Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve is a 49,000-acre state park and wildlife refuge along the Chilkat River near Haines, Alaska, established in 1982 to protect the world's largest concentration of bald eagles, which peaks at 3,000–4,000 birds during late fall salmon runs.
Blueberry Lake State Recreation Site is a scenic alpine campground in Thompson Pass along the Richardson Highway, 24 miles north of Valdez on Alaska's Chugach Mountains, offering 25 dry campsites for tents, small RVs up to 50 feet, and groups amid 360-degree views of snow-capped peaks and a high-elevation lake stocked with grayling and rainbow trout.
Shoup Bay State Marine Park covers 4,800 acres in Prince William Sound near Valdez, Alaska, featuring the dramatic tidewater Shoup Glacier, a large black-legged kittiwake rookery, and sheltered waters dotted with icebergs and seals.
Squirrel Creek State Recreation Site is a 160-acre campground in Alaska's Copper River Valley, located at mile 79.5 of the Richardson Highway, about 35 miles south of Glennallen near Copper Center and bounded by Squirrel Creek, the Tonsina River, and a small lake.
Kenai National Wildlife Refuge Headquarters is located in Soldotna, Alaska, serving as the main visitor center and administrative hub for the nearly 2 million-acre Kenai National Wildlife Refuge on the Kenai Peninsula.
The Anton Anderson Memorial Tunnel, also known as the Whittier Tunnel, is a 2.5-mile-long dual-use tunnel located in Alaska, connecting the cities of Whittier and Porter near Prince William Sound.
Little Diomede Island, also known as Yesterday Island and called Iŋaliq by the native Iñupiaq people, is a small inhabited island in the Bering Strait about 16 miles off the Alaskan mainland.
Kobuk Valley National Park in northwest Alaska covers nearly 1.8 million acres of rugged wilderness north of the Arctic Circle, characterized by a vast river valley surrounded by the Baird and Waring Mountains.
Thumb Cove State Marine Park is a 720-acre protected coastal area on the east side of Resurrection Bay, about 7.5 to 9 miles south of Seward, Alaska, accessible only by private boat, floatplane, or commercial water taxi with no road access.
Denali, formerly known as Mount McKinley, is the highest mountain peak in North America, located in the Alaska Range within Denali National Park and Preserve.
The Kenai Peninsula in Alaska is a large, scenic landmass extending about 150 miles southwest from the Chugach Mountains, bordered by Cook Inlet on the west and Prince William Sound on the east.
Eagle Island Marine State Park is a remote 5-acre island sanctuary in Washington’s south Puget Sound, located in Balch Passage between McNeil and Anderson Islands in Pierce County, accessible only by boat with two moorage buoys.
The Kenai Mountains in south-central Alaska form a rugged range stretching about 120 miles (190 kilometers) northeast from the southern end of the Kenai Peninsula toward the Chugach Mountains.
Halibut Point State Recreation Site is a scenic oceanfront park located four miles north of downtown Sitka on Halibut Point Road in Southeast Alaska, popular among locals and visitors for day-use picnicking and beach activities.
The Alaska Raptor Center in Sitka, Alaska, is a nonprofit wildlife rehabilitation facility dedicated to treating and releasing injured raptors and other native bird species.
Oliver Inlet State Marine Park covers 560 acres at the northern tip of Seymour Canal on Admiralty Island, about 19 miles south of Juneau, Alaska, accessible only by boat or floatplane with a minimum 10-foot tide needed to enter over the rock reef.
Juneau, Alaska, originally inhabited by the Tlingit people, was established as a city following a gold discovery in 1880 by prospectors Joe Juneau and Richard Harris.
