Parklands

Alaska is home to many types of parklands. The National Park Service manages national parks, preserves, monuments, historic parks, heritage areas, and more. Learn more about National Park Service designations and how they differ.

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Alaska's National Parklands

Alaska Wild and Scenic Rivers

Discover the 13 Wild and Scenic Rivers managed by the National Park Service in Alaska

National Historic Area

Aleutian World War II

During World War II the remote Aleutian Islands, home to the Aleut people for over 8,000 years, became a fiercely contested battleground.

National Monument and Preserve

Aniakchak

Given its remote location and challenging weather conditions, Aniakchak is one of the Park Service's most wild and least visited in places.

National Preserve

Bering Land Bridge

Imagine a place of whimsical beauty and larger-than-life landscapes: an ancestral home to ice-age giants and turbulent volcanic activity.

National Monument

Cape Krusenstern

North of the Arctic Circle, the monument forms 70 miles of shoreline on the Chukchi Sea.

National Park & Preserve

Denali

Denali is six million acres of wild land, bisected by one ribbon of road, and home to North America's tallest peak.

National Park & Preserve

Gates Of The Arctic

This vast landscape does not contain any roads or trails. It remains virtually unchanged except by the forces of nature.

National Park & Preserve

Glacier Bay

From sea to summit, Glacier Bay offers limitless opportunities for adventure and inspiration.

National Park & Preserve

Katmai

An active volcanic landscape that also protects 9,000 years of human history as well as important habitat for salmon and thousands of bears.

National Park

Kenai Fjords

At the edge of the Kenai Peninsula lies a land where the ice age lingers. See the Harding Icefield, wildlife, icy waters, and lush forests.

National Heritage Area

Kenai Mountains-Turnagain Arm

The Kenai Mountains-Turnagain Arm National Heritage Area cradles some of the most influential crossroads of Alaska’s history.

National Historical Park

Klondike Gold Rush

Discover the trails, boomtowns, and stories of the gold rush at Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park.

National Park

Kobuk Valley

Caribou, sand dunes, the Kobuk River, Onion Portage - just some of the facets of Kobuk Valley National Park.

National Park & Preserve

Lake Clark

Lake Clark National Park is a land of stunning beauty where volcanoes steam, salmon run, bears forage, and craggy mountains meet lakes.

National Preserve

Noatak

The Noatak River environs is North America's largest mountain-ringed river basins with an intact ecosystem.

National Historical Park

Sitka

Sitka National Historical Park preserves the site of a battle between Russian traders and indigenous Kiks.ádi Tlingit on Baranof island.

National Park & Preserve

Wrangell-St. Elias

Wrangell St. Elias is a vast national park that rises from the ocean all the way up to 18,008 ft. Mount St. Elias.

National Preserve

Yukon-Charley Rivers

Located in Interior Alaska, Yukon-Charley Rivers offers exploration in a largely untouched landscape.