Fodor's The Complete Guide to Alaska Cruises
Whether you want to go bear-watching on Kodiak Island, cruise through Glacier Bay, or fish...
Alaska is America's last frontier, with landscapes that stretch out seemingly to infinity. From the lush rain forests of Southeast to the vast, flat tundra in the north, you can stare in awe at the same things that take an Alaskan’s breath away: calving glaciers, volcanic valleys, jagged sea cliffs, the northern lights, and more. Here you can kayak to icebergs, fly over the highest peak in North America, stay out all night celebrating the midnight sun, and spot wildlife from eagles to whales. For lovers of nature, few places exhilarate like Alaska.
Fodor's The Complete Guide to Alaska Cruises
Whether you want to go bear-watching on Kodiak Island, cruise through Glacier Bay, or fish...
Top Destinations
Top Destinations
Juneau, the Inside Passage, and Southeast Alaska
The communities of Southeast Alaska occupy a small fraction of this dramatic landscape, dotting mountainsides and natural harbors every hundred miles like far-flung pebbles. Ketchikan...
The Kenai Peninsula and Southcentral Alaska
Few places in the United States offer as diverse an array of natural beauty as Southcentral Alaska. From grizzly bears to migrating whales, and moose...
The Bush
When an Alaskan talks about going to the Bush, they usually mean anywhere off the grid, which pretty much includes most of Alaska. However, it...
Anchorage
By far Alaska's largest and most sophisticated city, Anchorage is situated in a truly spectacular location, and is the state's medical, financial, and banking center...
Fairbanks, the Yukon, and the Interior
Alaska's Interior remains the last frontier, even for the Last Frontier state. The northern lights sparkle above a vast, mostly uninhabited landscape that promises adventure...
Juneau
Juneau, Alaska's capital and third-largest city, is on the North American mainland but can't be reached by road. Bounded by steep mountains and water, the...
Fairbanks
On a first drive around Fairbanks, the city appears to be a sprawling conglomeration of strip malls, chain stores, and other evidence of suburbia. But...
Kenai Peninsula
The Kenai Peninsula, thrusting into the Gulf of Alaska south of Anchorage, is Southcentral's playground, offering salmon and halibut fishing, spectacular scenery, and wildlife viewing...
Prince William Sound
Tucked into the east side of the Kenai Peninsula, the sound is a peaceful escape from the throngs of people congesting the towns and highways...
Mat-Su Valley and Beyond
Giant homegrown vegetables and the headquarters of the best-known dogsled race in the world are among the most prominent attractions of the Matanuska-Susitna (Mat-Su) Valley...
Northwest and the Arctic
This largely roadless region brings dark, sunless winters and bright summers known for their Midnight Sun, a place where indigenous people have lived for thousands...
Ketchikan
Ketchikan is famous for its colorful totem poles, rainy skies, steep–as–San Francisco streets, and lush island setting. Some 13,500 people call the town home, and...
Sitka
It's hard not to like Sitka, with its eclectic blend of Alaska Native, Russian, and American history and its dramatic and beautiful open-ocean setting. This...
Southwest
The Southwest region, below the Arctic Circle, encompasses some of Alaska's most remote, inaccessible, and rugged land-and-seascapes. Reaching from the Kodiak Archipelago to the Yukon-Kuskokwim...
Denali National Park and Preserve
Denali National Park and Preserve is Alaska's most visited attraction for many reasons. The most accessible of Alaska's national parks and one of only three...
Homer
At the southern end of the Sterling Highway lies the city of Homer, at the base of a narrow spit that juts 4 miles into...
Haines
Haines encompasses an area that has been occupied by Tlingit peoples for centuries on the collar of the Chilkat Peninsula, a narrow strip of land...
Seward
It is hard to believe that a place as beautiful as Seward exists. Surrounded on all sides by Kenai Fjords National Park, Chugach National Forest...
Skagway
Located at the northern terminus of the Inside Passage, Skagway is a one-hour ferry ride from Haines. By road, however, the distance is 359 miles...
Aleutian Islands, Alaska Peninsula, and Pribilof Islands
From the Alaska Peninsula down through the Aleutian chain, this area also includes many islands within the Bering Sea, among them the Pribilof Islands, as...
