Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center [caption id="attachment_30877" align="alignright" width="250"] Visitors view a herd of Elk from a viewing platform at the Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center south of Anchorage, Alaska July 2010. The Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center is a 200-acre nonprofit center that gives homes to injured and orphaned wildlife.[/caption] The Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center is an…
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Chugach State Park
Chugach State Park Welcome to the fourth largest state park in the United States, the 495,000-acre park in south-central Alaska known as the Chugach State Park. This massively gorgeous wilderness area is considered to be a huge local park, containing rugged landscape, waterfalls, lakes, mountains, trails, and camping grounds. The 700 square miles of wilderness…
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Tony Knowles Coastal Trail
Tony Knowles Coastal Trail Start your Alaskan journey by taking a stroll down one of the most beautiful trails in the whole nation, the Tony Knowles Coastal Trail. This trail is the most popular in Anchorage by far and runs 11 miles from downtown Anchorage to the chalet at Kincaid Park. The trail was named…
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Free Time in Girdwood
Free Time in Girdwood [caption id="attachment_30881" align="alignright" width="425"] Photos Matt Hage Girdwood MH2010AKSKI20110207321.jpg[/caption] Girdwood is a small Alaskan mountain town about 36 miles south of Anchorage. Both Girdwood and Anchorage are both extremely beautiful and rugged cities in Alaska. Unlike Anchorage, however, Girdwood strives to provide a small town vibe and takes pride in allowing…
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