City, County & Regional Parks · Alaska
Jim Creek Campground
City, County & Regional Parks · Alaska, United States
- Sites
- 26
- Cost
- $35/night.
- Pets
- Yes
- Elevation
- 69 ft
- Dark sky
- Bortle class 3
- Nearest town
- Palmer
- Address
- 17704 E Sullivan Ave, Palmer, AK 99645
- Phone
- 907-861-8578
About
Matanuska-Susitna Borough's 26-site campground in the Butte area of the Matanuska Valley, popular for fishing, ATV/dirt bike trail access, and riverside camping. Reservations required online via Campspot; check-in 3pm, check-out 11am. Max 14 consecutive nights (72-hour gap required between stays), 45 nights per year. Max 2 full-size vehicles plus 1 trailer per site; numbered sites only, no parking-lot camping.
Weather, month by month
| Month | Typical high | Typical low | Coldest night | Hottest day | Years with a night below 32°F |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29° | 16° | -14° | 39° | 11 of 11 |
| February | 29° | 18° | -6° | 43° | 11 of 11 |
| March | 31° | 18° | -3° | 41° | 11 of 11 |
| April | 40° | 29° | 3° | 49° | 11 of 11 |
| May | 49° | 40° | 31° | 69° | 1 of 11 |
| June | 60° | 49° | 40° | 77° | 0 of 11 |
| July | 63° | 54° | 46° | 81° | 0 of 11 |
| August | 61° | 52° | 44° | 76° | 0 of 11 |
| September | 55° | 47° | 38° | 68° | 0 of 11 |
| October | 40° | 31° | 18° | 48° | 9 of 10 |
| November | 29° | 18° | -9° | 41° | 10 of 10 |
| December | 26° | 17° | -7° | 41° | 10 of 10 |
Mid-month figures from 2016–2026 of daily weather at this spot (ERA5 reanalysis via Open-Meteo, CC BY 4.0), in °F. Typical is the median; coldest and hottest are the extremes seen.
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- Finger Lake State Recreation Site · Alaska State Parks · 12 mi · 24 sites
- Lake Lucile Campground · City, County & Regional Parks · 18 mi · 57 sites
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