North of Fairbanks
When you drive north of Fairbanks you enter territory where people are few and far between. Away from the thin line of the highways spread...
Petersburg
Getting to Petersburg is an experience, whether you take the "high road" by air or the "low road" by sea. Alaska Airlines claims one of...
Wrangell
An unassuming timber and fishing community, Wrangell sits on the northern tip of Wrangell Island, near the mouth of the fast-flowing Stikine River—North America's largest...
Side Trips From Ketchikan
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Cordova
A small town with the spectacular backdrop of snowy Mt. Eccles, Cordova is the gateway to the Copper River delta—one of the great birding areas...
Kodiak Island
Russian explorers discovered Kodiak Island in 1763, and the city of Kodiak served as the original headquarters of the Russian-America Company, which was managed by...
Valdez
Valdez (pronounced val-deez) is the largest of the Prince William Sound communities. This year-round ice-free port was the entry point for people and goods going...
Bethel
Spread out on the tundra along the Kuskokwim River, Bethel is a town of about 6,000 year-round residents located in an area inhabited by the...
Kodiak
Today, commercial fishing is king in Kodiak. Despite its small population—about 6,475 people scattered among the several islands in the Kodiak group—the city is among...
Nome
More than a century has passed since a great stampede for gold put a speck of wilderness now called Nome on the Alaska map, but...
Fortymile Country
A trip through the Fortymile Country up the Taylor Highway will take you back in time more than a century—when gold was the lure that...
Glacier Bay
The tiny town of Gustavus, adjacent to Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, can be accessed from Juneau by fast ferry, floatplane, or jet. Once...
Wrangell–St. Elias National Park and Preserve
Encompassing 13.2 million acres (it's nearly the size of West Virginia), the Wrangell–St. Elias National Park and Preserve stretches from one of the tallest peaks...
Unalaska/Dutch Harbor
On Unalaska Island and neighboring Amaknak Island, the city of Unalaska is by far the most popular destination in the Aleutian Islands. (Dutch Harbor is...
Talkeetna
Talkeetna lies at the end of a spur road near Mile 99 of the Parks Highway. The town maintains a Wild West vibe with a...
Katmai National Park and Preserve
Katmai is the most famous of Alaska's remote parks for two simple reasons: bears and volcanoes. Although Katmai sees only a fraction of the number...
Barrow
The northernmost community in the United States, Utqia?vik—previously known as Barrow—sits 1,300 miles south of the North Pole, and 10 miles south of the Beaufort...
Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve
Near the northern end of the Inside Passage, Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve is one of America's most magnificent national parks. Visiting Glacier Bay...
Kotzebue
Most of the 3,000 or so residents of this coastal village are Inupiaq, whose ancestors have lived and moved throughout the region for thousands of...
Whittier
The entryway to Whittier is unlike any other: a 2½-mile drive atop railroad tracks through the Anton Anderson Memorial Tunnel, cut through the Chugach Mountain...
Kenai Fjords National Park
On the southeast side of the Kenai Peninsula, along the Gulf of Alaska, nearly 670,000 acres were designated as the Kenai Fjords National Park in...
Cooper Landing
Centrally located on the Kenai Peninsula, Cooper Landing is within striking distance of some of Alaska's most popular fishing locations. Here the Russian River flows...
Kenai, Sterling, and Soldotna
Because of their proximity to each other, the towns of Kenai, Sterling, and Soldotna are often mentioned together, and all three are within the Kenai...
Side Trips from Homer
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Girdwood
Originally called Glacier City, Girdwood got its start as a gold-mining town. The town was renamed for James Girdwood, an Irish linen merchant who had...
Prince of Wales Island
Prince of Wales Island stretches more than 130 miles from north to south, making it the largest island in Southeast Alaska. Only two other American...
Palmer
With mountain-ringed farms, Palmer is charming and photogenic. This is the place to search for 100-pound cabbages and fresh farm cheese. Historic buildings are scattered...
Hope
The little gold-mining community of Hope sits just across Turnagain Arm from Anchorage. To visit, however, you must drive the 88 miles all the way...
Lake Clark National Park and Preserve
When the weather is good, an idyllic choice beyond the Mat-Su Valley is the huge Lake Clark National Park and Preserve, on the Alaska Peninsula...
