Chicken Gold Camp - Chicken, AK - RV Parks

Welcome To Chicken Gold Camp & Outpost
Also known as Chicken RV Park and campground, is just south of the Taylor Highway on Airport Road in the middle of Chicken, Alaska. It's built on the site of a placer gold camp established in the 1930s by the industrious Fairbanks Exploration Company for mining and prospecting Chicken Creek with the Pedro Dredge, a bucket line gold dredge that is now a National Historic Site. Some of the historic gold camp and many of the gold mining relics are preserved in an outdoor museum and open to the public. At the "Chicken Gold Camp & Outpost", you can explore the history of this early Alaska gold rush community, tour the gold dredge and mining museum, view an actual working Alaska gold mine, experience the thrill of panning or mining your own gold or recreational mining and prospecting for gold nuggets on our claims, and enjoy an espresso in the Outpost while you browse the many handmade gifts: jewelry, clothing, carvings, paintings, pottery and other Alaska made gifts. Enjoy wood-fired pizza and an Alaskan micro-brew on the deck with other guests and perhaps some live, local music; stay the night in the RV park/campground or rent a room or log cabin and the next day enjoy a kayak trip on the 40Mile river or some recreational gold mining, suction dredging or gold panning after an egg and sausage souffle breakfast and tasty fresh baked scones with a mocha or latte in the cafe. Chicken is completely "off the grid", so you can expect a somewhat rustic but comfortable wilderness adventure. In keeping with the quirky, fun-loving character of the community, the folks at Chicken Gold Camp put on a music festival every June, usually the 2nd weekend.