Olympic
The park is way out of the mainstream. The drive from North Cascades is less than 200 miles but it took me a bit over 12 hours. I did stop…
North Cascades
The visitor center sign stated hours of operation was 0900 - 1730 but when I arrived at 1300 it was closed. I also went back on day 2, you could…
Mount Rainier
The park is divided into a five distinct areas each one offering something that the other areas don’t offer. I have selected to stay in the Longmire area and have…
Lake Clark
Port Alsworth - the town has about 200 full time residents and in the summer the number of people swells to about 400 people! The two is basically two runways…
Wrangell-St. Elias
The largest of the National Parks by land mass not by visitors. You can drive into an area of the old Kennecott Mine and also the town of McCarthy. The…
Gates of the Arctic
The gates of the Artic is the 2nd largest National Park in the National Park system. The largest is also in the state of Alaska being Wrangell. The park has…
Denali
Teklanika Campground - Checkin for the campground(s) are at the bus terminal at the entrance to the park. You also will get your bus passes at the bus terminal and…
Katmai (Cat My)
Arrival into King Salmon was not bad at all, it was a 1 hour flight from Anchorage. The airport here is much different from Gustavus in that the baggage claim…
Glacier Bay
The trip into Glacier Bay is either by boat, ferry, or plane. I chose the plan and Alaska Airlines was the airline of my choosing. The airport is a bit…
Kenai Fjords
Kenai’s closest town is Seward, AK. Seward is about 125 miles south of Anchorage on the Alaska route 1 then to route 9 but basically it is the same road. …