Portage Glacier
Until recently Portage Glacier was the most visited site in Alaska. The glacier has receded dramatically in the past decade, and these days it is...
Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve
The most northern national park in the country is a mountain-gazer and trekker’s dream. Even by Alaska standards of beauty, Gates of the Arctic National...
The Dalton Highway
Plenty of hardy, adventurous visitors "do the Dalton," a 414-mile gravel highway that connects Interior Alaska to the oil fields at Prudhoe Bay on the...
Kachemak Bay State Park and State Wilderness Park
Kachemak Bay is Alaska's first state park and only wilderness park. It protects roughly 400,000 acres of coast, mountains, glaciers, forests, and wildlife on the...
Metlakatla
The village of Metlakatla—the name translates roughly as “saltwater passage”—is on Annette Island, a dozen miles by sea from busy Ketchikan but a world away...
Denali State Park
Between the Talkeetna Mountains and the Alaska Range, Denali State Park combines wooded lowlands and forested foothills topped by alpine tundra...
Chena Hot Springs
Nature is the star all along the road from Fairbanks that leads to the Chena Hot Springs Resort, and even there it remains center stage...
Tok
Loggers, miners, old sourdoughs (Alaskan for "colorful local curmudgeons"), and hunting guides who live and work along Tok's streams or in the millions of acres...
Wasilla
Wasilla made national news in 2008 when Sarah Palin, the former governor of the state and former mayor of the town, was picked to be...
Pribilof Islands
What the Bristol Bay region is to fly-fishing, the Pribilof Islands are to birding. Unfortunately, "the Pribs" are quite remote and visiting requires a bit...
Wood-Tikchik State Park
The size of Delaware and also Alaska’s largest state park, 1.6-million-acre Wood-Tikchik State Park is an angler’s dream come true. Five species of salmon as...
Side Trips from Juneau
About an hour outside this ever-expanding city are some great day trips. Tracy Arm requires a daylong boat trip to visit but is well worth...
Chugach National Forest
The 6,908,540 acres of national forest—a little larger than New Hampshire—stretch across the Kenai Peninsula and Southcentral region, from southeast of Cordova to northwest of...
Steese and White Mountains
The Steese and White Mountains are readily accessible, just a quick jaunt up the Elliott Highway. Once you’re here, you'll have a few hundred thousand...
Kenai National Wildlife Refuge
The refuge, which encompasses nearly 2 million acres, was originally established to protect the Kenai moose, and it remains the finest moose habitat in the...
Gustavus
For airborne visitors, Gustavus is the gateway to Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve. The long, paved jet airport, built as a refueling strip during...
Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge
Boundless wildlands and wild waters define the enormous Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge that surrounds Bethel. Officially created in 1980 after the consolidation of adjoining...
Aniakchak National Monument and Preserve
Need to check "Visit active volcano" off your bucket list? A trip to Aniakchak will do the trick. The journey to this amazing natural landmark...
Prudhoe Bay
Most towns have museums that chronicle local history and achievements. Deadhorse is the town anchoring life along Prudhoe Bay, but it could also serve as...
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
Enormous even by Alaska standards, the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge encompasses six different eco-zones that support a vast diversity of plants and wildlife. Though difficult...
Bering Land Bridge National Preserve
A trip to the Bering Land Bridge National Preserve will get you off the beaten path to a place that goes beyond gold rushes and...
Chicken
Chicken was, and still is, the heart of the southern Fortymile Mining District, and many of these works are visible along the highway. The second...
Chugach State Park
One of the four largest state parks in the United States, Chugach State Park covers approximately 495,000 acres. Located entirely in Southcentral, it lies mostly...
Yukon–Charley Rivers National Preserve
A dream landscape for adventurers who crave solitude, the preserve sits on the border of Canada and Alaska. The only ways in are by driving...
Delta Junction
Delta is not only a handy stop on the Richardson Highway, it's the official western terminus of the Alaska Highway. In summer, Delta, the largest...
Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge
Many visitors to Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge come here to view Kodiak bears. Seeing these beautiful animals, which weigh a pound at birth but up...
Misty Fiords National Monument
Pristine wilderness areas can be accessed from Ketchikan, most notably Misty Fiords National Monument and Prince of Wales Island. Both are somewhat remote, but tour...
