Denali Mountain is taller than Mount Everest. Truth! In addition to being the tallest mountain in North America, when measured from base to summit, Denali is actually a mile taller than Everest, according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS).
There are six campgrounds located within Denali National Park and Preserve in Alaska. Each campground has its own amazing landscape views. The Savage River Campground offers dramatic views just a short walk away from the campsites. To read more about Denali's campgrounds, click here.
Alaska is a big state (twice the size of Texas) with 19 National Park System units, eight of which are national parks. So how about a quiz focused on these eight parks? How many of you have traveled to any or all of them, and just how much do you really know? Test your knowledge with these 10 quiz questions. You might learn something from the questions as well as the trivia.
There aren’t enough superlatives to describe Denali National Park and Preserve in Alaska, a landscape covering over 6 million acres (2.4 million hectares), through which runs a single dirt and gravel road. It takes a bit of planning to get to this park, but if Denali is on your bucket list, that planning is worth the time and effort.
Mechanical problems forced a flightseeing plane with nine aboard to make a forced landing inside Denali National Park and Preserve, with the aircraft coming down near the Tokositna Glacier. No injuries were reported in the incident
A wildfire burning just inside the north entrance to Denali National Park and Preserve has forced evacuations of the Riley Creek Campground there and prompted closure Monday of all visitor facilities and park operations in the entrance area.
The National Park Service has adopted a new regulation pertaining to bear baiting in national preserves in Alaska, a rule that bans the practice for sport hunting but allows it for subsistence hunts focused on putting food on the table.
In action by the Biden administration on rules that would prevent bear baiting in national preserves in Alaska has reopened litigation over those rules.
A climber who died high on Denali in Denali National Park while awaiting a rescue likely died from exposure and altitude-related illness, according to the National Park Service.