About Williwaw Campground
Number of accommodations: 17
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Reviews (256)
What Guests Are Saying
Williwaw Campground offers secluded, clean sites surrounded by trees, making it a favorite for many campers over the years. Guests appreciate the well-maintained facilities, friendly camp hosts, and proximity to hiking trails, wildlife viewing, and local attractions. While some mentioned issues with weather and noise from generators, the overall experience has been positive, with many expressing eagerness to return.
What Guests Are Saying
Williwaw Campground offers secluded, clean sites surrounded by trees, making it a favorite for many campers over the years. Guests appreciate the well-maintained facilities, friendly camp hosts, and proximity to hiking trails, wildlife viewing, and local attractions. While some mentioned issues with weather and noise from generators, the overall experience has been positive, with many expressing eagerness to return.
Review Summary
Brian G
VerifiedJuly 17, 2024 • Stayed at: 024, Loop: WILL
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!
Brian G
VerifiedJuly 17, 2024 • Stayed at: 024, Loop: WILL
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!
Mike P
VerifiedJuly 13, 2024 • Stayed at: 009, Loop: WILL
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.
Mike P
VerifiedJuly 13, 2024 • Stayed at: 009, Loop: WILL
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.
Kevin K
VerifiedJuly 12, 2024 • Stayed at: 016, Loop: WILL
Nice campground. Good spacing and privacy between sites.
Kevin K
VerifiedJuly 12, 2024 • Stayed at: 016, Loop: WILL
Nice campground. Good spacing and privacy between sites.
Michael A
VerifiedJuly 10, 2024 • Stayed at: 029, Loop: DBLS
It was a rainy time. Nice separate campsites. Host was friendly
Michael A
VerifiedJuly 10, 2024 • Stayed at: 029, Loop: DBLS
It was a rainy time. Nice separate campsites. Host was friendly
Ben V
VerifiedJuly 10, 2024 • Stayed at: 011, Loop: WILL
Beautiful well-spaced and accessible campsites. Minutes away from Portage Glacier VC and the Whittier access tunnel. We did both. Enjoy!
Ben V
VerifiedJuly 10, 2024 • Stayed at: 011, Loop: WILL
Beautiful well-spaced and accessible campsites. Minutes away from Portage Glacier VC and the Whittier access tunnel. We did both. Enjoy!
Location Williwaw Campground
Address:
145 Forest Station Road, P.O. Box 129
Girdwood, AK, 99587
United States
From Anchorage go 55 miles south on Seward highway to Portage Glacier Road
(milepost 78.9). The campground is located at mile 4.1 of the Portage Glacier Road.
Williwaw Campground is accessible via the Seward Highway, located approximately 55 miles north of the campground. The campground is reached from the Seward Highway via Portage Glacier Road.
Latitude & Longitude: 60.7867 / -148.878
Elevation: 33 feet
Policies & Rules
General
- Be bear aware; keep all food out of sight in approved containers or locked inside your vehicle and remove all food from area after eating
- Don't Move Firewood: Prevent the spread of tree-killing pests by purchasing firewood near your destination and burning it on-site. For more information visit dontmovefirewood.org.
- For more information on Chugach National Forest, click here
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Last updated: June 4, 2026
