Camping Alaska

by Montana Hodges

Overview

Camping Alaskaprovides everything you need to know to camp across the state, including campsites managed by state and county parks, the USDA Forest Service, and the US Army Corps of Engineers. This comprehensive guidebook will take you to the ideal spot to pitch your tent or park your RV.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781493054794
Publisher:	Globe Pequot Publishing
Publication date:	06/01/2022
Series:	State Camping Series
Edition description:	2nd Edition
Pages:	280
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Montana Hodges, a journalist who has worked as a backcountry guide and outdoor/geographic photographer, is the author of Rockhounding Montana, Camping Alaska, and Best Easy Day Hikes Fairbanks (all FalconGuides). An active member of the Chugach Gem and Mineral Society, she has traveled throughout Alaska, from the entire Marine Highway to thousands of roadless miles, by car, bush plane, and foot. Montana lives in Elk Grove, California.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments vi

Introduction vii

How to Use This Guide x

Map Legend xxi

The Kenal Peninsula 1

The Seward Highway: Girdwood to Seward 5

Seward 14

The Sterling Highway: Tern Lake Junction to Soldotna 23

Kenai Highway and Soldotna 43

The Sterling Highway: Soldotna to Anchor Point 46

Homer 62

Anchorage and Chugach State Park 69

Anchorage 72

Chugach State Park 76

The George Parks Highway and Denali National Park 81

The Parks Highway: Wasilla to Denali 83

Detour: Denali Highway 102

Denali National Park 105

The Parks Highway: Denali to Fairbanks 111

Fairbanks and the Far North 115

Fairbanks 117

Chena Hot Springs Road 124

The Steese Highway 128

The Elliott Highway 135

The Dalton Highway 139

The Glenn Highway 145

The Glenn Highway: Anchorage to Glennallen 147

The Glenn Highway: Glennallen to Tok (the Tok Cutoff) 159

The Richardson Highway 162

Valdez 165

The Edgerton Highway and McCarthy Road 173

The Richardson Highway: Edgerton Cutoff to Delta Junction 178

Delta Junction 185

The Richardson Highway: Delta Junction to Fairbanks 187

The Alaska Highway, Tok, and the Taylor Highway 192

The Alaska Highway: Border City to Tetlin Junction 194

The Taylor Highway 197

The Alaska Highway: Tok to Delta Junction 202

Southeast Alaska 207

Ketchikan 210

Prince of Wales 213

Wrangell 218

Petersburg 221

Sitka 224

Juneau 227

Skagway 231

Haines and the Haines Highway 234

Kodlak Island and the Bush 241

Kodiak island 243

Nome 247

Index 250

About the Author 257