National Parks in Alaska

Explore 8 national parks in the Alaska region

Alaska

Denali National Park

Alaska

Denali protects six million acres of wild Alaska centered on North America's tallest peak, where grizzlies, wolves, and caribou roam vast untouched wilderness.

4.7M acres 594,660 visitors/yr
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Gates of the Arctic National Park

Alaska

Gates of the Arctic is the northernmost national park, a vast Arctic wilderness above the tree line with no roads, no trails, and practically no visitors.

7.5M acres 9,457 visitors/yr
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Glacier Bay National Park

Alaska

Glacier Bay contains over 1,000 glaciers in a dramatic landscape of icefields, coastal rainforest, and fjords where humpback whales breach.

3.2M acres 792,546 visitors/yr
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Katmai National Park

Alaska

Katmai is world-famous for Brooks Falls, where brown bears gather to catch leaping salmon in one of nature's greatest wildlife spectacles.

3.7M acres 84,167 visitors/yr
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Kenai Fjords National Park

Alaska

Kenai Fjords protects the Harding Icefield and its tidewater glaciers that flow into deep fjords where whales, orcas, and sea lions thrive.

669,650 acres 411,782 visitors/yr
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Kobuk Valley National Park

Alaska

Kobuk Valley protects a surreal landscape of Arctic sand dunes and ancient caribou migration routes in one of America's most remote national parks.

1.8M acres 15,766 visitors/yr
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Lake Clark National Park

Alaska

Lake Clark encompasses turquoise glacial lakes, active volcanoes, and exceptional bear viewing in true Alaska wilderness just an hour from Anchorage.

2.6M acres 17,157 visitors/yr
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Wrangell-St. Elias National Park

Alaska

Wrangell-St. Elias is America's largest national park—six times the size of Yellowstone—where massive glaciers, volcanic peaks, and historic copper mines await adventurers.

8.3M acres 74,518 visitors/yr