Alt Text Map of Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve in Alaska. The southeastern region of the state and neighboring Canada is shown in beige, which frames shades of green that designate the park and preserve, while the Gulf of Alaska rims the southern coast in blue, and the mountains and ice fields are white. Extended Description The border between Alaska, to the left and Canada to the right is a straight vertical line for most of its length. The park and preserve share this straight border to the east, and the other sides curve in and out in a roughly square shape. The park continues into the panhandle at the bottom corner of the Canadian border, which here becomes noticeably more jagged. The park is shown as darker green and the preserve areas as lighter green, both of which are frosted with white over mountains and glaciers. Park and preserve areas are interspersed and will be treated as a single unit in this description. Scores of mountains, glaciers, waterways, cities, topographical features, and other sites are labeled across the map. Ghostly boxes edged with light brown show native corporation lands within the western edge of the park and preserve. The Copper River lines up with most of the western border of the park. This description will move across the top half of the park, then the lower half and the Alaskan panhandle before listing the features surrounding the park. The description will end with a transcription of the legend. Top Half The unpaved Nabesna Road enters the preserve at the northwest tip of the park at Slana, which has a ranger station in the summer only. Nabesna Road passes the Kendesnii Campground before ending at Nabesna. Here and at other sites marked with a yellow circle, red text reads, "Private property interspersed with public lands.” The Wrangell Mountains curve in a wide U south of Nabesna. Nine mountain peaks are named and altitudes given: the tallest are Mount Wrangell (K’elt’aenl) at 14,163 feet (4,317 meters) to the west and Mount Blackburn (K’a’sl Tl’aadi) at 16,390 feet (4,996 meters) along the southern rim of the range. The Alaska Range and Mentasta Mountains dip down into the top outer corner of the northeast quadrant. The Nutzotin Mountains continue the trajectory to the eastern border of the park. Bottom Half Another yellow road, the unpaved McCarthy Road, begins at the Ranger Station (summer only) in Chitina on the western border in the lower left quadrant of the park. A note here reads, "McCarthy Road not maintained during winter.” The road passes Strelna, Kuskulana Bridge, and Gilahina Trestle before ending at McCarthy just past the McCarthy Road Information Station. Red text in this area reads, "Private property interspersed with public lands.” Just to the north, Kennecott Visitor Center (summer only) is between McCarthy to the south and the Wrangell Mountains above. South of McCarthy, the MacColl Ridge and Granite Range run parallel to the eastern end of the Chugach Mountains, which sweep into the southwest corner of the park. Further east, the University Range and several glaciers are closer to the US-Canada border. Finally, the Saint Elias Mountains sweep southeast out of the park and into Canada, where Mount Saint Elias (Was'eitushaa), at 18,008 feet (5,489 meters), straddles the United States – Canada border as the highest point in the park. Bagley Ice Valley and larger glaciers line the southern edge of the park in this area, which leads to the panhandle and the massive Malaspina Glacier (Sít' Tlein) there. The southern coast of the panhandle is lined with the Sitkagi Bluffs near Yakutat Bay. Surrounding Areas The Copper River lines up with most of the western border of the park. State Routes 4/Richardson Highway, 1/Glenn Highway, and 10/Edgerton Highway, represented as red lines, run along and around the west coast of the park. Chugach National Forest, the Copper River Delta, glaciers, and Robinson Mountains line the Alaskan coast south of the Chugach Mountains. Farther east, Yakutat, which has a ranger station in the summer only, in Tongass National Forest is south of the park on the eastern edge of the panhandle. The Kluane National Park and Preserve in Canada fills in the area immediately north of the Alaska Panhandle and encompasses the Canadian portion of the Saint Elias Mountains, including Mount Logan, the highest peak shown on the map at 19,551 feet (5,959 meters). Legend A legend in the top right corner of the map reads as follows: Darker green for Wrangell-St. Elias National Park, Lighter green for Wrangell-St. Elias National Preserve, Lightly gray-shaded borders for Native Corporation Lands, Yellow line for Unpaved road within park, White line for Other unpaved road, and Dashed black line for Trail. Red text next to this reads: Approximately 750,000 of the 13+ million acres of land within the boundaries of Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve are non-federal lands belonging to Alaska Native Corporations, other private owners, and the State of Alaska. Significant amounts of these non-federal lands are located along the McCarthy and Nabesna roads and along the east bank of the Copper River. Please do not trespass. If you have questions, ask at visitor centers or ranger stations. A scale measuring 10, 20, and 30 kilometers follows.