Admirality Island
There's only one year-round community—Angoon—on this huge island; the rest is wilderness, home to healthy populations of bears, eagles, deer, birds, salmon, and whales. A...
Glennallen
This community of a few more than 500 residents is a good spot to gas up before continuing on to Wrangell–St. Elias National Park and...
Seldovia
The town of Seldovia is another off-the-road-system settlement on the south side of Kachemak Bay that retains the charm of an earlier Alaska. The town's...
Manley Hot Springs
A colorful, close-knit, end-of-the-road type place, this town was a trading center for placer miners who worked the nearby creeks. Most of the community joins...
Becharof and Alaska Peninsula National Wildlife Refuges
In addition to Aniakchak National Monument and Preserve, the enormous Becharof and Alaska Peninsula National Wildlife Refuges are also prime areas for volcano viewing. Couple...
Kobuk Valley National Park
Anything is possible in Alaska’s wildlands, even deserts. Kobuk Valley National Park is home to three sets of sand dunes, remnants of retreating glaciers from...
Central and Circle
Though small, both of these communities on the Steese Highway loom large for those interested in history and nature. Central got its start in 1894...
North Pole and Salcha
North Pole, 14 miles southeast of Fairbanks, may be a featureless suburb, but you'd have to be a Scrooge not to admit that this town's...
Eagle
Eagle was once a seat of government and commerce for the Interior. An Army post, Ft. Egbert, operated here until 1911, and territorial judge and...
Hyder
Tiny, nondescript Hyder sits at the head of narrow Portland Canal, a 70-mile-long fjord northeast of Ketchikan. The fjord marks the border between Canada and...
Nenana
For a break from the buzz of the George Parks Highway, take a detour in Nenana (rhymes with "banana"), a town of approximately 380 people...
Noatak National Preserve
For well-organized and self-reliant adventurers, Noatak National Preserve is an endless playground for those who want to hike, paddle, fish, and view birds and wildlife...
Tracy Arm
One of the most popular and rewarding day trips out of Juneau is a boat trip to Tracy Arm. The narrow fjord south of the...
Aleutian Islands
Separating the North Pacific Ocean from the Bering Sea, the Aleutian Islands are not a single sequence of islands. Actually, they're a superchain, made of...
Cape Krusenstern National Monument
A must-do for archaeology buffs, this park includes an archaeological district comprising 114 beach ridges along the Chukchi Sea. First named a National Historic Landmark...
Shuyak Island State Park
...
Anchorage
By far Alaska's largest and most sophisticated city, Anchorage is situated in a truly spectacular location, and is the state's medical, financial, and banking center...
Juneau
Juneau, Alaska's capital and third-largest city, is on the North American mainland but can't be reached by road. Bounded by steep mountains and water, the...
Fairbanks
On a first drive around Fairbanks, the city appears to be a sprawling conglomeration of strip malls, chain stores, and other evidence of suburbia. But...
Ketchikan
Ketchikan is famous for its colorful totem poles, rainy skies, steep–as–San Francisco streets, and lush island setting. Some 13,500 people call the town home, and...
Sitka
It's hard not to like Sitka, with its eclectic blend of Alaska Native, Russian, and American history and its dramatic and beautiful open-ocean setting. This...
Homer
At the southern end of the Sterling Highway lies the city of Homer, at the base of a narrow spit that juts 4 miles into...
Haines
Haines encompasses an area that has been occupied by Tlingit peoples for centuries on the collar of the Chilkat Peninsula, a narrow strip of land...
Seward
It is hard to believe that a place as beautiful as Seward exists. Surrounded on all sides by Kenai Fjords National Park, Chugach National Forest...
Skagway
Located at the northern terminus of the Inside Passage, Skagway is a one-hour ferry ride from Haines. By road, however, the distance is 359 miles...
Petersburg
Getting to Petersburg is an experience, whether you take the "high road" by air or the "low road" by sea. Alaska Airlines claims one of...
Wrangell
An unassuming timber and fishing community, Wrangell sits on the northern tip of Wrangell Island, near the mouth of the fast-flowing Stikine River—North America's largest...
