Valdez
The Civic Center sits amid greenery with picnic tables, a small lake and the short Overlook Trail in close proximity.
Must-see attractions in Alaska
Kenai Peninsula
Also known as ‘The Y’ – this is the turnoff for the Sterling Hwy, which runs another 143 miles to Homer.
Alaska
Next to the Nome Visitor Center is this plaza, containing a collection of old mining detritus.
Kodiak Island
The northernmost island in the Kodiak Archipelago, remote and undeveloped Shuyak is 54 air miles north of Kodiak. It’s only 12 miles long and 11 miles…
Southwest Alaska
Aniakchak’s centerpiece is a six-mile-wide caldera (a massive crater formed when a volcano collapses inwards) that sits in the middle of the narrow Alaska…
Izembek National Wildlife Refuge
Southwest Alaska
By Alaskan standards, Izembek National Wildlife Refuge is tiny, but within its 492 sq miles is one of Alaska's most ecologically unique landscapes…
Lake Clark National Park & Preserve
Southwest Alaska
Only 100 miles southwest of Anchorage, Lake Clark National Park & Preserve features spectacular scenery that is a composite of Alaska: an awesome array of…
Southwest Alaska
At 2500 sq miles, Wood-Tikchik State Park is the country’s largest state park. Thirty miles north of Dillingham, on Bristol Bay, the park preserves two…
Kodiak Island
Afognak Island lies just north of Kodiak Island in the archipelago. Some 75,000 acres of Afognak are protected in pristine Afognak Island State Park,…
