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U.S. National Monument and National Historic Landmark
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Cape Krusenstern National Monument is 650,000 acres (2,600 km2) of remote Arctic wilderness in Arctic Alaska. A coastal plain with multiple lagoons and limestone bluffs, it is a destination for challenging hikes and beautiful, undeveloped scenery.
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The Northwest Arctic Heritage Center is open year round, but our hours vary by season.
There are no roads into the park. Most visitors arrive by air taxi from Kotzebue (which has service from Anchorage) or Bettles (which has service from Fairbanks).
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Kotzebue · Regional · OTZ
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