Top Locations for Back Packing in Alaska
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ANoatak National Preserve
- Western Arctic National Parklands
P.O. Box 1029, Kotzebue, AK 99752, U.S.A. - +1 907 442 3760
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- Overview The Noatak National Preserve occupies a dramatic river basin ringed with mountains forming the western Brooks Range. Primitive camping, backcountry hiking, fishing, wildlife observation and photography are outstanding. Fine canoeing, kayaking and rafting opportunities abound on the Noatak River, ... more on LLBean.com
Noatak National Preserve
Western Arctic National ParklandsP.O. Box 1029, Kotzebue, AK 99752, U.S.A.
BBecharof National Wildlife Refuge
- King Salmon
AK 99613, U.S.A. - +1 907 246 3339
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- Overview The Becharof National Wildlife Refuge sits between the Katmai National Park and Preserve and the Alaska Peninsula National Wildlife Refuge. The refuge is dominated by Becharof Lake, the second largest lake in Alaska. The lake covers one-fourth of the refuge and is surrounded by low rolling hills,... more on LLBean.com
Becharof National Wildlife Refuge
King SalmonAK 99613, U.S.A.
CWrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve
- P.O. Box 439
Mile 106.8 Old Richardson Hwy., Copper Center, AK 99573, U.S.A. - +1 907 822 5234
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- Overview Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve, the largest national park in the United States, encompasses the vast Wrangell mountains and parts of the Saint Elias and Chugach mountain ranges. Designated part of a four-unit World Heritage site in 1986 for its unique beauty, the park contains many... more on LLBean.com
Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve
P.O. Box 439Mile 106.8 Old Richardson Hwy., Copper Center, AK 99573, U.S.A.
DGlacier Bay National Park and Preserve
- P.O. Box 140
Bartlett Cove, Gustavus, AK 99826, U.S.A. - +1 907 697 2230
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- Overview Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve contains vast numbers of marine mammals, a 65-mile-long fiord, nine tidewater glaciers and stately Mount Fairweather in the St. Elias Range. There are no roads to the park. Travel options from mid-May through mid-September, the main visitor season, include s... more on LLBean.com
Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve
P.O. Box 140Bartlett Cove, Gustavus, AK 99826, U.S.A.
EAlaska Peninsula National Wildlife Refuge
- P.O. Box 277 MS 545
King Salmon, AK 99613, U.S.A. - +1 907 246 3339
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- Overview The Alaska Peninsula refuge skirts the Pacific side of the Alaska Peninsula. The refuge's varied landscape includes active volcanoes, lakes, rivers, tundra and rugged coastline. The peninsula refuge includes the rugged Aleutian Range of volcanoes that are part of the Pacific Ocean's Ring of Fire ... more on LLBean.com
Alaska Peninsula National Wildlife Refuge
P.O. Box 277 MS 545King Salmon, AK 99613, U.S.A.
FInnoko National Wildlife Refuge
- P.O. Box 69
40 Tonzana Ave., McGrath, AK 99627, U.S.A. - +1 907 524 3251
- Overview Innoko National Wildlife Refuge is 300 miles northwest of Anchorage in the Yukon River drainage. The refuge consists of two separate sections and covers 3.85 million acres of the Innoko River basin. The refuge is nearly 80 percent wetlands and provides habitat for at least 250,000 waterfowl. It w... more on LLBean.com
Innoko National Wildlife Refuge
P.O. Box 6940 Tonzana Ave., McGrath, AK 99627, U.S.A.
GNowitna National Wildlife Refuge
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- P.O. Box 287
101 Front St., Galena, AK 99741, U.S.A. - +1 907 656 1708
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- Overview Rivers are the lifeblood of the 3.5-million acre Koyukuk refuge, which sits in a basin that extends from the Yukon River to the Purcell Mountains and the foothills of the Brooks Range. Fourteen rivers and hundreds of creeks meander through the refuge, providing habitat for salmon, beavers and wat... more on LLBean.com
- Overview Remote Nowitna is situated about 200 miles west of Fairbanks in the central Yukon River Valley. The 2.1 million-acre refuge protects forested lowlands, hills, lakes, marshes, ponds and streams. The primary challenge for the visitor is getting to Nowitna because no roads lead there. The Yukon Rive... more on LLBean.com
Nowitna National Wildlife Refuge
P.O. Box 287101 Front St., Galena, AK 99741, U.S.A.
HYukon Flats National Wildlife Refuge
- 101 12th Ave.
Room 264, Fairbanks, AK 99701, U.S.A. - +1 907 456 0250
- Overview Yukon Flats, home to more than 150 species of birds, 39 species of mammals, and 18 species of fish, is about 100 miles north of Fairbanks. Here, the Yukon River breaks free from canyon walls and spreads unconfined for 200 miles through a vast floodplain. During spring, millions of migrating birds... more on LLBean.com
- Overview The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, in the northeast corner of Alaska, contains boreal forests, arctic tundra and the highest peaks of the Brooks Range mountains. The refuge is home to free-roaming herds of moose, Dall sheep, wolves and such solitary species as wolverines and polar and grizzly b... more on LLBean.com
Yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuge
101 12th Ave.Room 264, Fairbanks, AK 99701, U.S.A.
ICape Krusenstern National Monument
- Western Arctic National Parklands
P.O. Box 1029, Kotzebue, AK 99752, U.S.A. - +1 907 442 3760
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- Overview Cape Krusenstern is a treeless coastal plain of lagoons and hills. The cape's bluffs and series of 114 beach ridges record changing shorelines of the Chukchi Sea. They also record an estimated 5,000 years of human use of this coastline. In summer, a tremendous show of wildflowers colors the beach... more on LLBean.com
Cape Krusenstern National Monument
Western Arctic National ParklandsP.O. Box 1029, Kotzebue, AK 99752, U.S.A.
JCaines Head State Recreation Area
- Soldotna
AK 99669, U.S.A. - +1 907 262 5581
- Overview Caines Head near Seward rises 650 feet above Resurrection Bay, offering sweeping views of the North Pacific Ocean. Perched on its high cliffs is abandoned Fort McGilvray, built during World War II to defend the Port of Seward from Imperial Japanese ground forces. Fort McGilvray, and the nearby re... more on LLBean.com
Caines Head State Recreation Area
SoldotnaAK 99669, U.S.A.
