Cripple Creek Campground

Cripple Creek Campground is located at milepost 60 of the Steese Highway, northeast of Fairbanks, Alaska, and is blacktop highway accessible. It has 12 universal design campsites as well as 6 walk-in campsites. The campground also has a riverside day use area with fishing access along the Chatanika River. Winding through tall white spruce trees along the river between the day use area and the campground is a short interpretive trail for visitors. A class I-II float trip to the Upper Chatanika State Recreation Site at milepost 39 is approximately 25 miles (40 km) long; occasional low water and log jams may require some boat dragging or portaging. The campground is maintained during the summer season, June through mid-September. It has a hand pump well for non-potable water, trash cans, and outhouse style toilets. Each campsite has a parking area, picnic tables, and fire rings. Nearby are the Nome Creek Valley, Quartz Creek Trail, Table Top Trail, Pinnell Mt. Trail, the Chatanika River, Nome Creek, and the Beaver Creek Wild and Scenic River put-in.