Kenai Peninsula
These are the best hotel digs in town. The 12 bright and cheery rooms have brand new everything, expansive windows and flat-screen TVs. A lot of care has…
Must-see hotels in Alaska
Kenai Peninsula
A gorgeous informal campground at the end of a narrow, winding back road set high in an alpine valley. The sites are for tents only, and RVs shouldn't try…
Eklutna Lake State Recreation Area
Anchorage Region
Has a popular campground at the west end of the lake and is a beautiful place to spend a night. But even with 60 sites it’s often filled. There's also a…
Karen Hornaday Memorial Campground
Homer
Below the bluffs just north of downtown, this is the best family camping option in Homer. It has private, wooded sites with impressive views of the Bay…
Ninilchik View State Campground
Kenai Peninsula
By far the best of Ninilchik’s public campgrounds, it’s set atop a wooded bluff with a view of the old village and Cook Inlet. A stairway leads down to…
Kenai Peninsula
Three miles up the Russian Lakes trail on Lower Russian Lake, this cabin is wheelchair accessible and makes a great overnight destination for kids.
Kenai Peninsula
Beautiful spot reminiscent of Yosemite Valley: wildflower meadows, dramatic mountains – the works. Reserve ahead; sites fill up fast.
Kenai Peninsula
Just across the Bertha Creek Bridge, this primitive campsite is understandably popular – site No 6 even has a waterfall view.
Anchorage Region
Stunningly located beneath Explorer Glacier near Portage and caters to an RV crowd. You can reserve these sites in advance.
Kenai Peninsula
The US Forest Services maintains dozens of cabins in the Chugach National Forest. You'll want to book ahead year-round.
Anchorage Region
Beautiful and woodsy, this campground on the way to Portage Glacier has 13 sites that cater to tent campers.
Seward
A quiet and wooded spot with wonderful views of Kenai Lake, plus a rushing creek.
Southwest Alaska
The lodge has 16 rustic but comfortable rooms spread over a main lodge and several individual cabins. Each room has two twin bunk beds and a private bath…
Kenai Peninsula
There are six cabins that can be reserved in the park (five in Halibut Cove and one in Tutka Bay).
Juneau
Welcome to a real old-fashioned hostel, the type where the rates are low as long as you perform a daily chore (dish washing anyone?). The chore policy…
Denali National Park & Preserve
At the park’s main entrance, and within earshot of George Parks Hwy, this is Denali’s largest and most developed campground. It's open year-round and has…
Denali National Park & Preserve
The 'Grizzly' spans pretty much every price range and configuration, including wooded campsites by the Nenana River, platform tent-cabins, and well-spaced…
Fairbanks
This upscale lodge has an enviable position on the green banks of the Chena River. Room decor tilts toward the matronly, but there’s also a row of spiffy…
Alaska
A cozy apparition in the unashamedly basic confines of Nome, Dredge No 7 is a modern inn that strikes a nice balance between rustic charm and some fine…
Denali Princess Wilderness Lodge
Denali National Park & Preserve
The high-roofed, perennially busy reception hall at this giant 'lodge' carries the slightly antiseptic essence of a cruise ship, which is fitting as 80%…
Juneau
The former Goldbelt hotel – one of Juneau's tallest buildings – has recently come under the ownership of Sheraton, which has given the place a full…
Valdez
This large traditional house 6 miles outside Valdez has six small rooms (all with shared bath). The place is built out of full scribe logs with massive…
The Interior
In a state full of cool roadhouses, the Gakona is an exemplar of the genre. This lovely log roadhouse dates from 1905 and is listed on the National…
The Interior
As quirky Alaska places go, it's hard to find a more unique spot than this wind-and-solar-powered, 87-acre wilderness retreat. The owners are homesteaders…
The Interior
Though at first it may appear to be a truck stop, this is in fact a well-run lodge with a good range of sleeping options. There are private cabins, family…
Sitka
Sitka’s typically bohemian hostel is downtown in the historic Tillie Paul Manor, which once served as the town’s hospital. The charismatic building…
Alaska
‘Take your boots off at the door!’ proclaims the sign. The Prudhoe Bay is that kind of hotel. Long corridors with industrial carpets are full of weather…
Juneau
Welcome to a quintessential gold-boom hotel, with heavily patterned wallpaper clashing with the heavily patterned carpet, lots of wood paneling and walls…
Alaska
This 1952-vintage six-room lodge (now a National Historic Site) provides accommodations in the tiny settlement of Bettles. There's a common area with…
Copper River Princess Wilderness Lodge
The Interior
More intimate than the other Princess lodges, this secluded retreat just off the Richardson Hwy, 14 miles south of Glennallen, is frequented primarily by…
Haines
The grand dame of Haines hotels is the former bachelor officers’ quarters and overlooks Fort Seward’s parade ground. A National Historic Landmark, the…
Talkeetna
This high-end Alaska Native Corporation–owned lodge has a hillside setting with excellent views of the Alaska Range. Rooms are spacious and quietly…
Haines
A rare Southeastern Alaska hostel of sorts, this place is a 20-minute walk outside town – follow Mud Bay Rd and when it veers right, continue straight…
Haines
This B&B is what Alaska is all about. The large cedar home is perched above Lynn Canal and surrounded by impressive pines for a tranquil, woodsy setting…
Prince William Sound
This Cape Cod–stylized inn at the secluded end of the harbor is the best in town pretty much by default. The rooms are rather plain, but the views more…
Denali National Park & Preserve
The arch enemy of Patagonia lodge? Just kidding – this spot is affiliated with Camp Denali and located just down the hill. It's a more traditionally…
Prince William Sound
This multipurpose venue has cinder-block walls and overlooks the railway tracks, with snow-capped mountains in the background. In many ways, it's…
Southeast Alaska
One of the more Norwegian-looking of Petersburg's houses, this stunner is raised on stilts above the water and has Nordic trim painted onto its attractive…
Denali National Park & Preserve
There are 53 sites, flush toilets, piped-in water and evening programs at this campground, popular with tenters, RVers and the occasional wolf or two.
