Must-SeeDenali National Park
Alaska
North America's highest peak over six million acres of wilderness, with grizzlies, moose and caribou along the park road.
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Alaska
13 places and 13 sights on our lists.
Places in Alaska
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Must-SeeInside Passage
Alaska
Alaska's great cruise route, past glaciers, whales and fjords and through old gold rush towns, from Vancouver or Seattle.
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Must-SeeKenai Fjords National Park
Alaska
Tidewater glaciers crash into the sea, watched by whales, puffins and sea lions, on boat tours from the little town of Seward.
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Worth a Detour
Worth a DetourJuneau
Alaska
The only US state capital you can't reach by road, between mountains and the sea, with a glacier just out of town.
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Worth a DetourKatmai National Park
Alaska
Brown bears catch leaping salmon at Brooks Falls, the star of Fat Bear Week, on a remote Alaskan peninsula reached only by floatplane.
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If You're Nearby
If You're NearbyAnchorage
Alaska
Alaska's biggest city, with mountains at the edge of town and roads and rails to Denali and the Kenai Fjords.
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If You're NearbyFairbanks
Alaska
Alaska's interior city, one of the world's best places to see the northern lights, with hot springs and a midnight sun in summer.
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If You're NearbyGates of the Arctic and Kobuk Valley
Alaska
America's two most remote national parks, far above the Arctic Circle, with no roads, no trails and migrating caribou.
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If You're NearbyHomer
Alaska
The end of the road on the Kenai Peninsula, with a 4-mile spit, halibut fishing and fly-in bear viewing.
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If You're NearbyLake Clark National Park
Alaska
Bears on the beach, two volcanoes and turquoise lakes, a short bush-plane flight from Anchorage.
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If You're NearbySitka
Alaska
The old capital of Russian America, with onion domes, Tlingit totems and bears in a rescue center.
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If You're NearbyValdez
Alaska
A fishing port in a ring of snowy mountains, with a stunning road in, and Columbia Glacier's great ice cruises.
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If You're NearbyWrangell–St. Elias National Park
Alaska
America's largest national park, bigger than Switzerland, with an abandoned copper-mining town you can tour, and huge glaciers.
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