Favorite Park For:
FINDING YOUR TRAIL
Kachemak Bay State Park, Southcentral
Gateway City: Homer
"In Kachemak Bay State Park there
are beautiful forests, streams, rivers,
glaciers and lakes, as well as flowers
and berries. It's bordered by the ocean,
so there is tidepooling during low tides.
There are enough trails that you can find
one geared to your physical abilities,
from easy to difficult."
- Paula Riley, lived in AK since: 2008
Favorite Park For:
DIVERSE LANDSCAPES
Lake Clark National Park, Southwest
"Nowhere in Alaska can you find such a
diverse cultural makeup and indigenous
history, the largest salmon runs on
the planet, bountiful and healthy
wildlife populations, all bound within a
otherworldly and intact landscape full of
volcanoes, glaciers, rivers, lakes, and
spectacular peaks and valleys."
- Dan Oberlatz, lived in AK since: 1994
Favorite Park For:
GHOSTS OF THE GOLD RUSH
Klondike Gold Rush National Historic Park, Inside Passage
Gateway City: Skagway
"When I look at the hundreds of
artifacts left behind by gold seekers
left on the trail, I think of the thousands
of men and women who carried supplies up the trail multiple times, hoping to strike it rich in the Yukon. It's a place of dreams and hopes."
- Cody Jennings, lived in AK since: 1991
