Favorite Park For:
EXPERIENCING THE FAR NORTH
Gates of the Arctic National Park
& Preserve, Arctic
"Canoeing or hiking in the Brooks Range makes you realize you are a small part of nature. Flying over the Gates of the Arctic and looking down at this beautiful area fills me with awe."
- Irene Meyer, lived in AK since: 1996
Favorite Park For:
FINDING HIDDEN GEMS
Misty Fjords National Monument,
Inside Passage
Gateway City: Ketchikan
"Misty Fjords has always been the place
I think of when I want to escape the
everyday noise of life. The grandeur of
its glacially carved fjords and waterways, peppered here and there with whales or bears traversing by never fails to rejuvenate me - mind, body and soul."
- Patti Mackey, lifelong Alaskan
Favorite Park For:
WILD LANDSCAPES IN EASY REACH
Chugach State Park, Southcentral
Gateway City: Anchorage
"Falls Creek Trail is a trail along
Turnagain Arm that lets you leave the
highway noise behind - within a half mile
you can't hear the road anymore. It's an
uphill hike, but within a couple of miles
it gives you access to the alpine zone,
beautiful tarns, rolling meadows and
more challenging peaks and ridges."
- Haley Johnston, lived in AK since: 2010
