19 parks in Alaska
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Wild River
Alagnak Wild River
Alaska
The headwaters of Alagnak Wild River lie within the rugged Aleutian Range of neighboring Katmai National Park and Preserve. Meandering west towards Bristol Bay and t…
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National Park Service site
Alaska Public Lands
Alaska
Alaska’s parks, forests, and refuges are rich and varied. The Alaska Public Lands Information Centers help visitors and residents to have meaningful, safe, enjoyable…
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National Historic Area
Aleutian Islands World War II National Historic Area
Alaska
The remote Aleutian Islands, home to the Unangax̂ (Aleut) people for over 8,000 years, became a fiercely contested Pacific battleground in World War II. Some Unangax…
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National Monument & Preserve
Aniakchak National Monument & Preserve
Alaska
Given its remote location and challenging weather conditions, Aniakchak is one of the most wild and least visited places in the National Park System. This landscape…
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National Preserve
Bering Land Bridge National Preserve
Alaska
Bering Land Bridge National Preserve lies at the continental crossroad that greatly influenced the distribution of life in the Western Hemisphere during the Pleistoc…
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National Monument
Cape Krusenstern National Monument
Alaska
A bridge to the past and a land for the future, Cape Krusenstern National Monument protects approximately 560,000 acres of diverse Arctic coastal, and upland ecosyst…
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National Park & Preserve
Denali National Park & Preserve
Alaska
Denali is six million acres of wild land, bisected by one ribbon of road. Travelers along it see the relatively low-elevation taiga forest give way to high alpine tu…
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National Park & Preserve
Gates Of The Arctic National Park & Preserve
Alaska
This vast landscape does not contain any roads or trails. Visitors discover intact ecosystems where people have lived with the land for over ten thousand years. Wild…
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National Park & Preserve
Glacier Bay National Park & Preserve
Alaska
Covering 3.3 million acres of rugged mountains, dynamic glaciers, temperate rainforest, wild coastlines and deep sheltered fjords, Glacier Bay National Park and Pres…
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National Park Service site
Iñupiat Heritage Center
Alaska
On the rooftop of the world, the Iñupiat Heritage Center in Barrow, Alaska, tells the story of the Iñupiat people. They have thrived for thousands of years in one of…
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National Park & Preserve
Katmai National Park & Preserve
Alaska
A landscape is alive underneath our feet, filled with creatures that remind us what it is to be wild. Katmai was established in 1918 to protect the volcanically deva…
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National Park
Kenai Fjords National Park
Alaska
At the edge of the Kenai Peninsula lies a land where the ice age lingers. Nearly 40 glaciers flow from the Harding Icefield, Kenai Fjords' crowning feature. Wildlife…
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National Historical Park
Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park
Alaska
Headlines screamed "Gold!" The dream of a better life catapulted thousands of people to Alaska and the Yukon Territory. Their journey shaped them, and changed the pe…
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National Park
Kobuk Valley National Park
Alaska
Caribou, sand dunes, the Kobuk River, Onion Portage - just some of the facets of Kobuk Valley National Park. Thousands of caribou migrate through, their tracks criss…
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National Park & Preserve
Lake Clark National Park & Preserve
Alaska
Lake Clark National Park and Preserve is a land of stunning beauty. Volcanoes steam, salmon run, bears forage, and craggy mountains reflect in shimmering turquoise l…
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National Preserve
Noatak National Preserve
Alaska
As one of North America's largest mountain-ringed river basins with an intact ecosystem, the Noatak River environs feature some of the Arctic's finest arrays of plan…
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National Historical Park
Sitka National Historical Park
Alaska
On an island amid towering spruce and hemlock, Sitka National Historical Park preserves the site of a battle between invading Russian traders and Indigenous Kiks.ádi…
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National Park & Preserve
Wrangell - St Elias National Park & Preserve
Alaska
Wrangell-St. Elias is a vast national park that rises from the ocean all the way up to 18,008 ft. At 13.2 million acres, the park is the same size as Yellowstone Nat…
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National Preserve
Yukon - Charley Rivers National Preserve
Alaska
Located in Interior Alaska, Yukon-Charley Rivers offers exploration in a largely untouched landscape. Whether you float the mighty Yukon River or paddle the Charley…
