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From the bottom of the deepest glacial fjord to the summit of its highest peak, Glacier Bay National Park encompasses some of our continent’s most amazing scenery and wildness.
It is a land reborn, a world returning to life, a living lesson in resilience. If ever we needed a place to intrigue and inspire us, this is it.
How many national parks are in Alaska?
The state of Alaska has 8 national parks, which each also include a national preserve.
What is the largest national park in Alaska?
Wrangell–St. Elias is the largest national park in Alaska at over 8 million acres (32,375 km2). It is also the largest national park in all of the United States, being larger than each of the nine smallest states.
Denali National Park
Denali National Park contains 6 million acres of wilderness — with only one road!
Gates of the Arctic National Park
Gates of the Arctic National Park is a spectacular wilderness area that contains 6 National Wild & Scenic Rivers.
Glacier Bay National Park
Glacier Bay National Park is most often visited by cruise ships, tour boats, or kayak.
Katmai National Park
Katmai National Park preserves the spectacular Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes—a massive lava flow from the 1912 eruption of Novarupta. The park is home to grizzly bears, salmon, caribou, wolverines, beavers, moose, and many other wildlife animals.
Kenai Fjords National Park
Kenai Fjords National Park only has one road, so plan on a boat tour. Kayaking is popular. If you prefer to explore on foot, take a guided tour of Exit Glacier.
Kobuk Valley National Park
Kobuk Valley National Park is where a half million caribou migrate across the spectacular Great Kobuk Sand Dunes.
Lake Clark National Park
Lake Clark National Park has two active volcanoes—Iliamna and Redoubt.
Wrangell – St Elias National Park
Wrangell-St. Elias National Park is where the Chugach, Wrangell, and Saint Elias mountains meet to create the largest national park in the USA.
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Denali National Park
Denali National Park contains 6 million acres of wilderness — with only one road! Travelers along it see the relatively low-elevation taiga forest give way to high alpine tundra and snowy mountains, culminating in North America’s tallest peak, 20,320′ Mount McKinley.
Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve
At Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve in Alaska, wild rivers meander through glacier-carved valleys, caribou migrate along age-old trails and endless summer light fades into aurora-lit night skies of winter.
Glacier Bay National Park
From the bottom of the deepest glacial fjord to the summit of its highest peak, Glacier Bay National Park encompasses some of our continent’s most amazing scenery and wildness.
It is a land reborn, a world returning to life, a living lesson in resilience. If ever we needed a place to intrigue and inspire us, this is it.