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 North face of Mt. McKinley, Muldrow Glacier, September |
The name is Denali: The Great One |
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Denali is the Native American word for North America's highest peak, Mt. McKinley, rising 20,320 feet among the mountains of the Alaska Range. The surrounding 6 million acre Denali National Park and Preserve encompasses a complete sub-arctic ecosystem, according to its official guardian, the National Park Service. Most of the park remains wilderness with resident populations of moose, caribou, Dall sheep, grizzly bears, wolves and foxes that are frequently seen by park visitors and a few lynx. Denali's wildlife, including a variety of smaller mammals and birds, is the park's other main attraction. When clouds wreathe the peaks and hide Denali's face from view, as happens often in the summer, the wildlife steals the show. |
  Alaska Railroad offers scenic ride from Anchorage, Fairbanks The park is open year around but most accommodations and services are seasonal, from early May to mid-September, depending on the weather. Most accommodations, campgrounds and services are outside the park. |
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Denali National Park is about 240 miles north of Anchorage and 125 miles south of Fairbanks on the George Parks Highway (Alaska Route 3). |
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