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Kobuk Valley National Park is a national park of the United States in the Arctic region of northwestern Alaska, located about 25 miles (40 km) north of the Arctic Circle. The park was designated in 1980 by the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act to preserve the 100 ft (30 m) high Great Kobuk Sand Dunes [ 3 ] and the surrounding area ...
Best Hikes in Kobuk Valley National Park. Ahnewetut Creek and nearby dunes glow in the setting sun. (Alaska NPS/Creative Commons) Alaska. The Expert: Nick Allen, Alaska Alpine Adventures guide
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Kobuk Valley National Park in Alaska. Lake Clark National Park in Alaska. Lassen Volcanic National Park in California. Mammoth Cave National Park in Kentucky. Mesa Verde National Park in Colorado.
In the valley it passes a connected community of inland native villages, including Kobuk, Shungnak, and Ambler, where it receives the Ambler River. In the river's lower reaches, where it passes between the Baird Mountains and Waring Mountains, it traverses Kobuk Valley National Park, the location of the 25 square miles (65 km 2) Kobuk Sand Dunes.
The Onion Portage Archeological District encompasses a major archaeological site in Kobuk Valley National Park in northwestern Alaska.The site is a deeply stratified site, at which archaeologists have located nine complexes ranging dating from approximately 6500BC to AD1700.
The western Arctic parklands are Kobuk Valley National Park, Noatak National Preserve, Cape Krusenstern National Monument, and Bering Land Bridge National Preserve. The four units have a total area of about 11,000,000 acres (4,500,000 ha) and are managed from the Northwest Arctic Heritage Center in Kotzebue, Alaska . [ 1 ]
The Selawik and Kobuk River deltas, located on the eastern shores of Selawik Lake and Hotham Inlet (Kobuk Lake), provide habitat for migratory bird species. The complex array of freshwater and brackish lakes, riparian areas, and wet meadows , provide habitat and large, undisturbed, tracts for a variety of wildlife species.