Bureau of Land Management · Alaska
Walker Fork Campground
Bureau of Land Management · Alaska, United States
- Cost
- $12 per night
- Elevation
- 1,749 ft
- Dark sky
- Bortle class 1
- Cell coverage
- T-Mobile none · AT&T none · Verizon none (carriers' 4G LTE filings to the FCC, 2025-12; not measured here)
- Lake
- Fortymile Wild and Scenic River
- Nearest town
- Chicken
- Address
- Eastern Interior Field Office , Chicken, AK, 99709
- Phone
- 907-474-2200
- Activities
- Accessible Swimming, Camping, Hiking, Photography, Wildlife Viewing
About
This hosted Campground is located at milepost 82.1 of the Taylor Highway, near Chicken. The Campground is operated by the BLM and offers 24 camping sites, 18 of which are pull-through sites.
An iron ranger fee-payment box sits near the entrance. Visitors can also pay fees using the Scan & Pay app on a mobile phone. Because there is no cell phone reception at the site, you will need to download the required Recreation.gov mobile app prior to traveling to the Campground, selecting the Scan & Pay option.
In the 1930s and 1940s, this was the site of Lassen airstrip. Year-round air service replaced winter-only sleds delivering equipment and fuel to mining camps on Jack Wade Creek.
Weather, month by month
| Month | Typical high | Typical low | Coldest night | Hottest day | Years with a night below 32°F |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3° | -5° | -35° | 27° | 11 of 11 |
| February | 7° | -6° | -39° | 30° | 11 of 11 |
| March | 16° | -2° | -24° | 40° | 11 of 11 |
| April | 40° | 22° | -15° | 51° | 11 of 11 |
| May | 56° | 37° | 28° | 73° | 3 of 11 |
| June | 65° | 49° | 36° | 75° | 0 of 11 |
| July | 68° | 54° | 46° | 81° | 0 of 11 |
| August | 62° | 48° | 36° | 80° | 0 of 11 |
| September | 54° | 39° | 28° | 63° | 2 of 11 |
| October | 30° | 22° | 6° | 47° | 10 of 10 |
| November | 7° | -3° | -24° | 27° | 10 of 10 |
| December | -1° | -10° | -39° | 26° | 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.
Nearby campgrounds
- West Fork Campground · Bureau of Land Management · 23 mi
- Eagle Campground · Bureau of Land Management · 51 mi
- Tok River State Recreation Site · Alaska State Parks · 64 mi · 24 sites
- Yukon River Campground · Yukon Parks · 66 mi · 102 sites
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