General Alaska Info

Alaska Tourist Resources

• Some of my thoughts on driving to and touring around Alaska
  Hardly the definitive guide, but some opinions about things I've done and places I've seen.
  
• Alaska Visitors Association
  General Alaska tourism info
  
• Bearfoot Guides to Alaska
  A commercial (free) site that has a lot of good info on things to see and do in Alaska. They offer useful locator maps of various Alaskan sites and provide good background material on many of the smaller Alaskan towns and villages, such as Copper Center, Kenny Lake and Chitina. Their "FAQ" page is also interesting.

• Web World/Alaska
  Links to hotels, outfitters, and various other Alaska-related sites
  
• Alaska Travel Trips
  A commercial site, but some useful info
  
• Alaskan.com. A commercial site with, in their words, "links to Alaska businesses, Alaska travel information, Alaska tour operators and guides, Alaska real estate and a large database of Alaska community and state information."
  
• Gruff's Alaskan Feedbag resource. The definitive word on restaurants and eateries in the north. Compiled over the years by contributors. Print it out and stick it in your Milepost for your trip!

Transportation Resources

• Brian's northern highways page: More information on the Alaska Highway and driving in the North
• Driving distance calculator: A great utility courtesy of The Milepost, with distances in the north as well as from major cities Outside (4649 miles from New York to Anchorage, for example)
  
• Current road conditions in British Columbia
• Current road conditions of the Yukon section of the Alaska Highway. Usually updated daily with construction zones and other hazards.
  
• Current road conditions of Alaskan highways
  
• The Alaska Railroad
  
• Alaska Marine Highway ferry system
• Anchorage International Airport official site; also, a map of the airport from Bearfoot Guides.
  

Misc. Resources

• About Alaska's Copper River Valley
  Good jumping-off point for info about the Copper River Basin area (Glennallen, Wrangell-St. Elias N.P., etc.)
  
• Iditarod Trail Sled-Dog Race
  Alaska's famous sled dog race, running from Anchorage to Nome

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