Big Delta State Historical Park


This 10-acre historical park on the Tanana River preserves Rika’s Roadhouse and Landing, an important crossroads for travelers, miners and soldiers on the Fairbanks–Valdez Trail from 1909 to 1947. You can easily spend a couple of hours wandering the pretty grounds and exploring buildings stocked with displays of turn-of-the-century farming and roadhouse life.


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1. Sullivan Roadhouse

8.85 MILES

This classic log structure (on the National Register of Historic Places) was built in 1906 to serve travelers along the Fairbanks–Valdez Trail. In 1997…