Breathtaking Must-See Alaskan Parks, Preserves and Landmarks
Aniakchak
National Monument & Preserve, King Salmon, AK
This frighteningly beautiful park is home to a 6-mile-wide caldera(火山喷口) formed over 3,500 years ago. Because of bad weather and rough path, however, it's one of the least visited locations in the National Park System With only 134 recorded visits in 2014.
Alagnak
Wild River, King Salmon, AK
Take in the scenic views of the beautiful Alaska Peninsula as you go across the rough waters of the Alagnak Wild River. With an almost untouched landscape, Alagnak is home to a high number of brown bears and is famous for an abundance of prized sportfish, making it the most popular fishing destination in southwest Alaska.
Denali
National Park & Preserve, Denali Park, AK
Founded in 1917, Denali National Park (formerly Mount McKinley National Park) was the world's first national park established to conserve wildlife. Features of the park include six million acres of untouched terrain, an abundance of wildlife such as grizzlies and caribou and the highest peak in North America at 6,193 meters: Denali.
Bering Land Bridge
National Preserve, Nome, AK
The first settlers of the Americas travelled not by boat, but by foot from modern-day Asia by way of the Bering Land Bridge. Once home to mastodons, mammoths(猛犸象) and other ice age animals, what remains of this ancient "bridge" now houses a thriving(兴旺的) Alaska population and offers insight into the day-to-day lives of prehistoric humans.
