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Tolsona Wilderness Campground: Traveller Reviews

Mile 173 Glenn Highway, Glennallen, AK 99588-0023
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Tolsona Wilderness Campground
4.5 of 5 stars 9 Reviews
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alberta
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46 reviews 46 reviews
Reviews in 19 cities Reviews in 19 cities
26 helpful votes 26 helpful votes
“Now this is camping!”
4 of 5 stars Reviewed 13 June 2011

What is it with Alaskan campgrounds? If you want a campground with hookups, you pretty much have to stay in private campgrounds since the state campgrounds have no services. You could count the number of nice private campgrounds in the state on one hand. Why would such a beautiful state have such lousy campgrounds? Tolsona is the exception.

We stayed in the last week of August 2010. What a beautiful place! We knew as soon as we pulled in that we'd found a hidden gem. The spots are fabulous. They are all beside the creek and it's beautiful. All sites are fairly private, and large. The owner was friendly and helpful. We had the place practically to ourselves - what a great time to visit.

The only negative was that we were told there was wi-fi. We were only a short distance from the office and were unable to pick up a signal. If there was a wi-fi, it wasn't very good.

We enjoyed Tolsona so much that we cut another travel day short on the way back to stay there again. Next trip to Alaska, we will return and stay longer.

  • Stayed August 2010, travelled with family
    • 5 of 5 stars Value
    • 4 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 4 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 4 of 5 stars Service
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Anchorage, Alaska
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“From an Alaskan's Perspective”
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 28 June 2010

Tolsona Wilderness Campground is a GEM in our opinion. What a pleasant experience and a delightful surprise to visit a real campground and not a gravel parking lot. The owners have preserved the natural surroundings, each site is surrounded by trees and easily accessible to the creek. The showers and rest rooms are very clean, warm and very reasonably priced. A five minute shower is only .25 cents and the water was always warm. This place was awesome to bring our teenage daughters with just the right amount of rustic feel, but with right ammenities. If you have young children, this is an excellent place for them too. The water is close, but not very deep nor swift. It's a great place to teach them a little about fishing. Good spot for grayling I understand.

Having lived in Alaska for 30+ years and traveling the state extensively, I consider myself very knowledgable about what the state has to offer for RV facilities. In my opinion, this is the best private campground in Alaska.

Stayed June 2010, travelled with family
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Boston, MA
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43 helpful votes 43 helpful votes
“Best Campground of our Trip”
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 4 October 2009

If I had imagined an Alaskan campground before our trip this would be it. So many campgrounds we stayed during our vacation were simply parking lots packed with RVs. Tolsona was quiet, secluded, and tree filled. At night we heard nothing but the stream running beside our campsite. Completely relaxing.

  • Stayed August 2009, travelled with family
    • 5 of 5 stars Value
    • 4 of 5 stars Location
    • 5 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 5 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 5 of 5 stars Service
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Ithaca, New York
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“The Perfect Way to End our Trip”
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 4 July 2009

My family and I took a whirlwind RV trip this summer through southcentral Alaska and continued to stay at gravel-roaded, wide open campgrounds near our destinations that kind of felt sterile, as they were trying to CREATE a camping atmosphere, and we couldn't even have a campfire at many.

Our last night, we pulled into Tolsona Wilderness Campground (which I'd made reservations at a month prior to our trip), and the fam started cheering! "Now THIS is camping!" "This is perfect." "What a great place!" they said. The campground owners were incredibly nice, the bathrooms and showers were neat, tidy, and clean, the showers only cost a quarter for 5 minutes, and it even has WI-FI! My 3-year-old nephew had a ball throwing rocks into the creek on our lot, and we even had a "treasure hunt" for him, since he's really into pirates right now. We made a campfire and roasted hotdogs and marshmallow - just like campers should! What a great way to end our trip - we all agreed. I've already made mental plans to re-visit next time I'm in Alaska. It's a must see.

  • Stayed June 2009, travelled with family
    • 5 of 5 stars Value
    • 5 of 5 stars Location
    • 5 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 5 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 5 of 5 stars Service
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cologne, germany
1 review
“Family favourite in Alaska”
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 23 April 2009

Each time we´re in Alaska we try to spend at least a couple of days on this wonderful campground.
It´s definitely our favorite RV-park in the state, perfectly relaxing location, in the middle of a forest, with a little creek which runs right through the campground . Very clean facilities and not to mention the extreamly friendly and helpfull staff.

Otto, Cologne Germany

  • Stayed September 2008, travelled with family
    • 5 of 5 stars Value
    • 5 of 5 stars Location
    • 5 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 5 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 5 of 5 stars Service
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