Alaska National Park
Alaska Region Internet Page
and you can find out about the 15 national parks in Alaska. Visiting Alaska requires careful planning. Alaska's isolation and vastness can make travel to and through the state challenging. From Wrangell-St. Elias, the largest national park in the system, to Aniakchak, one of the least visited park sites in the nation, there's plenty to learn about your Alaska national parks. ... Alaska is expansive and diverse. Its magnitude is difficult to comprehend, but its rewards are many and apparent. For climate and topography, "the Great Land" constitutes a virtual subcontinent. Seventeen National Park System areas protect representative natural, cultural, and historic features of this immense landscape. Ten were created by the 1980 Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act. ... [Read More]
NPS Alaska - Map of Alaska National Parks
Select one of Alaska's National Parks to access park specific data. ... AKSO Home | AKSO Text Home | Instructions | Map of Parks | List of Parks | Alaska Parks | NPS Home ... National Park Service ... [Read More]
Kenai Fjords National Park (National Park Service)
Sweeping from rocky coastline to glacier-crowned peaks, Kenai Fjords National Park encompasses 607,805 acres of unspoiled wilderness on the southeast coast of Alaska’s Kenai Peninsula. The park is capped by the Harding Icefield, a relic from past ice-ages and the largest icefield entirely within U.S. borders. ... Search this park ... The Park offers a range of opportunities for visitors, students and scientists to explore, study and enjoy this special piece of our nation’s natural and cultural heritage. ... [Read More]
Denali National Park & Preserve (National Park Service)
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National Park Guide
Gates Of The Arctic National Park & Preserve ... Denali National Park & Preserve ... Kenai Fjords National Park ... [Read More]
Prehistory of Alaska
-- Aniakchak National Monument and Preserve - (ANIA) -- Bering Land Bridge National Preserve - (BELA) -- Cape Krusenstern National Monument - (CAKR) -- Denali National Park and Preserve - (DENA) -- Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve - (GAAR) -- Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve - (GLBA) -- Katmai National Park and Preserve - (KATM) -- Kenai Fjords National Park - (KEFJ) -- Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park - (KLGO) -- Kobuk Valley National Park - (KOVA) -- Lake Clark National Park and Preserve - (LACL) -- Noatak National Preserve - (NOAT) -- Sitka National Historical Park - (SITK) -- Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve - (WRST) -- Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve - (YUCH) ... [Read More]
Lake Clark National Park & Preserve (National Park Service)
Lake Clark National Park and Preserve is a composite of ecosystems representative of many regions of Alaska. The spectacular scenery stretches from the shores of Cook Inlet, across the Chigmit Mountains, to the tundra covered hills of the western interior. The Chigmits, where the Alaska and Aleutian Ranges meet, are an awesome, jagged array of mountains and glaciers which include two active volcanoes, Mt. Redoubt and Mt. Iliamna. Lake Clark, 40 miles long, and many other lakes and rivers within the park are critical salmon habitat to the Bristol Bay salmon fishery, one of the largest sockeye salmon fishing grounds in the world. Numerous lake and river systems in the park and preserve offer excellent fishing and wildlife viewing. ... [Read More]
NPS Alaska GIS: Denali National Park
Denali, the "High One", is the name Athabascan people gave the massive peak that crowns the 600-mile-long Alaska Range. Denali is also the name of this immense national park and preserve created from the former Mount McKinley National Park. At 6 million acres, the park is larger than Massachusetts. It exemplifies interior Alaska's character as one of the world's last great frontiers for wilderness adventure. It remains largely wild and unspoiled, as the Athabascans knew it. ... [Read More]
Kobuk Valley National Park (National Park Service)
Kobuk Valley National Park is encircled by the Baird and Waring mountain ranges. The park povides protection for several important geographic features, including the central portion of the Kobuk River, the 25-sqaure-mile Great Kobuk Sand Dunes, and the Little Kobuk and Hunt River dunes. ... National Park - December 2, 1980 ... Search this park ... [Read More]
Lake Clark National Park and Preserve Park History 2000
The park lands in Alaska are special. They are different from National Park sites in the Lower 48. Most of the National Parks here are National Parks and Preserves. The National Park portion of the units in Alaska are similar to those anywhere else in the country for the park visitor. However, they allow a very important activity to continue that is not allowed in other parks, subsistence. This allows Alaska residence to hunt, fish, and use the resources in the park as they traditionally have. The National Preserve is an area adjacent to the park where sport hunting is allowed. ... [Read More]
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