Cordova
A small town with the spectacular backdrop of snowy Mt. Eccles, Cordova is the gateway to the Copper River delta—one of the great birding areas...
Valdez
Valdez (pronounced val-deez) is the largest of the Prince William Sound communities. This year-round ice-free port was the entry point for people and goods going...
Bethel
Spread out on the tundra along the Kuskokwim River, Bethel is a town of about 6,000 year-round residents located in an area inhabited by the...
Nome
More than a century has passed since a great stampede for gold put a speck of wilderness now called Nome on the Alaska map, but...
Kodiak
Today, commercial fishing is king in Kodiak. Despite its small population—about 6,475 people scattered among the several islands in the Kodiak group—the city is among...
Talkeetna
Talkeetna lies at the end of a spur road near Mile 99 of the Parks Highway. The town maintains a Wild West vibe with a...
Barrow
The northernmost community in the United States, Utqia?vik—previously known as Barrow—sits 1,300 miles south of the North Pole, and 10 miles south of the Beaufort...
Kotzebue
Most of the 3,000 or so residents of this coastal village are Inupiaq, whose ancestors have lived and moved throughout the region for thousands of...
Whittier
The entryway to Whittier is unlike any other: a 2½-mile drive atop railroad tracks through the Anton Anderson Memorial Tunnel, cut through the Chugach Mountain...
Cooper Landing
Centrally located on the Kenai Peninsula, Cooper Landing is within striking distance of some of Alaska's most popular fishing locations. Here the Russian River flows...
Kenai, Sterling, and Soldotna
Because of their proximity to each other, the towns of Kenai, Sterling, and Soldotna are often mentioned together, and all three are within the Kenai...
Girdwood
Originally called Glacier City, Girdwood got its start as a gold-mining town. The town was renamed for James Girdwood, an Irish linen merchant who had...
Palmer
With mountain-ringed farms, Palmer is charming and photogenic. This is the place to search for 100-pound cabbages and fresh farm cheese. Historic buildings are scattered...
Hope
The little gold-mining community of Hope sits just across Turnagain Arm from Anchorage. To visit, however, you must drive the 88 miles all the way...
The Dalton Highway
Plenty of hardy, adventurous visitors "do the Dalton," a 414-mile gravel highway that connects Interior Alaska to the oil fields at Prudhoe Bay on the...
Metlakatla
The village of Metlakatla—the name translates roughly as “saltwater passage”—is on Annette Island, a dozen miles by sea from busy Ketchikan but a world away...
Kachemak Bay State Park and State Wilderness Park
Kachemak Bay is Alaska's first state park and only wilderness park. It protects roughly 400,000 acres of coast, mountains, glaciers, forests, and wildlife on the...
Tok
Loggers, miners, old sourdoughs (Alaskan for "colorful local curmudgeons"), and hunting guides who live and work along Tok's streams or in the millions of acres...
Chena Hot Springs
Nature is the star all along the road from Fairbanks that leads to the Chena Hot Springs Resort, and even there it remains center stage...
Denali State Park
Between the Talkeetna Mountains and the Alaska Range, Denali State Park combines wooded lowlands and forested foothills topped by alpine tundra...
Glitter Gulch
...
Wasilla
Wasilla made national news in 2008 when Sarah Palin, the former governor of the state and former mayor of the town, was picked to be...
Gustavus
For airborne visitors, Gustavus is the gateway to Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve. The long, paved jet airport, built as a refueling strip during...
Chicken
Chicken was, and still is, the heart of the southern Fortymile Mining District, and many of these works are visible along the highway. The second...
Prudhoe Bay
Most towns have museums that chronicle local history and achievements. Deadhorse is the town anchoring life along Prudhoe Bay, but it could also serve as...
Delta Junction
Delta is not only a handy stop on the Richardson Highway, it's the official western terminus of the Alaska Highway. In summer, Delta, the largest...
Glennallen
This community of a few more than 500 residents is a good spot to gas up before continuing on to Wrangell–St. Elias National Park and...
Seldovia
The town of Seldovia is another off-the-road-system settlement on the south side of Kachemak Bay that retains the charm of an earlier Alaska. The town's...
Eagle
Eagle was once a seat of government and commerce for the Interior. An Army post, Ft. Egbert, operated here until 1911, and territorial judge and...
