• Wrangell Mountain Range

    Wrangell - St Elias

    National Park & Preserve Alaska

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  • Shamrock Mining Plan of Operations and Environmental Assessment Released for Public Review/Comment

    The Park has released for public review the Shamrock Mining Plan of Operations and Environmental Assessment. The EA is available for public review and comment for one month. All comments must be submitted by July 3, 2013. More »

  • Chisana River Fire Grows, Impacts the Copper River Valley

    Smoke from the Chisana River Fire impacted the Copper River basin on the evening of July 18. Because the fire continues to grow anticipate varying levels of smoke impacting the area. The fire grew from 7,718 acres on June 17 to 25,566 acres. More »

Park Statistics

Backpacker in Chitistone Pass
Backpacker with a million dollar view of the Russell Glacier
 

Visitation and Budget

Year Visitation Base Budget
2010 73,170 $5,326,000
2011 65,225 $5,369,000
2012 87,158 $5,371,000

 

PARK FACTS
Wrangell-St. Elias is a land of superlatives!

 
Wrangell-St. Elias Fact Sheet

FACT SHEET
Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve
Statistics, landmarks, visitation, dates, etc.

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  • Park and Preserve? Park and Preserve?

    What is the difference? Read More

  • What's So Special About This Place? What's So Special About This Place?

    Big, Beautiful, Wild, & Remote Read More

  • World Heritage Site World Heritage Site

    Wrangell-St. Elias is part of a World Heritage Site. Read More

Did You Know?

Hubbard Glacier

Hubbard Glacier, one of the largest and most active tidewater glaciers in North America, was named in 1899 for Gardiner G. Hubbard (1822-1897), the first president of the National Geographic Society.