Welcome to Northern Alaska

Fairbanks (pop: 97,970) is the Northern Terminus of the Alaska Highway and where most tourists set up base camp to explore the interior. It is very centrally located for this purpose.

Fairbanks is the largest city in the Interior region of Alaska, and second largest in the state behind Anchorage. This city came to life during the 1902 Gold Rush.

In wintertime this is a popular place to come see the Northern Lights.

Fairbanks' climate is usually classified as subarctic with long, bitterly cold winters, and short, warm summers, in which much of the annual precipitation falls. In Fairbanks, winter lasts from late September/early October until late April/early May. October through January are the snowiest, and snow is limited from February to May.

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Fairbanks Sports

Fairbanks is a Hub for Cross-Country Skiing in Alaska. It's hosted many different big ski events including the 2003 Junior Olympic Cross County Ski Championship and the 2008 and 2009 US Cross Country Distance Nationals. It also has an annual 50k race called the Sonot Kkaazoot and the Fairbanks Town Series races which consists of four different races and the Chest Medicine Distance Series races which consists of only 3 races.


UAF Nanook's - Collegiate men's ice hockey - the Carlson Center
Fairbanks Grizzlies - professional IFL arena football - the Carlson Center
Fairbanks Ice Dogs - junior hockey team - NAHL - Big Dipper Ice Arena.
Alaska Goldpanners - summer collegiate baseball teams - Growden Memorial Park
Fairbanks AIA Fire - summer collegiate baseball teams - Growden Memorial Park
Midnight Sun Tournament - since 1906 annual baseball game played (summer solstice) at night with no lights - Growden Memorial Park
Yukon Quest [FEB] - 1000 mile sled dog race to the Yukon.

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Northern Alaska Area Attractions


Creamer's Field Migratory Waterfowl Refuge - Fairbanks - bird sanctuary consists of wetlands, fields, and forests.
El Dorado Gold Mine - Fairbanks - this historic gold mine is now a tour destination.
Fairbanks Curling Club - Fairbanks - Olympic Winter Sport
Georgeson Botanical Garden - Fairbanks - The garden serves as a location for variety trials of annual flowers, vegetables, herbs, and fruits,
Riverboat Discovery - Fairbanks - operates sternwheel riverboats on the Chena and Tanana rivers.
University of Alaska Museum of the North - Fairbanks - collections relating to the natural, artistic, and cultural heritage of Alaska and the Circumpolar North.

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Discover Northern Alaska's natural wonders when you explore to a scenic backdrop of amazing urban, wilderness, mountain, islands and coastal terrain. Find many exciting high wilderness adventures opportunities for rock climbing, mountaineering, boating, camping, hiking, weekend retreats and more.

Tour Denali National Park
This 4 million acres wilderness reserve that is home to Mt. McKinley and many other natural wonders. Most summertime visitors enjoy scenic bus tours while many extreme adventures include mountaineering, white-water rafting or wintersports.




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