Midnight Sun Newsletter - Summer 2009 - (Page 3) Anchorage Facts Beaufort Sea Prudhoe Bay • Six mountain ranges can be seen from Anchorage, including the Alaska range (and Mt. McKinley) Kenai, Aleutian, Tordrillo, Talkeetna and the Chugach Mountains – Anchorage’s backyard and the 3rd largest state park in North America. • More than 60 glaciers, and 30 lakes and ponds in the Chugach National Forest and Chugach State park are within 50 miles of Anchorage. • Anchorage is as far north as Helsinki, Finland, and as far west as Honolulu, Hawaii. Dalto n Hw Arctic National Wildlife Refuge y ukon Flats ional Wildlife Refuge Fort Yukon erior ks enana Delta Ala ska Junction Hw y Tok Denali Hwy Tetlin National Wildlife Refuge etna Hwy Glennallen Glenn tains er h Moun Chugac Richardson Hwy utna Kennicott e River ian Valdez Wrangell-St. Elias National Park irdwood Cordova and Preserve Whittier Range Prince St. Elias William Sound anchorage largest city, transportation & cultural hub, zoos and wildlife parks, museums and cultural centers, salmon streams, wildlife viewing, fine dining, recreation and wilderness trails, views of 6 different mountain ranges (including the Alaska range and Mt. McKinley), portage Glacier, Alyeska resort, no sales tax cordova Fishing, Copper river Delta, Child’s Glacier, Million Dollar Bridge, Heli-skiing kenai Kenai river – where the world record 97 lb 4 oz king salmon was caught in 1985, russian orthodox church Southcentral uthcentral lf of Alaska Pacific Ocean Yakutat Skagway Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve Haines Juneau Tracy Arm Baranof Kake Island Petersburg Sitka Wrangell Ketchikan Craig Southeast Hoonah homer “The end of the road,” art galleries, fine restaurants, Homer Spit, Katchemak Bay, fishing, sea kayaking, Halibut Cove, Seldovia seward Cruise ship port for Anchorage, resurrection Bay and Kenai Fjords National park, Alaska Sealife Center, exit Glacier talkeetna Staging area for Mt. McKinley climbers, fishing, flightseeing and views of Denali whittier Mountain tunnel, cruise ship port for Anchorage, prince William Sound, day cruise tours, sea kayaking, tidewater glaciers valdez Trans-Alaska pipeline terminal, backcountry & heli-skiing, prince William Sound kenai Fjords national Park land and marine wildlife, glaciers, cruise tours from Seward, sea kayaking kennicott mines national historic landmark Ghost town, self-guided and group tours wrangell-st. elias national Park & Preserve Backpacking, hunting, fishing, float trips, mountaineering Klo ndi ke H wy Juneau State Capitol, third largest city, Mendenhall Glacier, Juneau Icefield, Mt. roberts Tramway haines Chilkat Bald eagle preserve, Chilkat Native Dancers, road access to Alaska interior skagway Klondike Gold rush, Chilkoot pass Trail, White pass & Yukon route railroad glacier bay national Park & Preserve 13 tidewater glaciers, more than 30 alpine glaciers, land and marine wildlife, wilderness lodge, sea kayaking tracy arm Fjord Twin Sawyer Glaciers, day cruise tours, granite cliffs, waterfalls, narrow passage Anchorage Convention & Visitors Bureau Ha ine sH wy Distances from Anchorage Denali National park 237 mi 381 km Fairbanks 358 mi 576 km eagle river 13 mi 20 km eklutna 26. mi 42 km Girdwood 39 mi 62 km Homer 226 mi 363 km Hope 88 mi 141 km Kenai 159 mi 255 km palmer/Wasilla 42 mi 67 km portage 50 mi 80 km Seward 127 mi 204 km Soldotna 148 mi 238 km Talkeetna 113 mi 181 km Valdez 304 mi 489 km Whittier 60 mi 97 km explore: w w w. a n c h o r a g e . n e t 3 http://www.anchorage.net
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