Trail River Campground — Hotel in Alaska

Booked and paid for a spot months ago online to spend my birthday out camping. Arrived to the location to find out it was right beside a bathroom that smelled and was emanating odor at the camp site. Spoke with the host about either canceling the reservation, or paying for a separate 'first come, first served' site and not getting a refund for the other site. There were several open sites at this time. Host said they preferred not, since others might want to camp there for the full weekend since we were only going to be there until Saturday. We won't be visiting this campground again and are disappointed that the host chose not to be flexible. We left and camped someplace else where there was open availability and...

Run by the U.S. Forest Service, it’s a basic campground for $20 a night. There’s no electricity, water connection or dump station - and no cell phone service. The roads are not paved, and many campers drive too fast and kick up a lot of dust. The campground abuts a pristine lake that’s only accessible via individual picnic tables. There are no trails. Many individual sites are shortened by placing two rocks in the driveway, reducing privacy for large RVs. We...

Camped at the Trail River Campground for five nights. Was at #66 on the Eagle Point Loop. Campsites were very private, with vault toilets and water pumps nearby. Some sites had bear boxes, but most do not. The lake was accessible by a trail by site 73. Luckily there was no bear activity reported. Would love to come back here again and stay at one of the Campsites with...