Popular Places in Alaska

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  • anchorage
  • Anchorage
  • With the Chugach Mountains as a backdrop, Anchorage is the largest city in Alaska. There are some excellent museums and shopping opportunities here.
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  • Anchorage
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  • barrow
  • Barrow
  • Close to North America’s most northerly point, and over 500 kilometres beyond the Arctic Circle, lies the Inuit settlement of Barrow. The ancient Inupiat culture thrives here.
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  • Barrow
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  • cooper landing
  • Cooper Landing
  • The picturesque village of Cooper Landing lies on the shores of the beautiful Kenai River which, along with Russian River, offers some of the best salmon fishing in the world.
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  • Cooper Landing
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  • denali national park
  • Denali National Park
  • Access to Denali National Park park is by shuttle bus along the 148 kilometre Park Road. Once here it provides unparalleled wildlife viewing. It's also home to Mt McKinley, North America's highest mountain.
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  • Denali National Park
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  • denali park entrance
  • Denali Park Entrance
  • The Denali Park Entrance has a wonderful visitor's centre, located near the railway station, and the nearby National Park headquarters holds excellent dog-sledding demonstrations daily, both are well worth a look.
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  • Denali Park Entrance
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  • fairbanks
  • Fairbanks
  • Alaska’s second largest city is cradled in the Tanana Valley, at the end of the Alaska Highway. It's from here you can make the trip to the Arctic Circle, some 300 kilometres away.
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  • Fairbanks
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  • glacier bay national park
  • Glacier Bay National Park
  • Glacier Bay National Park is home to numerous wildlife, from humpback whales and Arctic peregrine falcons to black and grizzly bears. It's also a good place to see calving glaciers.
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  • Glacier Bay National Park
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  • haines
  • Haines
  • The small fishing village of Haines is tucked away in the forests of southeast Alaska.
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  • Haines
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  • homer
  • Homer
  • The town of Homer is located in a far corner of the Kenai Peninsula and situated on the banks of Kachemak Bay. This bustling town has a picturesque setting, mild climate and great fishing.
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  • Homer
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  • juneau
  • Juneau
  • Juneau is Alaska’s small but busy capital, a haven of narrow streets, museums, bars and art galleries. It's the starting point for many activities such as grizzly bear viewing on Admiralty Island.
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  • Juneau
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  • katmai national park
  • Katmai National Park
  • Katmai National Park has two of the best places in the world for bear viewing: Hallo Bay has wonderful coastal bear viewing, while Brooks Falls is the location for the famous salmon-fishing bears.
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  • Katmai National Park
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  • kenai peninsula
  • Kenai Peninsula
  • Highlights of the Kenai Peninsula include whale watching, outstanding fishing, tidewater glaciers and character small towns. There is also plenty of local wildlife such seals, sea otters and sealions.
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  • Kenai Peninsula
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  • ketchikan
  • Ketchikan
  • Ketchikan is a nice place to spend a day wandering around, but it is ideally suited as a base for exploring Misty Fiords National Monument, an area of more than 800,000 hectares of wilderness.
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  • Ketchikan
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  • kodiak island
  • Kodiak Island
  • Kodiak town was once the capital of Russian Alaska, but today it is know for one reason only: it is home to the largest grizzly bears in the world.
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  • Kodiak Island
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  • mccarthy and kennicott
  • McCarthy & Kennicott
  • This historic former ghost town has one of America’s most spectacular settings. It is also famous for Kennicott copper mine, which today makes a haunting ruin to wander around.
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  • McCarthy & Kennicott
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  • nome
  • Nome
  • Situated on the Bering Sea coast, Nome has had a colourful past. Gold was dicovered in 1898 and this attracted its most famous resident - Wyatt Earp. Today, it's famous for the Iditarod dog-sled race.
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  • Nome
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  • petersburg
  • Petersburg
  • At the end of the Wrangell Narrows lies one of Alaska’s gems, the small town of Petersburg. The nearby LeConte Glacier regularly launches new icebergs into the sea.
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  • Petersburg
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  • prince william sound
  • Prince William Sound
  • Prince William Sound is home to the classic image of Alaska; one of huge chunks of ice crashing into deep blue fjords. It is also some home to small, pretty, coastal towns such as Valdez and Cordova.
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  • Prince William Sound
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  • seward
  • Seward
  • Surrounded by abrupt snow-capped mountains, Seaward is the gateway to beautiful Kenai Fjords National Park, and home to the vast Harding Icefield and a number of tidewater glaciers.
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  • Seward
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  • sitka
  • Sitka
  • Sitka, formerly New Archangel, is flanked by majestic snow-capped mountains. It is famous for its Russian colonial influence and places like the Russian Orthodox Cathedral of St. Michael.
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  • Sitka
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  • skagway
  • Skagway
  • No town in Alaska is quite like Skagway with its blend of history and outstanding natural beauty. One of the must do's when visiting is to take a ride on the Yukon and White Pass railroad.
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  • Skagway
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  • talkeetna
  • Talkeetna
  • Talkeetna is a quintessential Alaskan gold mining town dating back to the early 20th century. This is the perfect place to try fishing, glacier trekking or take a light aircraft flight around the mountain.
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  • Talkeetna
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  • the pribilof islands
  • The Pribilof Islands
  • Lying in the midst of the Bering Sea, the islands of St. Paul and St. George, are together known as the Pribilof Islands. They are also home to one of the largest seabird colonies in the northern hemisphere.
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  • The Pribilof Islands
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  • tok
  • Tok
  • Tok serves primarily as a trade and service centre for all types of transportation, especially for summer travellers on the Alaska Highway.
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  • Tok
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  • valdez
  • Valdez
  • Surrounded by magnificent mountains, Valdez is a picturesque coastal town located on Prince William Sound and is accessible from the Richardson Highway.
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  • Valdez
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  • wrangell
  • Wrangell
  • Wrangell is one of Alaska’s oldest towns which grew out of a 19th century gold rush. Today, it's a small fishing and lumber town with some interesting sights such as Chief Shakes Island with its totem poles.
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  • Wrangell
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  • wrangell st elias national park
  • Wrangell St. Elias National Park
  • Wrangell St. Elias is the largest national park in the USA, boasting nine of the sixteen highest peaks in North America. Wildlife here transcends all other Alaskan parks in its abundance and diversity.
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  • Wrangell St. Elias National Park
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