This eclectic landscape covers six million wild and ruggedly gorgeous acres dominated by North America’s tallest peak, Denali. The park’s natural beauty runs the gorgeous gamut from alpine forest to snowy slopes and glaciers, with resident Dall’s sheep, wolves and brown and black bears adding to the charm. As if that weren’t enough, the park is one of the best places to view the aurora borealis or Northern Lights in winter.
Thought the Northern Lights are only visible from Iceland? Think again!
In Alaska, Denali National Park and Preserve covers over six million rugged, wild acres, and the Northern Lights are a common sight during the autumn, winter and spring months. However, the optimum time to visit is winter, when the forests, glaciers and rocky landscapes that comprise Denali are enveloped in near-constant darkness.
Most visitors come to Denali National Park to see the 6,200-meter-tall Mount McKinley, but it is far more than just a mountain. Denali National Park may be named after the tallest peak in North America, known by locals as Denali, meaning “the high one” in the Athabaskan languages of Alaskan Native American tribes. Located just north of Anchorage, Alaska, this National Park is the largest in the USA. It boasts more than 2.4 million hectares of tundra, mountains and glaciers, which contrast the area’s vast wetlands and verdant spruce forests.
Visitors here will witness some of the most breathtaking wilderness in Alaska, or anywhere in the world. Denali Park Road meanders 92 miles into the Denali National Park to the historic mining district of Kantishna. One of the most spectacular wildlife preserves in the world, visitors have the opportunity to view grizzly bears, black bear, caribou, moose, Dall sheep, fox, and wolves. Many smaller animals also inhabit the park such as arctic ground squirrels, hoary marmots, pikas, snowshoe hares, and beavers to name a few.
FIND US ON FACEBOOK @CampingPeeps
Perfect entry-level telescope: The Celestron PowerSeeker 127EQ is an easy-to-use and powerful telescope. The PowerSeeker series is designed to give the new telescope user the perfect combination of quality, value, features, and power
BloggerNet is committed to providing quality content with limited advertising. Visit Our Other Pages