Aniakchak National Monument and Preserves - info
The Aniakchak Caldera, covering some 10 square miles, is one of the great
dry calderas in the world. Located in the volcanically active Aleutian
Mountains, the Aniakchak last erupted in 1911.
Bering Land Bridge National Park - info
A remnant of the land bridge that connected Asia with North America more
than 13,000 years ago.
Denali National Park and Preserve - info - info - info - info - map
Denali National Park & Preserve features North America's
highest mountain, 20,320-foot tall Mount McKinley.
Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve - info - info - info - info - map
Glaciated valleys and rugged mountains covered with boreal forest and
arctic tundra vegetation, cut by wild rivers, and inhabited by far-ranging
populations of caribou, Dall sheep, wolves, and bears.
Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve - info - info - info - info - map
Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve is a marine wilderness park. Here
there are opportunities for adventure, a living laboratory for observing
the ebb and flow of glaciers, and a chance to study life as it returns
in the wake of retreating ice.
Katmai National Park and Preserve - info - info - info - info - map
Katmai is famous for volcanoes, brown bears, fish, and rugged wilderness.
Katmai is also the site of the Brooks River National Historic Landmark,
recognized as having North America's highest concentration of prehistoric
human dwellings.
Kenai Fjords National Park - info - info - info
Located on the southeastern Kenai Peninsula, the national park is a pristine
and rugged land supporting many unaltered natural environments and
ecosystems.
Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park - info
The discovery of gold in Canada's Yukon brought thousands of gold hungry
stampeders to Skagway and Dyea, Alaska.
Lake Clark National Park and Preserve - info - info - info
The wilderness that comprises Lake Clark National Park and Preserve is
a composite of ecosystems representative of many diverse regions throughout
Alaska.
Sitka National Historical Park - info
Alaska's oldest federally designated park was established in 1910 to
commemorate the Battle of Sitka, which took place in 1804.
Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve - info - info - info - info - map
The Chugach, Wrangell, and St. Elias mountain ranges converge here in
what is often referred to as the "mountain kingdom of North America.
Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve
Located along the Canadian border in central Alaska, the preserve protects
115 miles of the 1,800-mile Yukon River and the entire Charley River
basin.
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