Shortly after the South Fork put-in for Fortymile River, Taylor Hwy reaches Walker Fork Campground, which lies on both sides of the highway and has 18 sites, tables, firewood and a short trail to a limestone bluff overlook.
This motel has impressively affordable rooms with pine paneling and riverfront views.
Driving from Tetlin Junction, the first state campground is the 25-site West Fork Campground, which recent forest fires nearly incinerated.
Primitive camping is possible at Mile 135, on the south side of a bridge over North Fork Solomon Creek. This is a former BLM campground that has not been maintained in years.
This place features a deck overlooking Eagle Bluff, an escarpment on the Yukon River where peregrine falcons like to hang out.
Just across the road is Chicken Gold Camp, where you can pitch a tent and consume paninis, ice cream and espressos. There's also gold panning or tours of the Pedro Gold Dredge, which worked creeks in the area from 1959 to 1967.
This BLM-operated campground has 16 sites in a well-treed area accessible by following 4th Ave 11½ miles north through Fort Egbert. If you come by boat rather than car it's an annoyingly long hike from the river.
Slightly further along on Taylor Hwy is Chicken's final tourist lure, The Goldpanner, with more camping and gold panning, plus a three-hole golf course, and, for around tours of some of Chicken's historic cabins across the road.
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