Williwaw Campground

The campground itself is one of the best in Alaska. it is also one of my personal favorites. Having said that, I would like to voice my observations from my stay this year. We typically like to camp here in late May or early June when the weather is nice, the fiddlehead ferns are blooming, and there is still some snow to play in. This year the campground was a total mess with filthy campsites, mud, spruce needles, last years moldy leaves, and overall very difficult to camp in without trashing everything we stepped on. I understand it is a rainforest and prone to these conditions but it would be nice if the park service could clean up some of the debris, sweep out the sites, clean up all the downed tree branches that were laying everywhere! The bike trails had numerous trees and bushes that were mostly if not completely blocking some of the trails. I stopped and removed as many as I could so we could ride. All of this should have been taken care of before the campground opened! Other than that, we still enjoyed the beauty there, and had the opportunity to see a black bear 3 feet from our camper door! He was continually roaming the campground looking for an easy meal. We will be back to this campground, it is lovely, just clean the place up before it opens!

The maps for the campground were well made and accurate. The sites had plenty of vegetation between sites that we didn't feel like we were always being watched by our neighbors. The mosquitoes weren't as bad as we expected. There was plenty of room at our site for our slide-out to work.

Nice campground. Good spacing and privacy between sites.

It was a rainy time. Nice separate campsites. Host was friendly

Beautiful well-spaced and accessible campsites. Minutes away from Portage Glacier VC and the Whittier access tunnel. We did both. Enjoy!

A beautiful campground with lots to explore and enjoy. This was our second stay here and it didn’t disappoint

Quiet, pretty secluded site. Plenty of room. River is right behind. Visitor Center is interesting.

Good spot for exploring the Portage Glacier area.

We were there for barely 15 hours as we were passing through. The privacy and distance between campsites was great. The picnic table was new and large.
The only issue we had was finding the driveway as it was not well marked or lit. We arrived at 11pm after dark and a long drive from Denali. It was raining and frustrating that the only sign was the street number on the right side of the road. We passed it and had to circle back. Why isn’t there a sign that’s lit with the name of the campground?

A beautiful, quiet campground. Only stayed one night but would love to return.