Eagle River Campground - Chugach State Park

Kind of mediocre, so in line with most Alaskan state campgrounds. Honestly, I'm all about rustic campgrounds, and come from the Yukon, where all government campgrounds are very basic, off grid with pit toilets etc...but at least they're well-maintained and have some privacy between sites...I was a bit depressed by the lack of care, maintenance, and planning at most of the several Alaskan state campgrounds I recently visited. No toilet paper and feces stained toilet seats, outhouses badly in need of a simple coat of paint on the rotten floors and with broken locks, dump stations and water supplies inexplicably out of long-term order; nearly every hand water pump across the state broken, campsites very near one another with little privacy, despite being carved out of dense conifer forests that could afford a good measure of it; "double campsites" that are literally adjoining each other and are almost always taken by only one camper with no consequence (?!); At least two state campgrounds on the very remote Richardson hwy with gates locked in mid-june for no apparent reason, and no warning on the signs or website, causing dangerous 3 point trailer backups onto the highway, etc, etc....bit of a shame for the state to not put more thought and resources into this infrastructure that could really showcase an amazingly scenic land...I mean - of all the states, right? And don't get me started on the website...man alive... I guess that's what no state taxes gets ya...

Beautiful location; campsites nicely laid out; a popular spot with campers generally respectful. The food lockers I tried didn't function. Large trash can in at least one toilet building loaded with smelly trash along with bear-handy handles on the doors to the building and a warning sign that in early July 2023 a bear had entered a tent. Not all toilets have toilet paper - understood - but signals little attention was being paid. No host seen even though two vehicles - with signs indicating they belonged to campground host - were parked at what looked to be a utility building and not moved during two nights' stay. An excellent bear-proof dumpster is over by the dump station - discovered by accident. Access to good fishing ! Photo is of how some campers interpret proper food storage in bear country - cooler left out overnight next to the picnic table.