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Local, State & National Parks
Denali National Park and Preserve
Denali National Park and Preserve is wild and breathtakingly beautiful. The park’s varied terrain includes brilliant mountains, pristine rivers and lakes, colorful tundra, alpine meadows, sweeping vistas and abundant wildlife. On a trip inside the park you may spot moose, caribou, Dall sheep, grizzly bears, wolves or any of the hundreds of other species that call the area home. View their site >
Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve
The Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve is 8.4 million acres of pristine beauty. Sometimes called Alaska’s ultimate wilderness, the park bridges the area between the Brooks Range and the Arctic plains. There are no roads into the park but it can be accessed via small airplanes, floatplanes and hiking trails. View their site >
Kobuk Valley National Park
The Kobuk Valley National Park is renowned for caribou and sand dunes. A half a million caribou migrate through the park yearly and hoof prints can be seen crisscrossing the dunes that cover much of the southern area of the Kobuk Valley. The sand was created by the grinding action of ancient glaciers and over time has been carried to the Kobuk Valley by both wind and water. View their site >
Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve
The Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve offers bar-none river expeditions on both the Yukon and Charley rivers. A trip tailored for experienced outdoorsmen with untouched landscapes, historic mining sites and wildlife that make the expedition extraordinary. View their site >
Noatak National Preserve
The Noatak National Preserve is a pristine river valley rimmed by mountains and is notable for an abundance of Arctic plants and animals. The Noatak River is classified as a national wild and scenic river and offers float-trip opportunities extending from the Brooks Range to the tidewater of the Chukchi Sea. View their site >
Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve
The exquisite Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve at 13.2 million acres is the largest National Park in America. Four major mountain ranges and nine of North America’s sixteen highest peaks can be found within the spectacular park. In the 1930s, copper mines were established and the beautiful and charming towns of McCarthy and Kennicott were founded, making the park accessible. View their site >
Surrounded by wilderness the outdoor adventure lover can kayak, canoe, hike, fish and camp in the Fairbanks area and in the winter add to that dog sledding, snowmobiling and snowshoeing too.
-Rita Cook,
Huffington Post
Golden Heart Alaskan
There was this moment when I realized some of my most contented times are spent outdoors. Now I take every opportunity I can to be present in the physical landscape. My career as an artist gives me access to remote wilderness areas. In less than two hours I can be in Denali to the south or the Gates of the Arctic to the north. Whether you visit or live in Alaska, you should take a moment to explore the landscape and peoples around Fairbanks—it is real and raw, commanding and inspirational, it’s why we all come here and it's like nothing else.
-Sheryl Maree Reily,
Fairbanks artist
