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Alaska’s state park system is managed by the
Alaska Department of Natural Resources The Alaska Department of Natural Resources is a department within the government of Alaska in the United States of America. The department has the mission of responsibly developing Alaska's resources by making them available for maximum use and ...
division of Parks and Outdoor Recreation. The system contains over 120 units spanning 3,427,895 acres, making it far larger than any other state park system in the United States. The State Park system began in 1970 with the creation of
Denali State Park Denali State Park is a state park in the U.S. state of Alaska. It is located in the Matanuska-Susitna Borough adjacent to the east side of Denali National Park and Preserve, along the George Parks Highway, Parks Highway. The park is undevelop ...
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Chugach State Park Chugach State Park covers 495,204 acres (2,004 square kilometers) immediately east of the Anchorage Bowl in south-central Alaska. Though primarily in the Municipality of Anchorage, a small portion of the park north of the Eklutna Lake area in t ...
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Kachemak Bay State Park Kachemak Bay State Park and Kachemak Bay State Wilderness Park is a park in and around Kachemak Bay, Alaska, United States. Kachemak Bay State Park was the first legislatively designated state park in the Alaska State Parks system. Kachemak Ba ...
, three of the largest and still most popular parks in the state system.
Wood-Tikchik State Park Wood-Tikchik State Park is a state park in the U.S. state of Alaska north of Dillingham. Over (6,500 km2) in area—about the size of the state of Delaware—, comprising more than half of all state park land in Alaska and 15% of the total ...
is the largest state park in the United States, comprising some 15% of total state park land in the nation. The division manages full state parks, state recreation areas, state recreation sites, and state historic sites.DeVaugh, Melissa
History of Alaska State Parks
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Anchorage Anchorage () is the largest city in the U.S. state of Alaska by population. With a population of 291,247 in 2020, it contains nearly 40% of the state's population. The Anchorage metropolitan area, which includes Anchorage and the neighboring Ma ...
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Chugach State Park Chugach State Park covers 495,204 acres (2,004 square kilometers) immediately east of the Anchorage Bowl in south-central Alaska. Though primarily in the Municipality of Anchorage, a small portion of the park north of the Eklutna Lake area in t ...


Copper River Basin area parks

* Dry Creek State Recreation Site * Lake Louise State Recreation Area * Liberty Falls State Recreation Site * Porcupine Creek State Recreation Site * Squirrel Creek State Recreation Site


