Denali State Park
Denali State Park
Location:About 100 air miles north of Anchorage on Parks Highway.
Facilities:123 campsites, 2 public-use cabins, picnic sites, picnic shelter (é),toilets (some @di), drinking water (some @di), hiking trails (some@di), 2 boat launches, canoe/kayak rentals (at Byers Lake Campground only), informational bulletin boards.
Activities:Camping, fishing, boating, hiking, rock climbing, wildlife viewing.
Special Features:Situated between the Talkeetna Mountains to the east and the AlaskaRange to the west, the park's spectacular landscape varies frommeandering lowland streams to alpine tundra. Dominating this diverseterrain are Curry and Kesugi ridges, which together form a north-southalpine ridge 35 miles long. Roadside vantage points offer excellentviews of Mount McKinley and the heart of the Alaska Range. The parkborders on Denali National Park and Preserve (see separate entry innational parks section) to the west, and, except for roadsidefacilities, is essentially a wilderness.
Address:c/o Mat-Su/CB Area Office
HC 32 Box 6706
Wasilla, AK 99654
Phone:907-745-3975
Web: www.dnr.state.ak.us/parks/units/denali1.htm
Size: 324,240 acres.
See other parks in Alaska.