Alaska Mountain Range over Summit Lake near Paxson.
Alaska mountains photo © Marko Heuver
Alaska
Anchorage is located in the South-central region of Alaska between the Chugach National Forest and the shores of Cook Inlet, beneath the Chugach Mountains. With 277,700 residents, Anchorage is the largest and most well known city in the state of Alaska. Visitors can find here year round accessible hotels, restaurants, large shopping malls, seafood restaurants,…
Bell Jetranger helicopter, Kenai Pennisula, Alaska.
Bell Jetranger helicopter photo © Bruce Grubbs
Denali National Park and Preserve, the heart of Alaska's spectacular wilderness, with 6 million acres, is larger than the state of Massachusetts.
The park contains North America's highest mountain, the 20,320-foot Mount McKinley. The mountain is known to locals by its Athabascan name Denali. In translation this means the "high one" or the "great one". The…
An American Bald Eagle flying over Davidson Glacier in Alaska.
Eagle over Davidson Glacier photo © Paul Wolf
Fairbanks is the largest city in the Interior region of Alaska and the second largest in the state. The city has 31,324 residents. The population of Fairbanks and Fairbanks North Star Borough is 82,840. The city is 370 miles north of Anchorage on the George Parks Highway, near the confluence of the Tanana and Chena…
Located just 35 miles southeast of Anchorage on the scenic Seward Highway, Girdwood is a ski resort small town in the Municipality of Anchorage and home to the well known Alyeska, Alaska 's biggest ski resort. The Alyeska Resort is a popular recreation corner for Alaskans as well as world alpine skiers. Strategically located near…
