Campground Review - Tok RV Village Campground & Cabins - Tok, Alaska

Description

Tok RV Village Campground & Cabins is a quiet, forested, big-rig friendly campground just off the Alaska Highway in Tok, Alaska, a community known as the “Gateway to Alaska”. This is a nice and relaxing park to stop at before heading on to such destinations as Fairbanks, Anchorage, or Whitehorse.

Location

Tok RV Village Campground & Cabins
1313.4 Alaska Hwy
Tok, AK 99780
Park: (907) 883-5877
Latitude: 63.334776 N, Longitude: -142.964796 W, Elevation: 1,620 ft (490 m)

Details

We stayed twice at this park in 2018 – 3 nights in early June and 2 nights in late July. This is a full service, clean, and well-maintained park. Staff was very friendly and helpful during our visits. The park accepts Good Sam, AAA and military discounts.

Cost

For 5 nights at a 50 amp full hookup pull-thru site we paid about $54 per night, including tax and Good Sam discount. There were no fees for pets or an extra vehicle.

Ratings (1-5)

Accessibility – 4/5

The campground is easily accessible just off the Alaska Highway. Lanes in the campground are well-maintained gravel. The park has both pull-thru and back-in sites and can accommodate large rigs. The campground facilities have provisions for Universal access.

Facilities/Amenities – 4/5

The campground offers basic amenities, including full and partial hookup sites, tent sites, rental cabins, RV dump station, restrooms and free showers, coin-op laundry, coin-op RV wash, free WiFi, propane, gift shop, pay phone and cable TV. Several barbecue grills are available for guest use. Facilities were clean and in good repair.

Site quality – 4/5

RV Sites have full or partial (water/electric) hookups, cable TV, and a picnic table. Electric service is 50/30/20 amp for some sites, 30/20 for others. The campground has back-in, pull-thru and tent sites. Sites are gravel with fair separation between sites.

Scenic Value – 4/5

This forested park is nicely landscaped. Mountain vistas can be seen from the roadside at the park entrance.

Location/Isolation – 3/5

This forested park is far enough back from the ALCAN Highway that it feels peaceful and somewhat isolated. The campground is generally quiet, although it does get some road noise from the highway or overflights by small planes – mainly during the day.

Paws Friendliness – 3/5

The campground is pet friendly, but does not have an enclosed pet run or cleanup bag stations. The park is large enough for a decent walk with your pet.

Overall Rating – 4/5

Overall, the Tok RV Village Campground & Cabins is a nice place to stay while traveling the Alaska Highway. We enjoyed our stay here and would certainly stay another time.

Additional info

Internet access

We received a moderate 4G signal at this campground. Since this was not a Verizon network access was roaming, but did not cost extra with our Unlimited plan. We used the free campground WiFi service a few times. Internet speeds were variable for either campground WiFi or cellular connection.

Water Quality

The campground water tested hard – we added our water softener to the water filtration stack.

Nearby Amenities

A grocery store, restaurants, shopping and some RV and automotive services are available in Tok, AK. A wider range of shopping and RV services are available in Fairbanks, AK (203 miles), Anchorage, AK (319 miles), or Whitehorse, YT (386 miles).