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Geographic region
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Interior Alaska is in the center of Alaska.
the "Golden Heart of Alaska"
If you are flying to Alaska, you will probably at least land in Anchorage. From there you can get a local flight to many other smaller towns, a rental car, bus tour, or a ticket for the Alaska Railroad.
Read in the guideFairbanks is Alaska's second largest city, but only has around 40,000 people. You can easily bike around town if you have a bike with you, and there are lots of bike paths to help with that.
Read in the guideChoose an airport to see hotels, stations, taxi ranks and car rental desks around it.
Utopia Creek · Regional · UTO
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a popular rest stop on the Taylor Highway in Alaska
an old gold rush settlement on the Yukon River
the northwestern terminus of the Alaska Highway, it meets the Richardson Highway
many of the buildings from the Gold Rush years are preserved as part of the Eagle Historic District, a National Historic Landmark district
home of the University of Alaska
a summertime attraction for tourists visiting nearby Fairbanks and those traveling to and from the Alaska Highway and Valdez
there are a number of state parks in the vicinity of Tok
dynamic glaciated landscape supports a diversity of wildlife with grizzly bears, caribou, wolves, Dall sheep and moose
The James W. Dalton Highway (Alaska Route 11, the "Dalton Highway", "the Dalton", or the "Haul Road") is a 414 mi (666 km) road traversing central and northern Alaska. It is one of only two roads in North America (the other being the Dempster Highway in Yukon, Canada) that cross the Arctic Circle and connect to the rest of the North American road network.
geology, cultural history, remnants of the last great gold rush, wildlife and scenery. But, best of all, solitude
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