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Anchorage, Alaska, United StatesThe Anchorage Museum is the largest museum in Alaska, covering art, history, science and Alaska Native cultures, AlaskaLife-sized dwellings around Lake Tiulana represent the building traditions of Alaska Native peoples from across the state, Anchorage, AlaskaThe paved Tony Knowles Coastal Trail runs for about 11 miles from downtown Anchorage to Kincaid Park, AlaskaEarthquake Park marks a neighborhood that slid toward the sea during the Great Alaska Earthquake of 1964, Anchorage, Alaska

About Anchorage

Anchorage is Alaska's largest city, set on a peninsula between arms of Cook Inlet with the Chugach Mountains rising directly behind it. It began as a railroad construction camp in 1914 and grew into the state's commercial hub. Moose wander through neighborhoods, and wilderness begins just beyond city limits.

The Anchorage Museum is the city's largest museum, covering Alaska's art, history and Indigenous cultures, and the Log Cabin Visitor Information Center on Fourth Avenue is a good starting place downtown. The Alaska Native Heritage Center shares the traditions of the state's Indigenous peoples through exhibits, performances and village sites. The Tony Knowles Coastal Trail follows the shoreline for miles, passing Earthquake Park, where the ground shifted during the 1964 Great Alaska Earthquake, and ending at Kincaid Park, a large wooded area used for skiing and biking. In summer, anglers try their luck for salmon in Ship Creek downtown. Lake Hood Seaplane Base is one of the busiest of its kind in the world. Flattop Mountain is a popular short but steep hike, and Potter Marsh offers boardwalk birdwatching south of the city.

Anchorage suits travelers beginning road, rail or cruise journeys around Alaska. The Seward Highway along Turnagain Arm is one of the most scenic drives in the state. Summer brings long daylight, while winter offers chances to see the northern lights.

Best seasonJune to August brings long days and mild weather; winter offers snow sports and northern lights chances.
Ideal stayTwo to three days covers the city before heading to Denali, Kenai or Seward.
ArrivingTed Stevens Anchorage International Airport is Alaska's main gateway, and the Alaska Railroad links the city north and south.
Anchorage Alaska Coastal Trail Floatplanes and WildlifeWiserMap travel guideAnchorage Alaska Coastal Trail Floatplanes and WildlifeExplore Anchorage, Alaska: the Coastal Trail, Anchorage Museum, Flattop Mountain, Lake Hood floatplanes, Turnagain Arm and the best seasons for wildlife.Read the guide

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Museums 2

Anchorage Museum, Anchorage, Alaska, United States

Anchorage Museum

Downtown's glass-clad museum at the Rasmuson Center is the largest in Alaska and the best single introduction to the state. Its st...
Alaska Native Heritage Center, Anchorage, Alaska, United States

Alaska Native Heritage Center

On wooded grounds in northeast Anchorage, this cultural centre presents the traditions of Alaska's Indigenous peoples in their own...

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Log Cabin Visitor Information Center and Fourth Avenue, Anchorage, Alaska, United States

Log Cabin Visitor Information Center and Fourth Avenue

A sod-roofed log cabin smothered in flower baskets at the corner of Fourth Avenue and F Street is Anchorage's classic first stop....
Lake Hood Seaplane Base, Anchorage, Alaska, United States

Lake Hood Seaplane Base

Right beside Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport, Lake Hood and its connected Lake Spenard form one of the busiest seaplan...

Parks 3

Tony Knowles Coastal Trail, Anchorage, Alaska, United States

Tony Knowles Coastal Trail

This paved multi-use path runs for about eleven miles along Cook Inlet, from downtown Anchorage to Kincaid Park, and is the city's...
Earthquake Park, Anchorage, Alaska, United States

Earthquake Park

On 27 March 1964 the Great Alaska Earthquake, magnitude 9.2 and the most powerful recorded in North America, sent the Turnagain He...
Kincaid Park, Anchorage, Alaska, United States

Kincaid Park

At the western tip of the Anchorage bowl, Kincaid Park covers a huge area of forest, sand dunes and bluffs high above Cook Inlet....

Hikes 1

Flattop Mountain, Anchorage, Alaska, United States

Flattop Mountain

Rising above the Glen Alps trailhead in Chugach State Park, Flattop is often called the most climbed peak in Alaska, and with good...

Wildlife 3

Potter Marsh, Anchorage, Alaska, United States

Potter Marsh

Where the Seward Highway leaves the southern edge of Anchorage, a long wooden boardwalk extends out over Potter Marsh, part of the...
Ship Creek, Anchorage, Alaska, United States

Ship Creek

Ship Creek flows into Cook Inlet just below downtown, and in summer it hosts one of the most unusual urban fisheries anywhere, wit...
Alaska Zoo, Anchorage, Alaska, United States

Alaska Zoo

Set among spruce and birch woods in south Anchorage, the Alaska Zoo focuses on animals of the far north, many of them orphaned or...

Scenic Drives 1

Beluga Point and Turnagain Arm, Anchorage, Alaska, United States

Beluga Point and Turnagain Arm

South of Anchorage, the Seward Highway hugs the shore of Turnagain Arm, a narrow fjord walled by the Chugach and Kenai mountains a...

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