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Islands and Ocean Visitors Center

As if there weren't enough to do in Homer before, now visitors have to add one more stop to their itinerary -- the Alaska Islands and Oceans Visitors Center.

Livengood, Alaska

Livengood lies 50 miles northwest of Fairbanks where the Dalton Highway meets the Elliott Highway.

Prudhoe Bay, Alaska

The town of Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, is near Prudhoe Bay, which is part of the Beaufort Sea on the Arctic Ocean coast.

Fort Yukon, Alaska

Fort Yukon, Alaska, sits at the confluence of the Yukon and Porcupine rivers about 145 air miles northeast of Fairbanks. It is just north of the Arctic Circle in the Yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuge.

Anaktuvuk Pass, Alaska

Anaktuvuk Pass, Alaska, is the last remaining settlement of the Nunamiut (inland northern Inupiat Eskimo).

Petersville, Alaska

Petersville, Alaska, is located on Petersville Road about 20 miles west of its intersection with the Parks Highway at Trapper Creek.

Trapper Creek, Alaska

Trapper Creek, Alaska, lies between mile 107 and 133 of the George Parks Highway, in the Mat-Su Borough.

McGrath, Alaska

McGrath, Alaska, is adjacent to the Kuskokwim River directly south of its confluence with the Takotna River.

Diomede, Alaska

Diomede is on the west coast of Little Diomede Island in the Bering Strait, 135 miles northwest of Nome. It is only 2.5 miles from Big Diomede Island, Russia.

Galena, Alaska

Galena, Alaska, is located on the north bank of the Yukon River, 45 miles east of Nulato and 270 air miles west of Fairbanks.

Halibut Cove, Alaska

Halibut Cove, Alaska, is in Kachemak Bay State Park on the Kenai Peninsula, 12 miles southeast of Homer on the southern shore of the bay.

Ester, Alaska

Ester is 8 miles west of Fairbanks in Interior Alaska.

Fox, Alaska

The community of Fox, Alaska, lies on the right bank of Fox Creek as it enters Goldstream Creek Valley, 10 miles northeast of Fairbanks.

Central, Alaska

Population: 134

Pelican, Alaska

Pelican, Alaska, sits on the northwest coast of Chichagof Island on Lisianski Inlet.

Gulkana, Alaska

Gulkana, Alaska, sits on the east bank of the Gulkana (Kulkana) River at its confluence with the Copper River, 14 miles north of Glennallen.

Gakona, Alaska

Gakona, Alaska, sits at the confluence of the Copper and Gakona rivers, at Mile 2 on the Tok Cutoff to the Glenn Highway, 15 miles northeast of Glennallen.

Sterling, Alaska

The town of Sterling is along the Sterling Highway at the junction of the Moose and Kenai rivers, 18 miles east of the city of Kenai.

Kasilof, Alaska

Kasilof, Alaska, sits along the eastern shore of Cook Inlet on the Kenai Peninsula. Kasilof is a geographic location, rather than an organized community for the area's 500 residents.

Anchor Point, Alaska

Anchor Point, Alaska, sits on the Kenai Peninsula at the junction of the Anchor River and its north fork, 14 miles northwest of Homer on the Sterling Highway.