Trails in Alaska
There are 8 National Park Service units that include territory in Alaska. The directory below links to every park guide we maintain for the state. For multi-state parks, you'll see the same entry on each state's page — the trail catalog itself is identical.
Trip planning from Alaska typically means balancing drive time against trail effort. A weekend out of state can be more efficient than a one-day push to a closer unit if it means daylight on the actual trail rather than behind the wheel. Use the per-park guides to compare difficulty and seasonality before locking in dates.
Denali National Park & Preserve
Six million acres of subarctic wilderness centered on Denali, the highest peak in North America at 20,310 feet, accessed by a single 92-mile gravel road.
Gates of the Arctic National Park & Preserve
Trailless wilderness above the Arctic Circle in the central Brooks Range, with no roads, established campgrounds, or marked trails.
Glacier Bay National Park & Preserve
Tidewater glaciers, rainforest, and protected marine waters in southeast Alaska, accessible primarily by boat or floatplane.
Katmai National Park & Preserve
Volcanic landscape with the Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes and the world-famous Brooks Falls brown-bear viewing platforms.
Kenai Fjords National Park
Coastal park of icefields, tidewater glaciers, and rugged fjords sheltering abundant marine wildlife on the Alaskan coast.
Kobuk Valley National Park
Roadless arctic park protecting the migrating Western Arctic caribou herd and the unexpected Great Kobuk Sand Dunes.
Lake Clark National Park & Preserve
Volcanoes, salmon rivers, and turquoise glacial lakes with no road access — a true bush-Alaska experience.
Wrangell-St. Elias National Park & Preserve
Largest U.S. national park at 13.2 million acres — a meeting of four major mountain ranges, with active volcanoes and the historic Kennecott copper mine.