Official State of Alaska Vacation Planner

INTERIOR Northern lights, Gold Rush lore, the mighty Yukon River 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 six 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, which 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 T a n a n a R i ver Yukon River Wrangell-St. Elias Nat'l Park & Preserve Glacier Bay Nat'l Park & Preserve Kluane Nat'l Park Misty Fjords Nat'l Monument Aniakchak Nat'l Monument & Preserve Kodiak Nat'l Wildlife Refuge Togiak Nat'l Wildlife Refuge GULF OF ALASKA BEAUFORT SEA PACIFIC OCEAN Prince William Sound WHITEHORSE ANCHORAGE FAIRBANKS JUNEAU PRINCE OF WALES ISLAND CANADA U.S.A. ALASKA YUKON N.W. TERRITORIES BRITISH COLUMBIA Denali Nat'l Park & Preserve Yukon-Charley Rivers Nat'l Preserve Katmai Nat'l Park & Preserve Kenai Fjords Nat'l Park Auke Bay Gates of The Arctic Nat'l Park & Preserve Arctic Nat'l Wildlife Refuge KODIAK ISLAND Tracy Arm Fjord Palmer Girdwood Homer Seward Valdez Sitka Ketchikan Denali McCarthy Ross River Nome Point Hope Kotzebue Chena Hot Springs Manley Hot Springs Bethel Emmonak Iliamna Talkeetna McGrath Whittier Cordova Yakutat Haines Gustavus Skagway Petersburg Wrangell Hollis Metlakatla Prince Rupert Haines Jct. Kennicott Tok Chicken Nenana Healy Cooper Landing Kodiak King Salmon Fort Yukon Circle Central Rampart Tanana Galena Ruby St. Mary's Pilgrim Springs Taylor Noatak Umiat Stevens Village Dillingham Ninilchik Anchor Pt. Seldovia Chenaga Elfin Cove Pelican Tenakee Springs Angoon Kake Hyder/ Stewart Carcross Northway Destruction Bay Carmacks Boundary Paxson Fox Salcha Cantwell Kantishna Eagle Soldotna Kenai Lake Louise Chitna Nabesna Tatitlek Trapper Creek Willow Houston Old Harbor Nulato Quinhagak Naknek Selawik Noorvik White Mountain Council Ouzinkie Port Lions Prudhoe Bay Deadhorse Anaktuvuk Pass Wiseman Coldfoot Arctic Village Shishmaref Wales Diomede Teller Port Alsworth Beaver Kaktovik Hoonah/ Icy Strait Point North Pole Delta Jct. 2 3 1 4 4 1 2 3 4 Seward & George Parks Highways Glenn & Richardson Highways Elliott & Dalton Highways Alaska Marine Ferry Highway Highway Pipeline Ferry Railroad Limited Access Check out these road trips on page XX SEASON Spring Summer Fall Winter 42° 70° 33° 3° 19° 49° 17° -16° 15 hrs 19 hrs 10 hrs 6 hrs H L Average temperatures in F° TEMPERATURES & DAYLIGHT 41 TravelAlaska.com/Interior

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