- Izembek National Wildlife Refuge
- Izembek NWR surrounds and protects the Izembek Lagoon, critically important habitat for migrating and wintering waterfowl and a designated Wetland of International Importance. Most of the refuge is
- Jack Bay State Marine Park
- Jack Bay State Marine Park is located 15 miles from Valdez, southeast of Valdez Narrows. The uplands of the park consist of alder, muskeg, salt marsh and old growth
- Johnson Lake State Recreation Area
- Johnson Lake State Recreation Area is a nice, wooded, 332 acre area surrounding Johnson Lake. Camping, fishing for rainbow trout, canoeing and walking are popular activities. There are 48
- Kachemak Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve
- Kachemak Bay is the largest reserve in the system. It is also one of the most productive, diverse and intensively used estuaries in the state of Alaska. The local
- Kachemak Bay State Park and State Wilderness Park
- Alaska's first state park, and only wilderness park, contains nearly 400,000 acres of mountains, glaciers, forests, and ocean. Kachemak Bay is a critical habitat area, supporting many species of
- Kanuti National Wildlife Refuge
- Kanuti National Wildlife refuge is, at 1.637 million acres, about the size of the state of Delaware. It sits atop the Arctic Circle, with approximately a third of the
- Kasilof River State Recreation Site
- Kasilof River State Recreation Site is located in a wooded setting along the Kasilof River, adjacent to the Sterling Highway bridge. Kasilof River SRS is a popular put-in and
- Katmai National Park & Preserve
- Katmai is famous for volcanoes, brown bears, fish, and rugged wilderness and is also the site of the Brooks River National Historic Landmark with North America's highest concentration of
- Kayak Island State Marine Park
- Kayak Island lies in the Gulf of Alaska some 50 miles southeast of Cordova. Few people visit this site due to the exposed shores and bad weather. The island
- Kenai Fjords National Park
- Sweeping from rocky coastline to glacier-crowned peaks, Kenai Fjords National Park encompasses 607,805 acres of unspoiled wilderness on the southeast coast of Alaska?s Kenai Peninsula. The park is
- Kenai National Wildlife Refuge
- Alaska's Kenai Peninsula is, in geologic terms, still quite "young," since its entire land mass was covered by glacial ice as recently as 10,000 years ago. Much of that
- Kenai River Special Management Area
- The Kenai River boasts major runs of four Pacific salmon species - king, red, silver and pink - in addition to trophy-sized rainbow trout and Dolly Varden. Kenai River
- Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park
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Dreams of Gold
Gold! Headlines read in 1897, starting the rush. Thousands, hoping to ease the woes of economic depression, sold farms, dropped businesses and boarded ships to follow their
- Kobuk Valley National Park
- Kobuk Valley National Park is encircled by the Baird and Waring mountain ranges. The park povides protection for several important geographic features, including the central portion of the Kobuk
- Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge
- Today, Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge covers two thirds of Kodiak Island, all of Ban Island, and part of Afognak Island, and includes 1,932,953 acres, all of it accessible only
- Koyukuk National Wildlife Refuge
- The 3.5 million-acre Koyukuk National Wildlife Refuge lies within the flood plain of the Koyukuk River, in a basin that extends from the Yukon River to the Purcell Mountains,
- Kuskokwim Bay - Carter Spit
- The Carter Spit site includes 4 spits and the intertidal mudflats within Kuskokwim Bay and north of Goodnews Bay, on the southwest coast of Alaska. In the spring and
- Lake Clark National Park & Preserve
- Lake Clark National Park and Preserve is a composite of ecosystems representative of many regions of Alaska. The spectacular scenery stretches from the shores of Cook Inlet, across the
- Lower Chatanika State Recreation Area
- The Lower Chatanika State Recreation Area is a 570-acre recreation area near mile 11 of the Elliott Highway. It has two campgrounds. The Whitefish Campground, on the north side
- Magoun Islands State Marine Park
- Magoun Islands State Marine Park is located near Krestof Sound, approximately 12 miles northwest of Sitka. Access to this park is primarily by boat and the park remains undeveloped
- Mendenhall Glacier Visitor Center
- Picture yourself a short drive away from the state capital, trees at your back, and in front of you, across an iceberg-dotted lake, an enormous ice field flowing down
- Misty Fiords National Monument
- 2.3 million acres of undeveloped wild land on the mainland and adjoining islands of southern Southeast Alaska. Almost all designated Wilderness, encompassing 3000 foot granite cliffs, fiords, spectacular
- Moon Lake State Recreation Site
- Moon Lake State Recreation Site is near mile 1332 of the Alaska Highway. Located 15 miles northwest of Tok, Moon Lake is a popular getaway destination for local residents.
- Mosquito Lake
- The area has been occupied intermittently during the past 4,000 years by the ancestors of the modern Nunamiut Eskimos. The site was probably a hunting ground for caribou and
- Mosquito Lake State Recreation Site
- Mosquito Lake State Recreation Site is 27 miles northwest of Haines off the Haines Highway. This quiet campground of 5 sites is nestled next to Mosquito Lake, in a
- Nancy Lake State Recreation Area
- Nancy Lake State Recreation Area is different from most Alaskan park areas. It is one of the few flat, lake-studded landscapes in Alaska preserved for recreation purposes. The recreation
- Ninilchik State Recreation Area
- Ninilchik, whose name means "peaceful settlement by a river", is located on the west side of the Kenai Peninsula, about 40 miles south of Soldotna. It was settled in
- Noatak National Preserve
- As one of North America's largest mountain-ringed river basins with an intact ecosystem, the Noatak River environs features some of the Artic's finest arrays of plants and animals. The
- Nowitna National Wildlife Refuge
- The heart of Nowitna National Wildlife Refuge is a lowland basin of forests and wetlands that forms the floodplain of the meandering Nowitna River. The refuge's climate is typically
- Old Sitka State Historic Site
- In the early 1800s, Russians built a settlement at this site along Starrigavan Bay. Today, the site is designated as Old Sitka State Historic Site. Located 7 miles north
