Explore Alaska, Region by Region
Eight regions, one enormous state — know the ground before you go.
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Choose your corner of Alaska
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Southeast / Inside Passage
Fjords, totem poles and whales along the Inside Passage.
Southcentral
Alaska's front door, with glaciers an hour from the city.
Kenai Peninsula
Icefields, salmon rivers and fjords, all within a drive of Anchorage.
Kodiak Island
Kodiak brown bears, salmon rivers and a sprawling wild archipelago.
Interior (Denali & Fairbanks)
Denali, vast river valleys and aurora skies.
Southwest
Brown bears, the world's largest sockeye run and volcanoes.
Western Alaska
Tundra, gold-rush Nome and the edge of the Bering Sea.
Arctic (Brooks Range & North Slope)
The Brooks Range, caribou herds and the midnight sun.
Ways to experience Alaska
What brings people north
Hiking & Mountaineering
Icefield overlooks, multi-day passes and trailless ranges where routes are yours to find.
Fishing
Five species of Pacific salmon, trophy rainbows and halibut from the sea floor.
Hunting
Moose, sheep, goats, caribou and bears across some of the wildest country left.
Fly-in Wilderness
Bush planes land on lakes, gravel bars and beaches far from any road.
Wildlife Viewing
Brown bears at salmon falls, whales in the fjords, caribou on the tundra.
Glaciers & Coastline
Tidewater glaciers calving into fjords along thousands of miles of coast.
Getting around
Most of Alaska has no roads
Only a small network of highways links Anchorage, Fairbanks and the Kenai. Everywhere else, Alaskans travel the way they always have: by bush plane and floatplane, on the Alaska Marine Highway ferries, and along the Alaska Railroad.
How travel works here