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Alaska National
Parks
Aniakchak
National Monument and
Preserve
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
A remnant of the land bridge that connected Asia with North
America more than 13,000 years ago.
Denali
National Park
Denali National Park & Preserve features North America's
highest mountain, 20,320-foot tall Mount McKinley.
Gates
of the Arctic National Park
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
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
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
Fijords National Park
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
The discovery of gold in Canada's Yukon brought thousands of
gold hungry stampeders to Skagway and Dyea, Alaska.
Lake
Clark National Park
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
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
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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