Alaska's Best Boondocking Road

Alaska doesn't have a lot of places for back-country boondocking. Our road system is pretty limited and there are few, if any chances to get off of the main drags. The one exception, though, is the Denali Highway, about 130 miles of gravel road between Paxon and Cantwell (near Denali National Park).

This road essentially follows the spine of the Alaska Range at or near timberline, which in Alaska is about 2,500 feet or so above sea level. The views to the north are spectacular; there are lots of chances to see caribou, moose, grizzlies, wolves and ptarmigan; and fishing for lake trout and grayling can be pretty good.

There are a couple of BLM campgrounds along the route, but most of us just set up in the old gravel pits along the way that were used for building road some 50 years ago. There are no RV parks with hookups in this part of Alaska.