Rosehip Campground

Reviews (5)

What Guests Are Saying

Rosehip Campground offers spacious, well-maintained sites, including double sites for group camping, providing a sense of privacy despite its proximity to town. Visitors appreciate the beautiful scenery, great trails, and opportunities for kayaking and fishing. While the campground is generally not crowded, it can be buggy at times.

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Will Lentz

Will Lentz

August 29, 2025

5

I've been to the chain of river rec area several times but usually drive farther out the road. My first time staying at the Rosehip Campground and I'm very impressed. The sites are big and spread out. There are a few double sites even in case you're going to camp with a friend. Who knew that the closest campground in the rec area to town actually gives you the most private and secluded campsites.

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Michelle S

Michelle S

June 29, 2025

4

We camp here a lot. Usually not too packed. Beautiful scenery, great trails. We saw kayaking and tried some fishing.

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Keith Shedron

Keith Shedron

July 19, 2024

4

Camp spots are nice, the facility is pretty well maintained. Nice walking path to the Chena river. Vault toilets well maintained. Very buggy.

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DJ DRAY

DJ DRAY

June 20, 2023

4

Bathrooms were clean and the mosquitoes were tolerable versus other spots. The trails however were overgrown but the river made up for it.

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jordan cuddy

jordan cuddy

July 17, 2022

5

I camped alot of places this summer, Rosehip was by far the cleanest. There is some road noise but it was infrequent and really nothing more than white noise.
It was Saturday on a July weekend, more camp spots empty than full. Each spot seemed rather well placed with a buffer of wilderness with some paths between camp sites. Some sites are double for more than one vehicle, but I'd say you could easily fit two vehicles at one site.
Plenty of flat forest ground for tents. A deep fire pit, my site could easily have held three maybe four bundles.
There was a kiosk credit card at the pull over before entering the park and a cash envelope station in the park. No site host when I camped.
Hope you like it as I did, toodles.

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Location Rosehip Campground

Address:
8815 Chena Hot Springs Road
Fairbanks, AK, 99712
United States

Highway access

The campground is on Chena Hot Springs Road. Steese Highway (Alaska Route 2) is a short drive away and Parks Highway (Alaska Route 3) is within regional access.

Latitude & Longitude: 64.8775 / -146.765

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Last updated: June 18, 2026