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- Connected to the rest of Alaska by road, rail, and the Alaska Marine Highway…Type: Landing Page
- Despite its status as the smallest incorporated city in Alaska, Bettles is the gateway to big expeditions in four national parks and public lands, not to mention phenomenal winter adventures.Bettles is about 180 air miles northwest of Fairbanks …Type: Landing Page
- Coldfoot is one of the few Alaska communities north of the Arctic Circle accessible by road. The town serves as a stopping place for those driving the Dalton Highway on their own or as part of a tour. It is said that Coldfoot got its name in 1900, when gold seekers made it that far,…Type: Landing Page
- Located at the northernmost reaches of the Alaska road system, Deadhorse and Prudhoe Bay sit on the coast of the Arctic Ocean at the heart of Alaska’s oil patch. Deadhorse is more of a work camp than a town in the traditional sense, located in the Prudhoe Bay area. It was established to support oil development in the surrounding area. Most buildings are modular, pre-fabricated types, situated on…Type: Landing Page
- St. Lawrence Island is a birder’s paradise located 164 miles west of Nome in the middle of the Bering Sea, about 36 miles east of Russia. The island is largely undeveloped and is home to about 1,400 people who live in the…Type: Landing Page
- Located just three miles off the Dalton Highway and near the boundary of Gates of the Arctic National Park, Wiseman…Type: Landing Page
- Angoon is located on the western side of Admiralty Island, a place known as “Kootznoowoo,” or the Fortress of the Bears. The island is home to the highest density of brown bears in North America. Located 55 miles southwest of …Type: Landing Page
- Beautiful, quaint, and out-of-the-way, Elfin Cove lies half hidden on the northern shore of Chichagof Island, 85 miles west of Juneau. Boardwalks connect buildings and homes in this community of less than 10 year-round residents that…Type: Landing Page
- On the eastern fringe of Misty Fjords National Monument, at the head of Portland Canal, is Hyder, a town that may be in Alaska but identifies more closely with its Canadian neighbors just across the border in Stewart, British Columbia.Even though…Type: Landing Page
- Kake is a beachfront village with a fishing, logging, and subsistence-based lifestyle that sits at the edge of the Tebenkof Bay Wilderness. Located 38 miles northwest of …Type: Landing Page