About halfway to Shaktoolik the trail will come up out of the slough and onto the dune line. By this point the trail is actually an ATV path. The first buildings you will see ahead are Old Shaktoolik, abandoned since the 1960s. The trail will go past them and continue to New Shaktoolik, a couple of miles farther on. You'll run right up the main street of town to the checkpoint, which is in the National Guard armory.
Cold water is available from the village power plant and pump station next door.
The dogs will usually be parked on the south side of the armory, which is the only place they can be sheltered from the north wind. Most people don't plan to spend much time at Shaktoolik, because if the gales come up you can easily spend a whole day or longer here. Just remember that the next leg is 60 miles of complete bleakness across the sea ice of Norton Bay, and the sooner you get it behind you the better you'll be.