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Driving

Driving directions to Denali National Park.

Alaska state highway road conditions, and Driving mileage for many Alaska cities.


Shuttle:

Denali Park Road open to private vehicles with a camping permit as far as the Savage River Check Station at mile 14. Beyond that, you’ll need to be on a bus, bicycle, or your own two feet.

Strongly recommend you reserve the bus in advance at summer. You can reserve on-line. More information about shuttle reservations and shuttle route and fares.


Scenic Drive:

George Parks Highway Scenic Drive (1~2 days).
Into the Interior (4~5 days).


Railroad:

The Alaska Railroad stretches 470 miles from Seward on the south-central Kenai Peninsula, to the northern "golden heart" city of Fairbanks. The Denali Star operates daily stop at the entrance of Denali National Park & Preserve.
Information about the Alaska Railroad, schedule, on-line booking.


Attractions

Check out Denali National Park Galleria presented by Quang-Tuan Luong.


Activities

Hiking, Backpacking, Mountaineering, Cycling, Nature Walking, Bus Touring, Photography, etc, see details at Denali National Park activities.


Hiking:

The whole park could be divided into four regions: Northwest, Southwest, Southeast and Northeast.

Detail day hikes and backcountry hiking information.

Mountain Climbing:

All climbers attempting Mt. McKinley or Mt. Foraker must register with Denali National Park & Preserve 60 days prior to the date you plan. More detail information about registration, Climbing history,

Read awesome story about Guillaume Dargaud' Solo ascent of Denali in 9 days. In fact, his climbing web is so cool! If you are a fun for Mountaineering, you can not miss it.


Flightseeing:

There is a lot of commercial flightseeing tours. Here list some popular one. Shopping around and judge by yourself.

K2 Aviation, Talkeetna, Alaska.
Talkeetna Air Taxi, Talkeetna, Alaska.
Kantishna Air Taxi, Denali Park, Alaska.


Book

Recommend The Milepost,56th edition, 2004. The "Bible" for Alaska Travelers.
Lonely Planet Alaska,7th edition, May 2003.


Map

Denali Park Map download or view on-line.


Forum

Frommer's Forum for Alaska State

Virtual Tourist Denali National Park Tips


Misc

Good website about Alaska travel plan:

Travel Alaska: a lot of useful information, sample itineraries, and allow you to create a personal itinerary on-line.

Alaska's Home on the Web: Alaska's most comprehensive online travel information source, with a lot of commercial information about lodgings, tours and activities.

This Denali National Park Travel Vacation Guide site was most recently updated on 02/04/05. Keywords: Denali National Park.