Alaska's cities
Fairbanks -- Golden Heart of Interior Alaska
Mining town loves its summers, makes the most of its winters
Alaska.com
Fairbanks, Alaska, is both cosmopolitan and rustic -- a perfect example of Last Frontier life in the 21st century.
Fairbanks' location
Fairbanks sits near the center of the state, close to the junction of the Chena and Tanana rivers. It is about 110 miles south of the Arctic Circle. Fairbanks is 357 highway miles north of Anchorage and about 120 miles north of Denali National Park.
Population
The Fairbanks North Star Borough, similar to a county, holds 82,000 residents.
Notable
Fairbanks was founded in 1902 as a trading post for gold miners developing the Interior fields. The city was a stopping place for warplanes traveling to Russian in the World War II Lend-Lease Plan. In the 1970s, Fairbanks boomed with the construction of the trans-Alaska oil pipeline, which passes just to the east of town.
Popular Fairbanks-area attractions
Fairbanks and Interior Alaska put nature and industry on display. Expect to see museums, the trans-Alaska oil pipeline, riverboats and, if you're lucky, Denali. The 20,320-foot peak is visible from Fairbanks on clear days. The northern lights are not visible in summer.
Fairbanks weather
The Interior Alaska climate is one of extremes. Spring arrives in April and May. Summers may be warm, with highs in the 90s. August and September can be rainy, and snow often starts falling in September. The longest day is 21 hours and 49 minutes, and the shortest is 3 hours and 42 minutes.
Fairbanks activities
Summer in Fairbanks brings midnight baseball and midnight golf, plus long days for fishing, hiking, gold panning, riverboat rides, fairs, industrial tours and train trips.
Transportation around Fairbanks
Visitors to Fairbanks get around by Alaska Railroad, highway and airplane.
More on this topic
 Fairbanks weather
Fairbanks hiking and camping
Winter fun in Fairbanks
Bus service in Fairbanks
Flying to and from Fairbanks
Trains in Fairbanks
Driving around Fairbanks
Fairbanks: Info and contacts
Fairbanks lodging
Fairbanks-area fishing
Fairbanks sports
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