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2019 Official State of Alaska Vacation Planner

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INTERIOR LAY OF THE LAND Alaska's Interior, traditional home of Athabascan people, is a place of dazzling extremes. It's home to some of the highest mountains and longest rivers, in North America. There's tundra, massive herds of caribou and endless forest. In winter, daylight is measured in single-digit hours and temperatures drop to chilling lows. During summer, the sun never seems to set and locals use the phrase "it's a dry heat" unironically. Distances here are massive. The scenic Richardson Highway follows the Tanana River to Delta Junction, offering glimpses of the 800-mile-long Trans Alaska Pipeline System, and the 1,387-mile-long Alaska Highway that was constructed in an astonishing 6 months during World War II. The riches earned here during the Gold Rush are still legendary. Somehow, it all combines to make a place of glorious beauty with a freewheeling sense of fun. Luxuriously warm hot springs dot the landscape. Nowhere on earth is better for seeing the northern lights. At Nenana, fortunes are won by those who can guess the precise moment the river will thaw each spring. And Christmas? That's a 365-day-a-year holiday in North Pole. The Great One, Denali, presides over it all from a continent-topping 20,310 feet. No visit is complete without a stop at the park, where you can enter 12 months a year. Take a guided tour 90-miles into the wilderness on the park's only road for perspective-shifting views of Far North landscapes and wildlife. KNOWN FOR: PARKS Big Delta State Historical Park Chena River State Recreational Area Denali National Park & Preserve Kanuti National Wildlife Refuge Koyukuk National Wildlife Refuge Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve HISTORICAL SITES Eagle Historic District National Historic Landmark George C. Thomas Memorial Library Gold Dredge 8 Rika's Roadhouse SS Nenana National Historic Landmark SCENIC BYWAYS Richardson Highway Steese Highway Taylor & Top of the World Highways

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