Alt Text Map of Denali National Park and Preserve in Alaska. The park and two areas of the preserve are outlined in green against the eggshell-white and taupe mountain ridges and green lowland terrain. Extended Description The Alaska Range runs diagonally from the southwest corner toward the northeast, splitting the lower third of the trapezoidal-shaped park from the upper two-thirds. The terrain above is mostly green except for the tan Kantishna Hills at the top center of the park. Two areas, one in the northwest and one in the southwest corners of the park, are outlined in different shades of green to indicate the two noncontiguous sections of Denali National Preserve. This description will move east to west, starting with the road entering the park before moving to the peaks along the Alaska Range, the roads and sites that parallel the park to the southeast, and a full transcription of the legend. On and Around the Park Road Denali Visitor Center, the first of two visitor centers, is just inside the park boundary near the northeast corner. A magnified rectangle around that area is labeled Park Detail. The park road, indicated in red, moves west past Park Headquarters, then to Riley Creek, which has campgrounds, to Mountain Vista with a picnic area, Savage Alpine Trail, Savage River with camping, and finally ends at Savage River Loop Trail. Text along the red road reads, "Weather conditions affect openings” near the Denali Visitor Center and “Private vehicles restricted beyond mile 15” where the road turns yellow. The yellow section is much longer, about six times the length of the red, and is marked “Park Road (restricted section).” The restricted road runs west-southwest past the Sanctuary and Teklanika rivers and Igloo Creek, all of which have campgrounds. The Toklat River, which has a ranger station, is just over halfway along the restricted yellow road and is marked “mile 53.” About ten miles farther along is the Eielson Visitor Center. The final third of the road passes Eielson Alpine Trail, Gorge Creek Trail, and McKinley Bar Trail. Wonder Lake has camping to the north and a ranger station to the south. From Wonder Lake, the park road continues and leads to an airstrip labeled Kantishna. More than a dozen peaks, mountains, overlooks, domes, passes, and hills are labeled, some with altitudes, along the restricted road. The Alaska Range The Alaska Range runs roughly parallel to the park road, then continues a substantial distance further to the southwest. The western half of the range is noticeably whiter than the eastern half. Almost two dozen peaks are named, with altitudes given, in the central third of the range, which is labeled Denali. Eighteen wide white paths are labeled with glacier names. Moving clockwise from about three o’clock, these read, Eldridge, Buckskin, Ruth, Tokositna, Kahiltna, Lacuna, Yentna, Dall, and Surprise glaciers along the south and Chedotlothna, Herron, Foraker, Straightaway, Peters, Traleika, Brooks, Muldrow, West Fork, and Sunset glaciers along the north half of the mountain ridge. At the southwest tip of the mountains, the Yentna, Dall, and Surprise glaciers fall within Denali National Preserve along with the Kichatna Mountains and Cathedral Spires. A roughly rectangular outline overlapping about half the Denali mountains and nearly all of the park road is labeled Wilderness boundary. The whole rectangular area is the Denali Wilderness within Denali National Park. Surrounding Terrain Starting near the top right corner of the map, State Route 3, also called George Parks Highway, and the Alaska Railroad run together as they hug the eastern boundary of the park. An airstrip and medical clinic in Healy are north of the Denali Visitor Center. Airstrips are also at Cantwell, where the Denali Highway (State Route 8) intersects State Route 3, and Summit, near Broad Pass. Moving southward, there is a picnic area at the East Fork Rest Area and campgrounds at Denali View North, which is just inside a backward L-shaped area labeled Denali State Park that abuts the national park to the north. Points of interest in Denali State Park include Denali View North with camping, Visitor Information and Veterans Memorial with picnic areas, Byers Lake Campground, and camping in Lower Troublesome Creek and K’esugi Ken. The George Parks Highway and the Alaska Railroad turn south in the state park to parallel either side of the Chulitna River. Near the south edge of the map, the Chulitna Rest Area has picnic areas. A spur moves north off of the highway near the bottom edge of the map to reach up to the Walter Harper Talkeetna Ranger Station, Talkeetna, the Talkeetna Historical Museum, Railroad Depot, and an airstrip. One final airport at Minchumina is tucked in just outside the northwest corner of Denali National Park. Legend Two boxes in the lower right corner contain the legend and a table with Alaska Native Place Names. A scale measuring 20 kilometers and 20 miles is at the top of the legend. A strip of color that darkens from white at the top through tan and then green is titled “Generalized land cover within park and preserve.” White represents ice and snow, parchment white sparse vegetation, tan the Tundra, and green Forest and muskeg. The legend continues as follows: White line encased in solid black for Unpaved road, White line encased in dashed black lines for Primitive road, Dashed black line for Trail, and Red thin, narrow triangle for Distance indicator. Symbols that follow represent Ranger station, Campground, Airstrip, and Picnic area. The table titled Alaska Native Place names has four columns: English place name, Native place name, Dialect, and Translation. Twenty-one rows follow. Reading across: English place name Bearpaw River is Native place name Ch’edzaaye’ No’ in the Koyukon dialect, which translates to Heart Stream. Castle Rocks, Hulede’ Dleł, Koyukon, Standing Burned Timber Mt. Denali, Deenaalee, Koyukon, The Tall One, The High One. Denali, Dinadhi, Lower Tanana, The Tall One, The High One. Denali, Denaze, Upper Kuskokwim, The Tall One, The High One. Denali, Dghelaay Ce’e, Ahtna, Big Mountain. Denali, Dghelay Ka’a, Dena’ina, Big Mountain. East Fork Toklat River, Debla Tla’ No’, Lower Tanana, Sheep Rock Stream. Lake Minchumina, Menchu Mene’, Koyukon, Large Lake Lake. McKinley River, Yoongu Hentooł No’, Koyukon, Upland River or Stream. Mount Foraker, Ts’udots’in Denaze, Upper Kuskokwim, Downstream Side Tall One. Mount Hunter, Begguya, Dana’ia, His Child. Muddy River, Hudeetsedle Toyaane’, Koyukon, Small Area Straight Stretch. Nenana River, Ninayh No’, Lower Tanana, Stopping While Migrating River. Peters Hills, K’enuqak’itnetant, Dena’ina, Where an Animal Is Crouching and Revolving. Riley Creek, Tsenesdghaas Na’, Ahtna, Rough Rock Creek. Savage River, Tr’at’egheth No’, Lower Tanana, Rough Rock Creek. Teklanika River, Toch’edha Nik’a, Lower Tanana, Water Amulet River. Toklat River, Tutl’ot Hwno’, Lower Tanana, Headwaters River. Tonzona River, Ch’idotl’uł No’, Upper Kuskokwim, Braided Line River. West Fork Yentna River, Nunhdat’unhtnu, Dena’ina, Objects Extended in Line-River. A note below reads, “Variant place names on the map are in parentheses per policy by the United States Board on Geographic Names.”