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/PRNewswire/ -- With wide open spaces, huge mountains, massive glaciers and abundant wildlife, Alaska is a top-tier travel destination this year. Here's a Top...
This State Actually Does Live Up to the Hype Daniel Modlin © Provided by The Daily Beast Getty Alaska is one of the most difficult places to plan a vacation to. It’s not because of safety, or how wild it is, although these two things are important. Instead, it’s difficult because it is so awe-inspiringly huge, and there are a plethora of good choices. Do you go to the Kenai Peninsula, a rainforest encrusted place teeming with wildlife where you might spot a whale? Or head to Juneau and Sitka of the Southeast—lands overflowing with glaciers and culture? Do you opt for ...
62 Parks Traveler started with a simple goal: to visit every U.S. national park. Avid backpacker and public-lands nerd Emily Pennington saved up, built out a tiny van to travel and live in, and hit the road, practicing COVID-19 best safety protocols along the way. The parks as we know them are rapidly changing, and she wanted to see them before it’s too late. Wrangell–St. Elias is huge, even by Alaskan standards. By far the largest national park in the U.S., at 13.2 million acres, it sits seven hours east of Anchorage and, according to the National Park Service, encompasses an area ...
Introducing Alaskaâs national parks Lonely Planet Editors Denali rising above the horizon © Getty Images From grand landscapes where bears outnumber humans to mountain peaks that rise nearly 6000ft above the next-highest mountain in the US, Alaska is a land of superlatives. And with more than half of the country's national park lands by area, there's plenty of wild, pristine landscapes to choose from. Hereâs a rundown on Alaskaâs eight national parks. Editor's note: during COVID-19 there may be additional travel restrictions. Check the latest guidance in Alaska before planni...
50 wonderful reasons to rediscover America – one for every state We've found an American adventure for everyone to mark the changing of the guard in Washington DC America is full of epic trips Credit: Getty And so America has entered a new moment. After months of uncertainty and several weeks of (how shall we put it?) turbulence, a page has been turned, a fresh chapter begun. Will the USA’s politics be less abrasive as a result of this changing of the guard? Perhaps. Will it be suddenly more attractive as a destination? No, not exactly. Because, while the events of recent history: the fra...