This is a slide show of images from the Alaska Region.

Welcome to Your Alaska National Parks

Alaska is expansive and diverse. Its magnitude is difficult to comprehend, but its rewards are many. For climate and topography, the "Great Land" constitutes a virtual subcontinent. Within this vast landscape, Alaska hosts 15 national parks, preserves, monuments and national historical parks. Additionally, the National Park Service plays varying roles in the administration of 13 national wild rivers, two affiliated areas and a national heritage area. Alaska is also home to 49 National Historic Landmarks and 16 National Natural Landmarks. As stewards of these vast resources and partners with others involved in conservation efforts, Park Service employees work closely with communities to extend the benefits of national parks and NPS programs. We’ve been involved in designing sustainable trails, working in schools, providing technical expertise in historic building restoration, and many more activities. Together the park areas and programs we manage in Alaska represent a natural and cultural legacy spread across a unique American landscape. Whether you’re planning a trip to Alaska or visiting virtually, the Alaska Region of the National Park Service can help. Welcome!

News & Events

It's Fall in Alaska!!

Visit the Alaska National Parks Facebook page to see the state shine with autumn colors.

Call to Action

A Call to Action rallies employees and partners to advance a shared vision toward 2016.

Katmai National Monument

Katmai National Monument was created in 1918 to preserve the famed Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes.

Southwest Alaska Science Symposium

November 2-4, 2011
Dena'ina Center
Anchorage, AK

Glaciers

A calving event happens at Holgate Glacier in Kenai Fjords National Park.
               Holgate Glacier, Kenai Fjords
Approximately one fourth (4.6 million acres) of Alaska's glaciers occur within national parks. Glaciers require three conditions to form: abundant snowfall, cool summers, and the gravitational flow of ice.


Alaska Region Highlights

  • Alaska Parks

    We care for those special places in Alaska saved by the American people as a part of a national system of parks so that all may experience our heritage.

  • Press Room

    In addition to individual parks providing press releases, the Alaska Regional Office occasionally provides press releases as well.

  • Photos & Videos

    National Park Service photos are in the public domain. If you use one of our pictures, be sure to credit the photographer and the National Park Service.

  • Alaska Park Science

    Alaska Park Science is a semi-annual journal that shares what we are learning in Alaska's national parks through the study of their vital cultural and natural resources.

Last Updated: December 12, 2011