Alaska moose

Your moose watching guide for Anchorage — top spots in the city and on trails, plus calving season safety tips and the best times of day to look.

Alaska is famous for bears, salmon, and glaciers — but for most visitors, the wildlife encounter they remember longest is the moose. An estimated 250–350 moose live within Anchorage city limits...

With 1,500 moose inside city limits, Anchorage offers the best urban moose watching on earth — at Kincaid Park, Westchester Lagoon, and beyond.