North Pole and Salcha
North Pole, 14 miles southeast of Fairbanks, may be a featureless suburb, but you'd have to be a Scrooge not to admit that this town's...
Manley Hot Springs
A colorful, close-knit, end-of-the-road type place, this town was a trading center for placer miners who worked the nearby creeks. Most of the community joins...
Hyder
Tiny, nondescript Hyder sits at the head of narrow Portland Canal, a 70-mile-long fjord northeast of Ketchikan. The fjord marks the border between Canada and...
Nenana
For a break from the buzz of the George Parks Highway, take a detour in Nenana (rhymes with "banana"), a town of approximately 380 people...
Tracy Arm
One of the most popular and rewarding day trips out of Juneau is a boat trip to Tracy Arm. The narrow fjord south of the...
Juneau, the Inside Passage, and Southeast Alaska
The communities of Southeast Alaska occupy a small fraction of this dramatic landscape, dotting mountainsides and natural harbors every hundred miles like far-flung pebbles. Ketchikan...
The Kenai Peninsula and Southcentral Alaska
Few places in the United States offer as diverse an array of natural beauty as Southcentral Alaska. From grizzly bears to migrating whales, and moose...
The Bush
When an Alaskan talks about going to the Bush, they usually mean anywhere off the grid, which pretty much includes most of Alaska. However, it...
Fairbanks, the Yukon, and the Interior
Alaska's Interior remains the last frontier, even for the Last Frontier state. The northern lights sparkle above a vast, mostly uninhabited landscape that promises adventure...
Kenai Peninsula
The Kenai Peninsula, thrusting into the Gulf of Alaska south of Anchorage, is Southcentral's playground, offering salmon and halibut fishing, spectacular scenery, and wildlife viewing...
Prince William Sound
Tucked into the east side of the Kenai Peninsula, the sound is a peaceful escape from the throngs of people congesting the towns and highways...
Mat-Su Valley and Beyond
Giant homegrown vegetables and the headquarters of the best-known dogsled race in the world are among the most prominent attractions of the Matanuska-Susitna (Mat-Su) Valley...
Northwest and the Arctic
This largely roadless region brings dark, sunless winters and bright summers known for their Midnight Sun, a place where indigenous people have lived for thousands...
Southwest
The Southwest region, below the Arctic Circle, encompasses some of Alaska's most remote, inaccessible, and rugged land-and-seascapes. Reaching from the Kodiak Archipelago to the Yukon-Kuskokwim...
Aleutian Islands, Alaska Peninsula, and Pribilof Islands
From the Alaska Peninsula down through the Aleutian chain, this area also includes many islands within the Bering Sea, among them the Pribilof Islands, as...
North of Fairbanks
When you drive north of Fairbanks you enter territory where people are few and far between. Away from the thin line of the highways spread...
Side Trips From Ketchikan
...
Fortymile Country
A trip through the Fortymile Country up the Taylor Highway will take you back in time more than a century—when gold was the lure that...
Side Trips from Homer
...
Portage Glacier
Until recently Portage Glacier was the most visited site in Alaska. The glacier has receded dramatically in the past decade, and these days it is...
Chugach National Forest
The 6,908,540 acres of national forest—a little larger than New Hampshire—stretch across the Kenai Peninsula and Southcentral region, from southeast of Cordova to northwest of...
Steese and White Mountains
The Steese and White Mountains are readily accessible, just a quick jaunt up the Elliott Highway. Once you’re here, you'll have a few hundred thousand...
Side Trips from Juneau
About an hour outside this ever-expanding city are some great day trips. Tracy Arm requires a daylong boat trip to visit but is well worth...
Central and Circle
Though small, both of these communities on the Steese Highway loom large for those interested in history and nature. Central got its start in 1894...
Denali National Park and Preserve
Denali National Park and Preserve is Alaska's most visited attraction for many reasons. The most accessible of Alaska's national parks and one of only three...
Wrangell–St. Elias National Park and Preserve
Encompassing 13.2 million acres (it's nearly the size of West Virginia), the Wrangell–St. Elias National Park and Preserve stretches from one of the tallest peaks...
Glacier Bay
The tiny town of Gustavus, adjacent to Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, can be accessed from Juneau by fast ferry, floatplane, or jet. Once...