Interior Alaska Interior Alaska is the central region of Alaska's territory, roughly bounded by the Alaska Range to the south and the Brooks Range to the north. It is largely wilderness. Mountains include Denali in the Alaska Range, the Wrangell Mountains, and ...
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Fairbanks Fairbanks is a home rule city and the borough seat of the Fairbanks North Star Borough in the U.S. state of Alaska. Fairbanks is the largest city in the Interior region of Alaska and the second largest in the state. The 2020 Census put the po ...
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Chena River State Recreation Area Chena River State Recreation Area is a state park in the U.S. state of Alaska, located east of Fairbanks. The recreation area is centered on the Chena River. Facilities include campgrounds, hiking, ATV, snowmachine and sled dog trails, a shoot ...
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Chena River State Recreation Site Fairbanks is a home rule city and the borough seat of the Fairbanks North Star Borough in the U.S. state of Alaska. Fairbanks is the largest city in the Interior region of Alaska and the second largest in the state. The 2020 Census put the po ...
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Harding Lake State Recreation Area Harding Lake is a lake in the Fairbanks North Star Borough in Interior Alaska. It is named for President Warren G. Harding, who visited Alaska just before he died. Prior to that it was known as Salchaket Lake Access to the lake is via the Rich ...
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Lower Chatanika River State Recreation Area The Chatanika River (Lower Tanana: ''Ch'edenano'') is a tributary of the Tolovana River in the U.S. state of Alaska. The Chatanika River is a clear or lightly tannic stained rapid-runoff stream that has its headwaters in the White Mountains and ...
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Salcha River State Recreation Site The Salcha River (Lower Tanana: ''Sołchaget'') is a tributary of the Tanana River in the U.S. state of Alaska. Rising in the eastern part of the Fairbanks North Star Borough east of Fort Wainwright, it flows generally west-southwest to meet the ...
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Upper Chatanika River State Recreation Site The Chatanika River (Lower Tanana: ''Ch'edenano'') is a tributary of the Tolovana River in the U.S. state of Alaska. The Chatanika River is a clear or lightly tannic stained rapid-runoff stream that has its headwaters in the White Mountains and ...
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Delta Junction Delta Junction ( uk, Делта-Джанкшен, Delta Dzhankshen) is a city in the Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, Alaska, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 958, up from 840 in 2000. The 2018 estimate was down to 931. T ...
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Big Delta State Historical Park Rika's Landing Roadhouse, also known as Rika's Landing Site or the McCarty Roadhouse, is a roadhouse located at a historically important crossing of the Tanana River, in the Southeast Fairbanks Area, Alaska, United States. It is off mile 274.5 ...
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Clearwater State Recreation Site Delta Junction ( uk, Делта-Джанкшен, Delta Dzhankshen) is a city in the Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, Alaska, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 958, up from 840 in 2000. The 2018 estimate was down to 931. ...
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Delta State Recreation Site Delta Junction ( uk, Делта-Джанкшен, Delta Dzhankshen) is a city in the Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, Alaska, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 958, up from 840 in 2000. The 2018 estimate was down to 931. ...
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Donnelly Creek State Recreation Site Delta Junction ( uk, Делта-Джанкшен, Delta Dzhankshen) is a city in the Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, Alaska, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 958, up from 840 in 2000. The 2018 estimate was down to 931. ...
** Fielding Lake State Recreation Site ** Quartz Lake State Recreation Area * Tok area ** Eagle Trail State Recreation Site ** Moon Lake State Recreation Site **
Tok River State Recreation Site Tok is a census-designated place (CDP) in Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, Alaska, United States. The population was 1,243 at the 2020 census, slightly down from 1,258 in 2010. Geography Tok lies on a large, flat alluvial plain of the Tanana V ...


Kenai Peninsula The Kenai Peninsula ( Dena'ina: ''Yaghenen'') is a large peninsula jutting from the coast of Southcentral Alaska. The name Kenai (, ) is derived from the word "Kenaitze" or "Kenaitze Indian Tribe", the name of the Native Athabascan Alaskan trib ...
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Homer Homer (; grc, Ὅμηρος , ''Hómēros'') (born ) was a Greek poet who is credited as the author of the ''Iliad'' and the ''Odyssey'', two epic poems that are foundational works of ancient Greek literature. Homer is considered one of the ...
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Anchor River State Recreation Area The Anchor River is a stream on the Kenai Peninsula in the U.S. state of Alaska. Beginning near Bald Mountain on the eastern side of the lower peninsula, if flows generally west for into Cook Inlet near Anchor Point on the western side of the p ...
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Deep Creek State Recreation Area Ninilchik (russian: Нинильчик) ( Dena'ina: ''Niqnalchint'') is a census-designated place (CDP) in Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska, United States. At the 2010 census the population was 883, up from 772 in 2000. It is considered an Alask ...
** Diamond Creek State Recreation Area ** Stariski State Recreation Site **
Kachemak Bay State Park Kachemak Bay State Park and Kachemak Bay State Wilderness Park is a park in and around Kachemak Bay, Alaska, United States. Kachemak Bay State Park was the first legislatively designated state park in the Alaska State Parks system. Kachemak Ba ...
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Kachemak Bay State Wilderness Park Kachemak Bay State Park and Kachemak Bay State Wilderness Park is a park in and around Kachemak Bay, Alaska, United States. Kachemak Bay State Park was the first legislatively designated state park in the Alaska State Parks system. Kachemak Bay ...
** Ninilchik State Recreation Area * Kenai/
Soldotna Soldotna is a city in the Kenai Peninsula Borough in the U.S. state of Alaska. At the 2020 census, the population was 4,342, up from 4,163 in 2010. It is the seat of the Kenai Peninsula Borough. Soldotna is located in the Southcentral portion ...
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Captain Cook State Recreation Area Captain Cook State Recreation Area is a park on the Kenai Peninsula in Alaska. It is located on the shores of Cook Inlet at the northern terminus of the Kenai Spur Highway, about north of Kenai and north of Nikiski. Both the Inlet and the recrea ...
** Clam Gulch State Recreation Area ** Crooked Creek State Recreation Site ** Johnson Lake State Recreation Area ** Kasilof River State Recreation Site ** Kenai River Special Management Area ** Morgan’s Landing State Recreation Area ** Scout Lake State Recreation Site * Seward area **
Caines Head State Recreation Area Caines Head State Recreation Area is a recreational area encompassing the Caines Head cape in Resurrection Bay, Alaska. The area is located in the Kenai Peninsula Borough, south of the city of Seward. A popular tourist destination, Caines Hea ...
** Driftwood Bay State Marine Park ** Lowell Point State Recreation Site ** Safety Cove State Marine Park ** Sandspit Point State Marine Park ** Sunny Cove State Marine Park ** Thumb Cove State Marine Park


