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Anchorage: The starting point for many Alaskan adventures, Anchorage is Alaska’s largest town with a population of 300,000.
ARRIVING IN ALASKA DRIVING INTO ANCHORAGE
WHEN YOU ARRIVE
VISITOR CENTERS IN ANCHORAGE
LOG VISITOR CENTER
Downtown at 4th Avenue & F Street. Staffed with good volunteers to give you advice. There’s a ‘Visit Anchorage’ modern center next door.
PUBLIC LANDS
Big public building at 605 West 4th Avenue. Exhibits about public
lands and public use cabins as well as maps and full details on state
and federal recreation opportunities.
ARRIVING AT TED STEVENS AIRPORT The airport visitor center is located behind the large panels at the bottom of the Level 1 escalator in the South Terminal. Car rentals are accessed one floor down, through a long hallway, in the bottom level of the South Terminal.
Driving into Anchorage from the north, you’ll arrive on the Glenn Highway. The Glenn Highway turns into 5th Ave. which is the main street in downtown Anchorage. The log cabin visitor center is located on 4th Avenue. Many downtown hotels are nearby.
Arriving in Anchorage from the south, you’ll be driving on the Seward Highway. Stay on the Seward Highway to reach downtown. To get to the airport from anywhere in town, take Walter Hickel Parkway to International Airport Road.
THE CAR RENTAL desk at the Ted Stevens International Airport is located at the bottom level of the main terminal.
THE HEART OF DOWNTOWN
is 4th, 5th & 6th Avenues.
CITY LIFE, CITY MOOSE
Moose have adapted well to city life. Moving easily from one garden to another, camping out on suburban lawns and raising families in backyards. Pictures are so prevalant of moose enjoying city life that the Anchorage Daily News published a yearly moose calendar. If you want to see a moose in Anchorage you should head over to Kincaid Park or the coastal trail near Point Woronzof. Just keep your distance. They are big, wild animals and protective of their young.
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Photo, Buck Shreck