Y ukon Ri St. Mary’s r ve Hot Springs Fox FAIRBANKS Nenana 1 Chena Hot Springs North Pole s ko kw im er R iv T Holy Cross Aniak McGrath an a R Yukon-Charley Rivers Nat’l Preserve Eagle an Denali Bethel Ku Cantwell Delta Jct. r Paxson i ve D Tok Trapper Creek Quinhagak Willow Houston Big Lake Talkeetna Lake Louise Gakona Jct. Togiak Nat’l Wildlife Refuge Wasilla Sutton Glennallen Kenny Lake Chitina ANCHORAGE Kenai Soldotna Cooper Landing Ninilchik Anchor Pt. Seldovia Dillingham Naknek King Salmon Palmer Girdwood Valdez Whittier Chenaga Prince William Sound Copper Center Kennicott Tatitlek Cordova McCarthy Wrangell-St. Wrangell-St. Elias Elias Nat’l Park & Preserve Nat’l Park & Preserve Homer Seward D Aniakchak Nat’l Monument & Preserve Chignik 4 Katmai Nat’l Park & Preserve Kenai Fjords Nat’l Park GULF OF ALASKA GULF OF ALASKA Port Lions Kodiak Nat’l Wildlife Refuge Kodiak Ouzinkie Yakutat Almost Old Harbor KODIAK ISLAND State of AK/Michael DeYoung (highway, Chugach Mountains), Travel Alaska (waterfall), Jovell Rennie (Eklutna) Highway Pipeline Ferry Railroad Limited Access everyone who travels to Alaska passes through the Southcentral region. Over half of the state’s population lives here on the edge of the 495,000-acre Chugach State Park, a mountainous wilderness area that boasts calving glaciers, salmon-packed rivers, hiking trails, Check out these road trips on page XX and wildlife. This region is well-1 and connected by road, rail, air while Seward & George Parks Highways remaining one step away from true 2 Glenn & Richardson Highways wilderness. Take a boat excursion for 3 Elliott & Dalton Highways fishing and wildlife viewing or lace up for road-accessible 4 hikes from the Alaska Marine Ferry Highway Mat-Su Valley to the Kenai Peninsula. 4 Glacier Park & El PACIFIC OCEAN PACIFIC OCEAN Bridal Veil Falls, Keystone Canyon, Valdez Southcentral Alaska is the traditional homeland of the Dena’ina and Ahtna Athabascan, Sugpiaq, and Eyak peoples. Cultural experiences abound, with highlights including the Alaska Native Heritage Center, the Anchorage Museum, and the historic village of Eklutna. Eklutna TRAVELALASKA.COM 29
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