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Denali Highway (Alaska Route 8) is a lightly traveled, mostly gravel highway in the U.S. state of Alaska. It leads from Paxson on the Richardson Highway to Cantwell on the Parks Highway. Opened in 1957, it was the first road access to Denali National Park. Since 1971, primary park access has been via the Parks Highway, which incorporated a ...
Entering Denali State Park: Exiting Denali State Park: Denali: Cantwell: AK-8 east (Denali Highway) Denali Highway continues a short distance west to the Cantwell Airport. Denali National Park and Preserve: Entrance to Denali National Park and Preserve: Fairbanks North Star: College: West end of Fairbanks freeway section: 317.65– 352.62: 511. ...
The Denali Wilderness is a wilderness area within Denali National Park that protects the higher elevations of the central Alaska Range, including Denali. The wilderness comprises about one-third of the current national park and preserve—2,146,580 acres (3,354 sq mi; 8,687 km 2 ) that correspond with the former park boundaries before 1980.
Polychrome Mountain is a prominent 5,900+ ft (1,798+ m) elevation summit located in Denali National Park and Preserve, in the Alaska Range, in the U.S. state of Alaska. [3] It is a landmark in the Toklat River valley visible to tourists as the park road traverses the southern slope of the mountain.
Travels through the scenic Chilkat Pass to the Canadian border, also a National Scenic Byway Parks Highway: Denali State Park: Healy: 116 187 Alaska Route 3: Passes through Denali National Park, also a National Scenic Byway Richardson Highway: Fairbanks: Fort Greely: 101 163 Alaska Route 2, Alaska Route 4: Northern segment Richardson Highway ...
Mountains in Denali National Park and Preserve are part of the Alaska Range, with several subsidiary ranges included within the overall Alaska Range. Denali (also known as Mount McKinley), is the highest peak in the park and the highest peak in North America at 20,320 feet (6,194 m) [1] [2] The names listed here reflect the official names in the USGS U.S. Board on Geographic Names database.
The Stampede Trail is a remote road and trail located in the Denali Borough in the U.S. state of Alaska.Apart from a paved or maintained gravel road for 8 miles (13 km) between Eight Mile Lake and the trail's eastern end, the route consists of a primitive and at times dangerous hiking or ATV (all-terrain vehicle) trail following the path of the original road, which has deteriorated over the years.
Flowing northward from headwaters at the Cantwell Glacier in the Alaska Range, [1] the Teklanika drains an area widely visited by tourists to Denali National Park and Preserve. The park's only road crosses the river at milepost 31 and a National Park campground is located on its eastern bank at milepost 29.