Alaska

Top Regions of The Last Frontier

(Pictures and places in bold are places I have been to.)

The Great Land. Land of the Midnight Sun. Land of the Noonday Moon.

Iconic Foods

      • Smoked Salmon
      • King Crab
      • Black Cod
      • Reindeer dogs/sausage
      • Yak Burger
      • Muktuk (whale blubber)
      • Akutaq (Eskimo ice cream)
      • Fresh foraged berries – Blueberries, cranberries, salmonberries, blackberries, raspberries, etc.
      • Wild Berry Cobbler
      • Alaskan Birch Syrup

10. Yukon Delta

      1. Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge
      2. Innoko National Wildlife Refuge
      3. Togiak National Wildlife Refuge
      4. Wood-Tikchik State Park
      5. Bethel

9. Alaska Peninsula-Bristol Bay

      1. Aniakchak National Monument and Preserve
      2. Alaska Peninsula National Wildlife Refuge
      3. Becharof National Wildlife Refuge (former Becharof National Monument)
      4. Izembek National Wildlife Refuge
      5. Alagnak Wild River

8. Seward Peninsula-Bering Strait

      1. Bering Land Bridge National Preserve
      2. Iditarod National Historic Trail (Seward-to-Nome Trail)
      3. Nome
      4. Koyukuk National Wildlife Refuge
      5. Little Diomede Island

7. Aleutian Islands

      1. Aleutian Islands WWII National Monument
        • Battle of Attu battlefield remnants on Attu Island
        • Japanese occupation of Kiska Island
        • Atka B-24D Liberator crash site on Atka Island
      2. Aleutian World War II National Historic Area – Amaknak Island
      3. Dutch Harbor-Unalaska – Russian Orthodox Church of the Holy Ascension of Christ
      4. Adak “National Forest”
      5. Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge

6. Arctic Slope

      1. Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR)
      2. Utqiaġvik (formerly known as Barrow) – North Slope Borough – Arctic Ocean
      3. Iñupiat Heritage Center (NPS unit)
      4. Dalton Highway – Arctic Circle Photo Op
      5. Prudhoe Bay (Sagavanirktok)-Deadhorse – Arctic Ocean

5. Northwest Arctic

      1. Gates Of The Arctic National Park & Preserve
      2. Kobuk Valley National Park
      3. Cape Krusenstern National Monument – Archeological District
      4. Noatak National Preserve
      5. Selawik National Wildlife Refuge

4. Inside Passage

      1. Sitka National Historical Park – Sitka
        • Old Sitka State Historical Park (Redoubt St. Archangel Michael – an early Russian-American Company settlement)
        • Baranof Castle Hill State Historic Site
        • St. Michael’s Orthodox Cathedral
        • Russian Bishop’s House
        • Russian-American Building No. 29
        • Russian Blockhouse
        • Totem Square
        • Alaska Native Brotherhood Hall Museum
        • Sheldon Jackson Museum
      2. Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park – Skagway
        • State Street and Broadway Street
        • Gold Rush Cemetery
        • Davidson Glacier
        • White Pass & Yukon Route Railway
        • Liarsville Gold Rush Trail Camp
        • Red Onion Saloon Brothel Museum
        • Trail of ’98 Museum
        • Skagway Museum and Archives
        • Arctic Brotherhood Camp No. 1 (Skagway Convention & Visitors Bureau)
      3. Totem Bight State Historic Park – Ketchikan
      4. Tongass National Forest
      5. Misty Fjords National Monument (USFS)
      6. Admiralty Island National Monument (USFS)
      7. Former Old Kasaan National Monument
      8. Juneau
        • Mendenhall Glacier
        • Point Bridget State Park
        • Ernest Gruening State Historical Park
        • Wickersham State Historic Site
      9. Haines – Chilkat State Park
      10. Alaska Marine Highway All-American Road – Inside Passage Section

3. Cook Inlet

      1. Katmai National Park & Preserve
      2. Kenai Fjords National Park
      3. Lake Clark National Park
      4. Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge – Kodiak Island
        • Fort Abercrombie State Historical Park
      5. Anchorage
        • Independence Mine State Historical Park
      6. Chugach State Park
      7. Kenai Mountains-Turnagain Arm National Heritage Area – Seward Highway
      8. Kenai National Wildlife Refuge
      9. Iditarod National Historic Trail (Seward-to-Nome Trail)
      10. Alaska Marine Highway All-American Road – Cook Inlet Section

2. Interior

      1. Denali National Park & Preserve
      2. Denali State Park
      3. George Parks Highway National Scenic Byway
      4. Yukon–Charley Rivers National Preserve
      5. Yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuge (former Yukon Flats National Monument)
      6. Kanuti National Wildlife Refuge
      7. Nowitna National Wildlife Refuge
      8. Alaska Highway – Big Delta State Historical Park (Rika’s Landing Roadhouse)
      9. Fairbanks
      10. White Mountains National Recreation Area (BLM)

1. Chugach

Glacier Bay National Park & Preserve

      • Margerie Glacier
      • Bartlett Cove
      • Sebree Island – kayaking
      • Glacier bears (black bears that are blueish-gray)

Wrangell-St. Elias National Park & Preserve

      • Kennecott Copper Mine
      • Root Glacier Trail
      • Rambler Mine Trail
      • Nabesna Road

Kluane/Wrangell-St. Elias/Glacier Bay/Tatshenshini-Alsek World Heritage Site

      • Kluane National Park and Reserve (Yukon, Canada)
      • Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve (Alaska, U.S.)
      • Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve (Alaska, U.S.)
      • Tatshenshini-Alsek Provincial Park (British Columbia, Canada)

Chugach National Forest – Valdez

Tetlin National Wildlife Refuge – Alcan Border