U.S. Forest Service · Chugach National Forest · Alaska

Primrose Campground

Open nowFirst-come, first-served8 sites

Sites are first-come, first-served. Recreation.gov lists this campground for paying on site, and you may be able to pay with the Scan and Pay feature of its app.

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Primrose Campground
Photo from the area. Beeblebrox (talk) 07:04, 23 August 2009 (UTC) (CC BY-SA 3.0), via Wikimedia Commons

Site mix

Standard, no hookups8
No reservations, so arrive before checkout on a weekday, usually 11 a.m. to noon, and take what is open. In season, weekends fill by Thursday. The first-come playbook

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Per-site records as published by the managing agency on Recreation.gov. Blank cells mean the agency listed nothing for that site.

Season & status

StatusOpen
ForestChugach National Forest
BookingNo reservations are taken for Primrose Campground. There is a user pay station at the entrance to the campground.
Fees$19/night

Chugach National Forest recreation page ↗

Weather by month

NOAA climate normals →
Weather by month near Primrose Campground20°30°40°50°60°January: 3.64 inches of precipitation, 17.2 inches of snowFebruary: 3.48 inches of precipitation, 15.7 inches of snowMarch: 2.10 inches of precipitation, 12.3 inches of snowApril: 2.10 inches of precipitation, 3.9 inches of snowMay: 1.71 inches of precipitation, 0.3 inches of snowJune: 2.16 inches of precipitation, 0.0 inches of snowJuly: 2.54 inches of precipitation, 0.0 inches of snowAugust: 3.97 inches of precipitation, 0.0 inches of snowSeptember: 6.95 inches of precipitation, 0.0 inches of snowOctober: 6.40 inches of precipitation, 1.7 inches of snowNovember: 5.05 inches of precipitation, 11.8 inches of snowDecember: 5.43 inches of precipitation, 27.2 inches of snowJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJanuary: 21.0°F averageFebruary: 23.8°F averageMarch: 26.6°F averageApril: 35.8°F averageMay: 44.0°F averageJune: 51.4°F averageJuly: 55.5°F averageAugust: 53.9°F averageSeptember: 46.5°F averageOctober: 36.4°F averageNovember: 27.6°F averageDecember: 24.0°F average0 in10 in20 in30 inTemp °FInches
The line is the average temperature and the bars are average precipitation at Seward 19N, 1 mile from the campground at 518 feet, station USC00508377 in the NOAA monthly climate normals for 1991 to 2020. Precipitation totals about 46 inches a year. The dotted line is average snowfall, about 90 inches a year on the same inches scale.

Getting there

Coordinates60.3407° N, 149.3699° W · Directions ↗

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Trails nearby

Forest Service trail data →

Trail and trailhead records are the Forest Service's. Distances are straight-line to the nearer trail end. Trail conditions are not tracked here.

Public land it sits in

On Wilderness Atlas →

This campground sits inside Chugach National Forest.

Each unit is published as a centre point and an acreage rather than a boundary, so this section stands it in for a circle of the same area. Whether a campground is inside, and how far it is from one it is outside, are both approximate.

On the National Register nearby

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Reference

Questions people ask

Do I need a reservation at Primrose Campground?

No. Primrose Campground is first-come, first-served. No reservations are taken for Primrose Campground. Sites are taken on arrival and paid at the fee station.

Source: Forest Service

How much does it cost to camp at Primrose Campground?

$19/night

Source: Forest Service

Is Primrose Campground open right now?

Open as of Oct 16, 2026.

Source: Forest Service status

How many sites does Primrose Campground have?

8 sites, including 8 standard sites without power.

Source: Forest Service

What if Primrose Campground is full?

The nearest public campgrounds are Ptarmigan Creek (4.6 mi), Trail River (5.2 mi), and Crescent Creek Campground (15.1 mi, first-come).

Source: Campgrounds nearby