Katmai National Park and Preserve
Katmai is the most famous of Alaska's remote parks for two simple reasons: bears and volcanoes. Although Katmai sees only a fraction of the number...
Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve
Near the northern end of the Inside Passage, Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve is one of America's most magnificent national parks. Visiting Glacier Bay...
Kenai Fjords National Park
On the southeast side of the Kenai Peninsula, along the Gulf of Alaska, nearly 670,000 acres were designated as the Kenai Fjords National Park in...
Lake Clark National Park and Preserve
When the weather is good, an idyllic choice beyond the Mat-Su Valley is the huge Lake Clark National Park and Preserve, on the Alaska Peninsula...
Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve
The most northern national park in the country is a mountain-gazer and trekker’s dream. Even by Alaska standards of beauty, Gates of the Arctic National...
Wood-Tikchik State Park
The size of Delaware and also Alaska’s largest state park, 1.6-million-acre Wood-Tikchik State Park is an angler’s dream come true. Five species of salmon as...
Kenai National Wildlife Refuge
The refuge, which encompasses nearly 2 million acres, was originally established to protect the Kenai moose, and it remains the finest moose habitat in the...
Aniakchak National Monument and Preserve
Need to check "Visit active volcano" off your bucket list? A trip to Aniakchak will do the trick. The journey to this amazing natural landmark...
Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge
Boundless wildlands and wild waters define the enormous Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge that surrounds Bethel. Officially created in 1980 after the consolidation of adjoining...
Yukon–Charley Rivers National Preserve
A dream landscape for adventurers who crave solitude, the preserve sits on the border of Canada and Alaska. The only ways in are by driving...
Bering Land Bridge National Preserve
A trip to the Bering Land Bridge National Preserve will get you off the beaten path to a place that goes beyond gold rushes and...
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
Enormous even by Alaska standards, the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge encompasses six different eco-zones that support a vast diversity of plants and wildlife. Though difficult...
Chugach State Park
One of the four largest state parks in the United States, Chugach State Park covers approximately 495,000 acres. Located entirely in Southcentral, it lies mostly...
Misty Fiords National Monument
Pristine wilderness areas can be accessed from Ketchikan, most notably Misty Fiords National Monument and Prince of Wales Island. Both are somewhat remote, but tour...
Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge
Many visitors to Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge come here to view Kodiak bears. Seeing these beautiful animals, which weigh a pound at birth but up...
Kobuk Valley National Park
Anything is possible in Alaska’s wildlands, even deserts. Kobuk Valley National Park is home to three sets of sand dunes, remnants of retreating glaciers from...
Becharof and Alaska Peninsula National Wildlife Refuges
In addition to Aniakchak National Monument and Preserve, the enormous Becharof and Alaska Peninsula National Wildlife Refuges are also prime areas for volcano viewing. Couple...
Noatak National Preserve
For well-organized and self-reliant adventurers, Noatak National Preserve is an endless playground for those who want to hike, paddle, fish, and view birds and wildlife...
Cape Krusenstern National Monument
A must-do for archaeology buffs, this park includes an archaeological district comprising 114 beach ridges along the Chukchi Sea. First named a National Historic Landmark...
Kodiak Island
Russian explorers discovered Kodiak Island in 1763, and the city of Kodiak served as the original headquarters of the Russian-America Company, which was managed by...
Unalaska/Dutch Harbor
On Unalaska Island and neighboring Amaknak Island, the city of Unalaska is by far the most popular destination in the Aleutian Islands. (Dutch Harbor is...
Prince of Wales Island
Prince of Wales Island stretches more than 130 miles from north to south, making it the largest island in Southeast Alaska. Only two other American...
Pribilof Islands
What the Bristol Bay region is to fly-fishing, the Pribilof Islands are to birding. Unfortunately, "the Pribs" are quite remote and visiting requires a bit...
Admirality Island
There's only one year-round community—Angoon—on this huge island; the rest is wilderness, home to healthy populations of bears, eagles, deer, birds, salmon, and whales. A...
Shuyak Island State Park
...
Aleutian Islands
Separating the North Pacific Ocean from the Bering Sea, the Aleutian Islands are not a single sequence of islands. Actually, they're a superchain, made of...
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