Location: Anchorage
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What to do and see in Anchorage, Alaska (AK): The Best Traveler Resources
Set amid the coastal Chugach Mountains, Anchorage defies popular visions of polar ice caps and frozen tundra. It’s also warmer than you think (averaging 65 degrees in summer), making conditions ideal for sight-seeing or taking on uniquely Alaskan opportunities like arctic biking or touring the fjords of Prince William Sound. In the winter, you can ski, dogsled or do both simultaneously by "skijoring," which is cross-country skiing while being towed by a dog. Hey, it's no crazier a winter sport than the biathlon.
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1. Alaska Public Land Information Centers
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4.5 based on 256 reviews
Learn about the parks, forests, and refuges in Alaska through interactive exhibits, Junior Ranger programs, scavenger hunts, as well as free movies and presentations in the theater. During the summer there are Park Ranger-led walking tours, visits from the zoo, and other special programming.
Reviewed By 907blaked - Tampa, United States
It is difficult to know from the outside that there are exhibits and a movie theater inside this building, unless you know it in advance. We had read about it on TripAdvisor, and so when we went inside the Log Cabin Visitor Center to ask about the Anchorage Center federal building across the street, they provided us information and gave us a schedule of the movies that were playing. To get inside the Anchorage Center, as many have said, you go through what is essentially airport security, meaning you cannot have any knives or weapons, including ulu knives. Once you’re through security, there is a nice area with some exhibits, very nice bathrooms, and then the movie theater that plays about seven movies throughout the day. Each movie is about 20 minutes and it’s very well done. Some of the movies are repeated at different times. We ended up seeing four different movies during our stay in Anchorage, and I enjoyed all of them. The best ones were the ones about Katmai and the grizzly bears, and the one about the 1964 earthquake. Definitely plan on spending an hour or two here if you want to see any of the movies.
2. Begich Boggs Visitor Center
3. Egan Civic & Convention Center
4. Visit Anchorage Log Cabin Visitor Information Center
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4.5 based on 814 reviews
Reviewed By newfymomma
This is small but so charming. The folks are super nice and lots of free information, beautiful flowers everywhere and even on the ROOF. You can get free shuttles to some places and shuttle trip around Anchorage(fee). Free shuttle to the zoo.
5. Dena'ina Civic & Convention Center
6. Alaska Dept. of Fish and Game
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4.0 based on 9 reviews
All visitors to the McNeil Sanctuary must apply for permits from this office.
7. Alaska Airlines Board Room
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4.0 based on 12 reviews
