Agency-listedBLM Eastern Interior Field OfficeFee
Walker Fork Campground (Taylor Highway MP 82)
Drive-up · public land · AK · 64.07623, -141.63125
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Ask about this camp →The land manager lists this site. Someone from the agency inventoried it, so it is a real camp — not a spot we guessed at. What changes is conditions — roads, gates, closures, fire rules. Check those with the unit before you commit to the drive.
USGS topo — contours & terrain
Aerial — USGS / NAIP
Weather outlook — at Walker Fork Campground (Taylor Highway MP 82)
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 1,751 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Walker Fork Campground (Taylor Highway MP 82)NIFC · AirNow
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Active wildfires from NIFC (within ~50 mi); air quality from AirNow. Always confirm current fire restrictions with the managing office before you go.
Everything you need — measured from Walker Fork Campground (Taylor Highway MP 82) · public land · AK
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- WWater9 mi
- DDump9 mi
- FFuel9 mi
- @Mail51 mi
- EVEV fast charger124 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water's a short hop out, fuel & food sit about 9 mi out, the nearest EV fast charger is a 124-mi run (and back).
Not within 60 mi: Propane, Grocery. Plan those before you head up.
One dot per need — the nearest of each kind, straight-line from camp. Places from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors); the EV fast charger from the US DOE station locator. Open in Google Maps ↗
The site — Walker Fork Campground (Taylor Highway MP 82)
Access
Drive-up
Land
public land
Elevation
1,751 ft
State
AK
Coordinates
64.07623, -141.63125
Cost
Fee
Nearby & resupply — around Walker Fork Campground (Taylor Highway MP 82) · public land · AK (OpenStreetMap)
- Nearest townChicken · ~6.0 mi
- Drinking waterWater · ~9.2 mi
- FuelChicken Pump Station · ~9.2 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- Dump station~9.2 mi
- Groceriesnone within 30 mi
EV charging — from Walker Fork Campground (Taylor Highway MP 82) · public land · AK — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger124.0 mi straight-line W — ReCharge Alaska - Delta Junction (at a parking lot) · Non-Networked · CCS, NACS (Tesla) · 2 fast ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-08-11 · hours: 24 hours daily · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reachnone within 25 mi · none within 50 · none within 100 · 1 within 150
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)none listed within 150 mi
- Pricing at the fast charger$0.55 per kWh (as listed by AFDC)
- Power (kW)not listed by AFDC — “DC fast” spans roughly 24 to 350 kW, so ask the network.
- Read this honestlyStraight-line miles, like every distance on this site. Roads run longer than this, and you have to get back. We know where a charger is listed. We don’t know if it works today, how fast it is, or the road miles. Check the network before you commit.
Snapshot 2026-09-16 · AFDC record 326095 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Walker Fork Campground (Taylor Highway MP 82) · public land · AK — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletWalker Fork Campground Vault Toilet #1(Cxt)--First Cxt On Site Road · at this camp · BLM
- Vault / pit toiletWalker Fork Campground Vault Toilet #2(Cxt)--At Day Use Area · ~0.2 mi NW · BLM
- Vault / pit toiletSouth Fork River Wayside Vault Toilet #1--North · ~4.3 mi W · BLM
- Vault / pit toiletSouth Fork River Wayside Vault Toilet #2--South · ~4.3 mi W · BLM
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Other camps near Walker Fork Campground (Taylor Highway MP 82)
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- Fortymile Wild And Scenic River~23.9 mi
How we know this — Walker Fork Campground (Taylor Highway MP 82)
Stay limit
None published
Source
public land records
Confidence
Agency-confirmed — The managing agency's own record names this as a campsite and puts it at these coordinates. About as good as it gets short of standing here.
How it was placed
https://www.blm.gov/visit/walker-fork-campground (read 2026-08-17). THIS IS A FEE SITE -- FEE: $12 per night, paid at an iron ranger box near the entrance or by Scan & Pay in the Recreation.gov app -- there is NO cell reception at the site, so download the app first. Hosted campground with 24 sites, 18 of them pull-through, two accessible toilets, a shared bear box, and one covered picnic area designated for day use that may be used for camping during overflow. Historic Lassen airstrip site (1930s-40s). No stay limit stated on this page. Nearest town/services per the page: Chicken, Alaska (the BLM address for the site is MP 82.1 Taylor Highway, Chicken). | auto:agency-trust 2026-08-18: state agency GIS record with a source URL and coordinates, confidence not low. Fee value is the agency's own, not field-checked. Not field-verified -- confirm access, road conditions and fire rules before you go.
EV chargers
US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center station locator, snapshot 2026-09-16. Straight-line miles to the nearest public, open, unrestricted station; restricted and planned units are shown but never counted.
Field check
On the agency's books. The land manager inventoried this site, so its existence is not in question — current conditions are. Nobody from here has camped it recently.
What we don’t know about Walker Fork Campground (Taylor Highway MP 82)
A land record can put you within a few meters of a spot. It cannot tell you any of this — so check it yourself, and treat anything below as the open question it is.
- Road surface & last-mile access
- How many rigs actually fit
- Cell coverage by carrier
- Seasonal & winter access
- Current fire restrictions
- Whether any water here is drinkable
- Shade & wind exposure
- Noise and who else shows up
- Whether a listed EV charger works today, or the road miles to it
Before you go — Walker Fork Campground (Taylor Highway MP 82)
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