Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve is a UNESCO World Heritage Site that is located south of the St. Elias Mountain Range in the Panhandle of the State of Alaska. It is situated 65 miles northwest of Juneau, and covers over 3.3 million acres of land. The park is internationally famous for its snow-capped Fairweather…
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Denali - Mt. McKinley - displaying the alpenglow.
Golden Denali photo © Paul Wolf
Homer is a small frontier town of homesteaders, fishermen, artists and old hippies, widely recognized as the Halibut Fishing Capital of the World. The waters surrounding Homer are among the world’s most productive halibut harvesting areas. The waters of the Cook Inlet and Kachemak Bay are also known for some of the heaviest and tastiest halibut…
Juneau is the capital city of Alaska. Laid on the upper Alaska 's Inside Passage in the Panhandle of Southeast Alaska, Juneau is approximately 600 miles southeast of Anchorage and 900 miles northwest of Seattle, Washington.
With 31,000 year round residents, Juneau is the third largest city in Alaska. By area, Juneau is the largest city…
Conveniently located 50 miles south of Anchorage, Central Kenai Peninsula is a breathtaking place with plenty of outdoor opportunities and site seeing. Central Kenai Peninsula is considered by the state's residents as "Alaska 's playground." Kenai Peninsula is one of the most popular and very accessible destinations in Alaska. The main reason Alaskans and visitors…
McCarthy and Kennicott are historic ghost towns of the Kennecott Copper Mine. The mine and mining company were misspelled as Kennecott. The place is a two-town community located in the heart of the Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve, one the largest protected wilderness area in the world.
During the mining days, Kennicott was the Kennecott…
Sawyer Glacier Tracy Arm Fjord Alaska.
Sawyer glacier photo licensed from featurepics.
Seward is a 100-year old town situated on the shore of Resurrection Bay on the east coast of the Kenai Peninsula. Its location is about 125 miles south of Anchorage or about 3 hours by road. The town was founded in 1903 as a camp base for the construction of a railway to the Yukon…