Alaska

Denali National Park

Quick Denali facts

• it's the only national park patrolled by sled dogs
• it has over three dozen species of mammals, but no reptiles
• it was the site of a short-lived, and disappointing, gold rush
• it's the home of the highest peak in North America (Mt. McKinley)

Area: 7370 square miles
Population: 133 (2004 State Demographer est.)

accommodations

	Alaskan Chateau - Denali bed and breakfast. Hospitality Plus at this Denali National Park Bed and Breakfast lodging and accommodations.
	GrandView Bed and Breakfast - Denali Alaska Bed and Breakfast near Denali National Park.
	Motel Nord Haven  - Denali Alaska motels lodging in Healy Alaska. We arrange Nenana river rafting, horseback riding, hiking and trips into Denali National Park for your Alaska vacation.
	Totem Inn - Denali Lodging. Denali Alaska lodging and accommodations at The Totem Inn Alaska motel, lounge and gift shop
	Touch of Wilderness B&B Inn - Denali Touch of Wilderness B&B Inn - the finest Denali wilderness lodging

Things To Do

Castle Rock Outfitters - Alaska hunting. Alaska big game hunting adventures, including dall sheep, moose, grizzly, caribou and wolf. World-class big game hunting
Denali Raft Adventures  - Denali Alaska whitewater rafting in Denali National Park -- Experience the Adventure of guided whitewater rafting in Denali.
Denali Saddle Safaris - Horseback riding Alaska. Experience Denali National Park on horseback with the best Guides in Denali Alaska.
Denali Trekking Company - Alaska hiking and trekking. Experience the ultimate Alaska Hiking Adventure: exploring and observing the wonders of the Denali region.
Denali Wilderness Safaris - Denali Alaska travel adventures travel in Denali Alaska national park. Experience a genuine Alaska outdoor travel adventure tour.
Midnight Sun Safaris  - Alaska Hunting - High quality guided hunts throughout the interior of Alaska.

Denali, the “Great One”, is the name Athabascan people gave the massive peak that crowns the 600-mile-long Alaska Range. Denali is also the name of this immense national park and preserve created from the former Mount McKinley National Park. At 6 million acres, the park is larger than Massachusetts. It exemplifies interior Alaska’s character as one of the world’s last great frontiers for wilderness adventure. It remains largely wild and unspoiled, as the Athabascans knew it.

The rivers are so young and so laden with pulverized rock, called rock flour, that they can wander across their broad, flat valleys to set new channels in a matter of days. The delicate beauty of the tundra plants and the youthful wanderings of the rivers are striking counterpoints to the lofty, isolated, and often cloud-covered grandeur of the Mount McKinley massif.

Special Park features: Touring the Park Road by bus, attending ranger-naturalist programs, mountaineering (advanced registration required), day hiking, backcountry camping (permit required), skiing and dog mushing (winter only).

Denali National Park & Preserve, Box 9, Denali Park, AK 99755; 907-683-2294.
web: www.nps.gov/dena

Denali is accessible by road or via the Alaska Railroad from either Anchorage or Fairbanks. In summer a variety of private bus and van services and the railroad operate daily from Anchorage and Fairbanks.

Information/Emergency
Superintendent, Denali National Park and Preserve, PO Box 9, Denali Park, Alaska 99775; 907 683-2294.
Emergency: 683-9100 (in park) or Alaska State Troopers 683-2232.