Visitor’s Guide
First time in Anchorage? Start here. Essential tips, suggested itineraries, transportation advice, and everything you need to know to plan your Alaska trip.
Discover Eagle River and Chugiak near Anchorage: the Nature Center, Thunderbird Falls, Eklutna Lake, and outdoor day trips worth the 15-mile drive in 2026.
Explore Anchorage nightlife in 2026 — top bars, live music, the midnight sun bar experience, aurora bar-hopping in winter, and late-night activities.
Alaska's tufted and horned puffins nest on rocky sea cliffs from May through August — find them on Kenai Fjords cruises or at Kachemak Bay near Homer.
Everything along Turnagain Arm: bore tide timing and best pullouts, beluga whale viewing, Dall sheep at Windy Corner, Crow Creek Mine, and Potter Marsh.
The third-largest island in the US has 1,500 miles of roads, Alaska's biggest cave system, world-class wild steelhead, and a population of 3,000 people — and almost nobody outside Alaska knows it exists.
Alaska's only zoo sits in south Anchorage, home to polar bears, wolverines, lynx, musk oxen, and subarctic wildlife you can't see anywhere else.
Sitka in 2026: Russian Orthodox history, Tlingit totem poles, sea otters in the harbor, humpback whales, sea kayaking, and brown bear rescue — all a 90-minute flight from Anchorage.
Alaska's scale and light make it one of the world's great destinations for couples. From midnight sun kayaking and flightseeing over Denali to aurora tours and weekend escapes to Seward and Alyeska Resort, here's how to do Anchorage as a couple.
Explore the best shopping centers and local markets in Anchorage, from major malls to authentic Alaska artisan markets featuring unique local crafts and products.
Anchorage nightlife operates by its own logic. In June, bars close their doors at 2 or 3 a.m. into broad daylight — the sun has barely dipped below the horizon and is already climbing back. Locals...