Alaska Travelers Guide: South Central

North of Anchorage lie many historic communities. The first reached along the Glenn Highway is Eagle River. The Native "spirit houses" and hand hewn Russian shrines found just a few miles beyond Eagle River at Eklutna should not be missed. Farms nestle under craggy mountains in the Matanuska Valley, a 20 minute drive beyond Eklutna.

Visit the Palmer State Fair here in August to view Alaska size vegetables such as cabbages up to 96 pounds. In nearby Wasilla and Big Lake, you'll find ample opportunites for fishing and boating. Visit the unique Museum of Alaska Transportation and Industry near here.

A mile scenic loop between the George Parks and Glenn highways takes you over Hatcher Pass to Independence Mine State Historic Park, where you'll find an interpretive center, plus buildings and equipment from two historical gold mines. Carved by ancient glaciers, Hatcher Pass offers trails for summer hikers and winter skiers. South of Anchorage, pan for gold and visit historic mining buildings at picturesque Crow Creek Mine.

Stop at Girdwood for a delicious lunch at the base of Mt.

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Sailing, fishing, kayaking, hiking and wildlife vie for your attention in this wonderland of islands, glaciers, and fjords. Take a flightseeing excursion to view sprawling Columbia Galcier. Alaska ferries also call at the fishing port of Cordova, former shipping depot for Kennecott Copper Mine ore.

Alaska Regional Travel Services. Talkeetna, a small village on the region's northern edge at the base of Denali, is a starting point for many mountaineers. All of Southcentral is wrapped in the embrace of several mountain ranges. In a crescent shape south and east of Anchorage lies the mile-long Chugach Mountain Range, which bends all the way around the gulf to Valdez, where it meets the Wrangell—St.

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Elias, and Wrangell mountain ranges are so immense that they are often referred to, collectively, as the "mountain kingdom of North America. The mountain peaks don't end there, however.

Across Cook Inlet, easily viewed from Anchorage, is the Alaska Range, which, on clear days, offers impressive views of a distant but looming Denali. These islands are riddled with both dormant and active volcanoes and are part of the Pacific Ocean's great Ring of Fire.

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Whether you're hoping to explore mountains or ocean, tundra, taiga, or forest—from the coastal rain forests around Seward and Kodiak to the rough Arctic chill of glaciers flowing off the Harding Icefield—each climate zone and ecosystem is available in this region. Summer is the peak season all over the state. In the Kenai Peninsula and Southcentral this means it is rarely too hot or too cold, particularly When there was every reason in the world to stay away and see the ruins, one woman traveled to Greece to get to work.

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