Anchorage Travel Guide
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A mix of the familiar and the unusual, the metropolitan and the rustic, Anchorage is a place where it is not uncommon to see moose walking through the parking lot of a downtown skyscraper, or to find yourself stuck in traffic as dogs fill the road as they begin the Iditarod sled dog race. Government Hill The oldest district and the northernmost part of … Read Anchorage introduction
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McHugh Creek Picnic Area
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Five miles south of the Potter's Marsh Bird Sanctuary viewing platform and the Potter Section House historic site, is this newly renovated pull-off. More than a place to park, it has multi-leveled viewing of Turnagain Arm with a …
Millennium Alaskan Hotel Anchorage
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Built in 1986 and remodeled in 1998, this hotel rests at the edge of scenic Lake Spenard . It is just one mile from the airport and four miles from downtown. All …
Sack's Cafe
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Charming and bright, this newly opened downtown location is convenient for business people at lunchtime or for a glass of wine and dinner after work. Begin with the baked garlic and gorgonzola cheese or fresh steamer clams. Tell yourself …
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Anchorage is Amazing. Shopping is great, but Northern Knives was my favorite. WOW!!! The extra light in summer was beautiful and helpful for fishing. It was nice to see the flowers the city put ... more
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Introduction
Anchorage offers the comforts of a large US city but is only a 30-minute drive from the Alaskan wilderness. Founded in 1914 as a work camp for the Alaska Railroad, the city was devastated by the 1964 Good Friday earthquake but quickly rebounded as the industry headquarters for the Prudhoe Bay oil …
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Earthquake Park The gargantuan shaker of 1964 caused, among other things, 130ac (53ha) of land on the city's west side to slip 2000ft (610m) seaward. Part of that slipped strip was a neighbourhood that suffered 75 demolished homes and three deaths. The other end, fortunately undeveloped at the …
Facts for the Traveller
Population : 259391 Area : 4396km² Longitude / Latitude : -149.897994995 / 61.202999115 Currency : US Dollar (USD) Weights & Measures system : Imperial
Getting there & Getting around
Getting there From Anchorage International Airport, 10km (6.5mi) west of the city centre, you can catch a flight to anywhere in Alaska including Valdez, Homer, Cordova, Kenai, Iliamna and Kodiak. A variety of bus and van companies operate out of Anchorage and provide services to almost …
History
Recent History A long-term decline in oil prices slowed the city's cash flow, but Anchorage was still by far the fastest-growing city in Alaska. It's also the most hotly contested city. With 42% of the state's total population and the biggest hunk of the political muscle, Anchorage deals with …
Weather
Anchorage is blessed by high peaks. Shielded by the Kenai Mountains, the city has an annual rainfall of only 35cm (14in) and annual snowfall of over 178cm (70in). The Anchorage Bowl - the city and surrounding area - does have its fair share of overcast days, especially in early and late summer. The …
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Overview of Anchorage
As teenagers living in Anchorage, my cousin and I got a job from a family friend painting his lake cabin outside of the city. He flew us out on his floatplane and left us there, with paint, food, and a little beer. A creek that ran past the lake was so full of salmon that we caught one on every cast until we …
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Amid the wild countryside that crowds around it on all sides, Anchorage has grown into a spirited, cosmopolitan city -- by far Alaska's largest and most sophisticated. The relative affluence of its largely white-collar population -- with a sprinkling of olive drab from nearby military bases -- …
Overview of Mat-Su Valley
On a longer visit to Anchorage, you may want to spend a day or two in the suburbs to the north, known as the Mat-Su Valley. Reached by the Glenn Highway about 40 miles from Anchorage, the area is both a bedroom community for the city and a former frontier farming region with its own quirky identity. If you …
Where to eat & what to do
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Popular Attractions in Anchorage
- 1.McHugh Creek Picnic Area
- 2.Westchester Lagoon Overlook
- 3.Historic Anchorage Hotel (The)
- 4.Glacier BrewHouse
- 5.Begich, Boggs Visitor Center at Portage Glacier
- 6.Earthquake Park
- 7.Snow Goose Restaurant & Sleeping Lady Brewery
- 8.Alaska Zoo
- 9.Anastassia Day Spa & Hair Design
- 10.Goose Lake Park
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