Kodiak Island Kodiak Island (Alutiiq: ''Qikertaq''), is a large island on the south coast of the U.S. state of Alaska, separated from the Alaska mainland by the Shelikof Strait. The largest island in the Kodiak Archipelago, Kodiak Island is the second larges ...
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* Afognak Island State Park * Buskin River State Recreation Site *
Fort Abercrombie State Historical Park Fort Abercrombie State Historical Park, also known as the Fort Abercrombie State Historic Site, is an Alaska state park on Kodiak Island, Alaska. It includes of land at the end of Miller Point, located on the eastern shore of Kodiak Island nor ...
* Pasagshak River State Recreation Site * Shuyak Island State Park * Woody Island State Recreation Site


Matanuska-Susitna Valley Matanuska-Susitna Valley () (known locally as the Mat-Su or The Valley) is an area in Southcentral Alaska south of the Alaska Range about north of Anchorage, Alaska. It is known for the world record sized cabbages and other vegetables displayed ...
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* Big Lake North State Recreation Area * Big Lake South State Recreation Site * Blair Lake State Recreation Site *
Denali State Park Denali State Park is a state park in the U.S. state of Alaska. It is located in the Matanuska-Susitna Borough adjacent to the east side of Denali National Park and Preserve, along the George Parks Highway, Parks Highway. The park is undevelop ...
* Lake Louise State Recreation Area * Nancy Lake State Recreation Area * Nancy Lake State Recreation Site * Finger Lake State Recreation Area * Hatcher Pass East Special Management Area * Independence Mine State Historical Park * Kepler-Bradley Lakes State Recreation Area * King Mountain State Recreation Site * Matanuska Glacier State Recreation Site * Montana Creek State Recreation Site * Rocky Lake State Recreation Site * Summit Lake State Recreation Site * Tokositna River State Recreation Site * Willow Creek State Recreation Area


Prince William Sound Prince William Sound (Sugpiaq: ''Suungaaciq'') is a sound of the Gulf of Alaska on the south coast of the U.S. state of Alaska. It is located on the east side of the Kenai Peninsula. Its largest port is Valdez, at the southern terminus of the Tr ...
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* Bettles Bay State Marine Park * Blueberry Lake State Recreation Site * Boswell Bay Beaches State Marine Park * Canoe Passage State Marine Park * Decision Point State Marine Park * Entry Cove State Marine Park * Granite Bay State Marine Park * Horseshoe Bay State Marine Park * Jack Bay State Marine Park * Kayak Island State Marine Park * Sawmill Bay State Marine Park * Shoup Bay State Marine Park * South Esther Island State Marine Park * Surprise Cove State Marine Park * Surprise Ridge State Marine Park * Worthington Glacier State Recreation Site * Ziegler Cove State Marine Park


