Pretty much you are down to three locations for an RV to stay at in the immediate Dawson City vicinity as they are all mentioned, and you cannot go wrong with any of the three locations (Gold Rush and Bonanza for hookups)....
As noted, the one place which you cannot beat it's location bar none is Gold Rush RV Park along Fourth and Fifth Avenues at York Street along Downtown, a short walking distance from everywhere....
Portion of Gold Rush RV Park is shown here at the NW corner of Fifth Ave. and York St - as I have had the cherished privilege since 2008 to stay at this spacious vacant adjacent SW corner lot all to myself that my friend owns when I visit Dawson City :
(My camper rig shown on the left)
I know this does not pertain to many here, however for those who have to rely on public showers like I do (as I do not use my bathroom other than storage space to haul my tools and vehicle parts with me rather than hauling extra water weight, cleaning the bath, etc. in exchange as I am already maxed out in GWVR)...
The public bathroom and washroom itself at Gold Rush is decent as is the laundry facility however the public showers themselves are the only knock at Gold Rush RV park which has not changed one bit in years past....They are real chinsy when it comes to providing hot water there.
Drop a lot of coin like 5 to 7 Loonies in the timer box and you might get one to two minutes of barely lukewarm water if you are real lucky, and there is never enough water pressure to even water flowers with at that - and also at least I can speak for only the mens bathroom that it is NEVER ever heated as they usually leave the door open 24-7 during the season as it can be quite chilly after showering while there is usually a constant cool or cold breeze - this is when I realized in 2008 I was not man enough to take cold showers anymore as in years past when I needed a shower in Dawson as this is what I was never looking forward to.
After mentioning this to my friend, he told me "Oh no - go to Bonanza - they got real hot showers there and waaay cheaper too - that's where I go as my house has no running water"
As mentioned, Bonanza Gold (only 3 kms from downtown) is a larger accommodation that has more space for RV's and more room to get around in....does not seem like as much of a crammed parking lot compared to Gold Rush RV Park....Great laundry facilities there as well.
The public bathrooms at Bonanza Gold are nice and heated, enclosed, and the showers there have more privacy and more room along with immediate HOT water as I never spend more than 3 Loonies for a long refreshing shower with high water pressure ($1 for 4 minutes)...Staff at Bonanza Gold are real down to earth too.
The mens bathroom at Bonanza Gold if anyone cares still provide complementary condoms too.
Bonanza Gold and Glenda's Triple G in Fort Nelson have the hottest and cheapest public shower facilities in all the places I been in Western Canada or anywhere else in the far north bar none !
The fourth option that I am aware of roughly 20 kms south of town is Klondike River Territorial Park near the airport in the Rock Creek Subdivision in case the town gets full of RVers, as my friend lives in that area and his backyard is along the bank of the Klondike River.
As noted, the one place which you cannot beat it's location bar none is Gold Rush RV Park along Fourth and Fifth Avenues at York Street along Downtown, a short walking distance from everywhere....
Portion of Gold Rush RV Park is shown here at the NW corner of Fifth Ave. and York St - as I have had the cherished privilege since 2008 to stay at this spacious vacant adjacent SW corner lot all to myself that my friend owns when I visit Dawson City :
(My camper rig shown on the left)
I know this does not pertain to many here, however for those who have to rely on public showers like I do (as I do not use my bathroom other than storage space to haul my tools and vehicle parts with me rather than hauling extra water weight, cleaning the bath, etc. in exchange as I am already maxed out in GWVR)...
The public bathroom and washroom itself at Gold Rush is decent as is the laundry facility however the public showers themselves are the only knock at Gold Rush RV park which has not changed one bit in years past....They are real chinsy when it comes to providing hot water there.
Drop a lot of coin like 5 to 7 Loonies in the timer box and you might get one to two minutes of barely lukewarm water if you are real lucky, and there is never enough water pressure to even water flowers with at that - and also at least I can speak for only the mens bathroom that it is NEVER ever heated as they usually leave the door open 24-7 during the season as it can be quite chilly after showering while there is usually a constant cool or cold breeze - this is when I realized in 2008 I was not man enough to take cold showers anymore as in years past when I needed a shower in Dawson as this is what I was never looking forward to.
After mentioning this to my friend, he told me "Oh no - go to Bonanza - they got real hot showers there and waaay cheaper too - that's where I go as my house has no running water"
As mentioned, Bonanza Gold (only 3 kms from downtown) is a larger accommodation that has more space for RV's and more room to get around in....does not seem like as much of a crammed parking lot compared to Gold Rush RV Park....Great laundry facilities there as well.
The public bathrooms at Bonanza Gold are nice and heated, enclosed, and the showers there have more privacy and more room along with immediate HOT water as I never spend more than 3 Loonies for a long refreshing shower with high water pressure ($1 for 4 minutes)...Staff at Bonanza Gold are real down to earth too.
The mens bathroom at Bonanza Gold if anyone cares still provide complementary condoms too.
Bonanza Gold and Glenda's Triple G in Fort Nelson have the hottest and cheapest public shower facilities in all the places I been in Western Canada or anywhere else in the far north bar none !
The fourth option that I am aware of roughly 20 kms south of town is Klondike River Territorial Park near the airport in the Rock Creek Subdivision in case the town gets full of RVers, as my friend lives in that area and his backyard is along the bank of the Klondike River.
