Willow Creek Gravel Bar (Parks Hwy)
Wasilla
Today
Getting there
- Season
- May-Sep
- Fee
- Free
- Sites
- Dispersed
- Amenities
- No facilities, pack it in/out; gravel bar river access
- Booking
- First-come
- Drive from Anchorage
- 48 min to Wasilla, the nearest town on our road map
- Drive from Fairbanks
- Full day, 5h46 to Wasilla, the nearest town on our road map
- Elevation
- 140 ft
Part of Mat-Su Valley.
What it is like
Salmon runs bring heavy use to Willow Creek Gravel Bar, free dispersed riverbar camping in the Mat-Su Valley near Wasilla. The sites line the creek beside the Parks Highway, and you reach the river over the gravel bar. There are no facilities, so carry out everything you carry in. It is first-come camping from May to September.
This gravel bar is about 26 miles from Wasilla in the Mat-Su Valley. Willow Creek State Recreation Area, 1.1 miles away, mixes dispersed sites with developed ones at the Susitna confluence. The Deshka River, 3.4 miles off, is a boat-access river for king and silver salmon.
Dispersed free riverbar camping along Willow Creek near the Parks Highway, heavy salmon use.