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  2. Girdwood, Anchorage, Alaska - Wikipedia

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    Girdwood, Anchorage, Alaska. Coordinates: 60°56′33″N 149°09′59″W. The valley, as viewed from Mount Alyeska. The Alyeska Highway can be seen at right running across the valley. Girdwood is a resort town within the southern extent of the Municipality of Anchorage in the U.S. state of Alaska. Located near the end of the Turnagain Arm of ...

  3. Alyeska Resort - Wikipedia

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    Alyeska Resort is a ski resort in the Girdwood area of Anchorage, Alaska, approximately 30 miles (48 km) from downtown Anchorage. Mount Alyeska is part of the Chugach mountain range and the Alyeska Resort is the largest ski area in the state. It includes the mountaintop Mt. Alyeska Roundhouse, which is listed on the National Register of ...

  4. Chugach National Forest - Wikipedia

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    The Chugach National Forest is a 6,908,540-acre (27,958 km 2) [2] United States National Forest in south central Alaska. Covering portions of Prince William Sound, the Kenai Peninsula and the Copper River Delta, it was formed in 1907 from part of a larger forest reserve. The Chugach includes extensive shorelines, glaciers, forests and rivers ...

  5. Cook Inlet - Wikipedia

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    100,000 km 2 (39,000 sq mi) Cook Inlet (Tanaina: Tikahtnu; Sugpiaq: Cungaaciq) stretches 180 miles (290 km) from the Gulf of Alaska to Anchorage in south-central Alaska. [1] Cook Inlet branches into the Knik Arm and Turnagain Arm at its northern end, almost surrounding Anchorage. On its southern end, it merges with Shelikof Strait, Stevenson ...

  6. Anchorage Trail Systems - Wikipedia

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    The trail system of Anchorage, Alaska spans 578 miles (930.2 km). [1] The Municipality of Anchorage created the first set of trail systems for recreation in the late 1950s, not developing a system that was commuter friendly until the mid 1960s. [2] The trails, which are used primarily for recreation and commuter traffic, are heavily utilized ...

  7. Turnagain Arm - Wikipedia

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    Coordinates: 60.9872°N 149.7947°W. Turnagain Arm from Anchorage. Turnagain Arm (Dena'ina: Tutl'uh) is a waterway into the northwestern part of the Gulf of Alaska. It is one of two narrow branches at the north end of Cook Inlet, the other being Knik Arm. Turnagain is subject to climate extremes and large tide ranges. [1]

  8. Seward Highway - Wikipedia

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    The Seward Highway is a highway in the U.S. state of Alaska that extends 125 miles (201 km) from Seward to Anchorage. It was completed in 1951 and runs through the scenic Kenai Peninsula, Chugach National Forest, Turnagain Arm, and Kenai Mountains. The Seward Highway is numbered Alaska Route 9 (AK-9) for the first 37 miles (60 km) from Seward ...

  9. Mount Alpenglow - Wikipedia

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    Mount Alpenglow is a 4,816-foot (1,468 m) landmark mountain located in the Kenai Mountains, in the U.S. state of Alaska.The peak is situated in Chugach National Forest, 8 mi (13 km) southwest of Girdwood, Alaska, on the south shore of Turnagain Arm, opposite Bird Point from where it can be prominently seen from the Seward Highway and the Alaska Railroad.

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