Southeast Alaska Southeast Alaska, colloquially referred to as the Alaska(n) Panhandle, is the southeastern portion of the U.S. state of Alaska, bordered to the east and north by the northern half of the Canadian province of British Columbia (and a small part ...
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Skagway The Municipality and Borough of Skagway is a first-class borough in Alaska on the Alaska Panhandle. As of the 2020 census, the population was 1,240, up from 968 in 2010. The population doubles in the summer tourist season in order to deal with ...
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Alaska Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve The Alaska Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve is a state park and wildlife refuge in the U.S. state of Alaska near Haines. Established in 1982, the park covers 49,320 acres (199.6 km2), mainly along the Chilkat River, with sections along the Klehini ...
** Chilkat Islands State Marine Park ** Chilkat State Park ** Chilkoot Lake State Recreation Site ** Mosquito Lake State Recreation Site ** Portage Cove State Recreation Site ** Sullivan Island State Marine Park *
Juneau The City and Borough of Juneau, more commonly known simply as Juneau ( ; tli, Dzánti K'ihéeni ), is the capital city of the state of Alaska. Located in the Gastineau Channel and the Alaskan panhandle, it is a unified municipality and the se ...
area ** Eagle Beach State Recreation Area ** Ernest Gruening State Historical Park ** Funter Bay State Marine Park ** Juneau Trail System ** Oliver Inlet State Marine Park ** Point Bridget State Park ** Shelter Island State Marine Park ** St. James Bay State Marine Park ** Taku Harbor State Marine Park ** Wickersham State Historic Site *
Ketchikan Ketchikan ( ; tli, Kichx̱áan) is a city in and the borough seat of the Ketchikan Gateway Borough of Alaska. It is the state's southeasternmost major settlement. Downtown Ketchikan is a National Historic District. With a population at the 20 ...
area ** Black Sands Beach State Marine Park ** Dall Bay State Marine Park ** Grindall Island State Marine Park ** Refuge Cove State Recreation Site ** Settlers Cove State Recreation Site **
Totem Bight State Historical Park Totem Bight State Historical Park is a state park in the U.S. state of Alaska. It is located north of Ketchikan. Description and history The park is located on the former site of a traditional Native campground known as Mud Village and Mud Bigh ...
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area ** Baranof Castle Hill State Historic Site ** Big Bear/Baby Bear State Marine Park ** Halibut Point State Recreation Site ** Magoun Islands State Marine Park ** Old Sitka State Historical Park ** Sealion Cove State Marine Park ** Security Bay State Marine Park * Wrangell/ Petersburg area ** Beecher Pass State Marine Park ** Joe Mace Island State Marine Park ** Petroglyph Beach State Historic Site ** Thoms Place State Marine Park


Southwest Alaska parks

* Lake Aleknagik State Recreation Site *
Wood-Tikchik State Park Wood-Tikchik State Park is a state park in the U.S. state of Alaska north of Dillingham. Over (6,500 km2) in area—about the size of the state of Delaware—, comprising more than half of all state park land in Alaska and 15% of the total ...


External links


Alaska Department of Natural Resources - Division of Parks and Outdoor Recreation
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State parks State parks are parks or other protected areas managed at the sub-national level within those nations which use "state" as a political subdivision. State parks are typically established by a state to preserve a location on account of its natural ...
Alaska state parks Alaska’s state park system is managed by the Alaska Department of Natural Resources division of Parks and Outdoor Recreation. The system contains over 120 units spanning 3,427,895 acres, making it far larger than any other state park system in ...