.  Spent may hunting seasons in that spot right on the creek.