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Lake Clark National Park

The Tlikakila River, a National Wild And Scenic River, takes a sharp horse shoe bend just before it empties into Little Lake Clark on the North East end of Lake Clark in Lake Clark National Park.

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The Tlikakila River, a National Wild And Scenic River, takes a sharp horse shoe bend just before it empties into Little Lake Clark on the North East end of Lake Clark in Lake Clark National Park.

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Alaska's other national parks

In addition to the four major national parks, Alaska boasts four other national parks, two national historical parks and four national monuments.

Alaska's national monuments

Alaska has four national monuments. All of them are off the road system.

Kobuk Valley National Park

The Great Kobuk Sand Dunes are Kobuk Valley National Park's surprise feature. Inland between Ambler and Noorvik along the Kobuk River, the crescent-shaped dunes of sand move back and forth across the ancient land.

Gates of the Arctic National Park

When explorer Robert Marshall came to this part of the Brooks Range, the northernmost mountains in the country, he saw the Koyukuk River pouring out between Boreal Mountain and Frigid Crags and called them the "Gates of the Arctic." When the park was created in 1980, the name was made permanent.

Lake Clark National Park

The Tlikakila River, a National Wild And Scenic River, takes a sharp horse shoe bend just before it empties into Little Lake Clark on the North East end of Lake Clark in Lake Clark National Park.

Glacier-topped volcanoes, broad lakes, cliffs and coastline make up the wild country that is Lake Clark National Park and Preserve.

Sitka National Historical Park

Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park

Katmai National Park and Preserve

Hikers, kayakers find the going scenic west of Cook Inlet

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Glacier-topped volcanoes, broad lakes, cliffs and coastline make up the wild country that is Lake Clark National Park and Preserve.

This park on the Alaska Peninsula includes mountains from the Alaska and Aleutian ranges, and two of its 10,000-foot volcanoes -- Iliamna and Redoubt -- can be seen from Anchorage. Iliamna steams and fumes; Redoubt blew in 1989 and 1990.

Like Katmai National Park and Preserve, its neighbor to the south, Lake Clark National Park covers 6,250 square miles, or 4 million acres, bordering Cook Inlet west of the Kenai Peninsula.

Wildlife includes brown and black bears, caribou, moose and wolves. Just south of the park, inland seals live in Lake Iliamna, which at 1,150 square miles is the state's largest lake.

Access

Transportation to this wild area is by often by floatplane from Anchorage, Homer or Kenai, which is a relatively short hop away over Cook Inlet. Only one road even approaches the preserve, an old dirt road between the Inlet with Lake Iliamna; you'd have to fly or take a boat just to get to the road.

Air travel from Anchorage can be arranged to nearby Iliamna, Dillingham and King Salmon.

Activities

Hiking and mountain climbing are virtually unrestricted in the park, and there's only a ranger station at Port Alsworth on Lake Clark to represent the Park Service. Fishing is permitted.

Three of the park's rivers -- the Chilikadrotna, the Mulchatna and the Tlikakila -- are national wild and scenic rivers that have stretches of Class I-III white water and rapids.

Camping

Campers virtually have the run of the park but are encouraged to avoid bear trails.

The average July low-high temperature range at Port Alsworth is 44 to 68 degrees. The record low in winter is 55 below.