50 Ways to Explore Anchorage
- Take a walk or a bike ride on the Award winning Tony Knowles Coastal Trail
- Play a round of disc golf at one of the four Anchorage disc golf courses
- Enjoy a reindeer sausage or a hot dog from a street vendor in downtown Anchorage
- Buy unique Alaska art, grab some lunch or just listen to live music at the Anchorage Market and Festival.
- Enjoy live music for all ages in Peratrovich Park on Fourth Avenue all summer long.
- Watch fisherman catch salmon Ship Creek in the middle of downtown Anchorage or grab a pole and pull one in yourself.
- Grab a map from the Log Cabin Visitor Information Center and go on a self guided Anchorage history tour.
- Take your picture with the Captain Cook Statue
- Look for beluga whales in Cook Inlet
- Learn about early Anchorage settlers at the Oscar Anderson House Museum
- Discover 100,000 years of Alaska history at the Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson Center
- Experience the Iditarod Trail and cuddle sled dog puppies at the Seavey’s Wild Ride Sled Dog Rodeo.
- Meet bears and other Alaska animals at the Alaska Zoo or the Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center.
- Take in stunning views of Anchorage from Flattop Mountain, Anchorage’s most hiked trail.
- Kayak, bike or hike at Eklutna Lake.
- Visit the historic Eklutna Native village site.
- Hike a one mile trail to view the beautiful Thunderbird Falls.
- Dogsled on a glacier just 40 minutes from downtown Anchorage.
- Take a flight seeing tour from Lake Hood, one of the busiest sea plane bases in the world.
- Spend the afternoon at the Alaska Native Heritage Center exploring Alaska’s diverse native culture.
- Mountain bike at Arctic Valley
- Pan for gold in downtown Anchorage or at a real gold mine just outside the city.
- Learn about Alaska’s aviation history at the Alaska Aviation Museum.
- Pull yourself across Winner Creek Gorge in a hand tram.
- Hike up Bird Ridge and take in stunning views of Turnagain Arm
- Shop for authentic Alaska Native art and watch traditional native dance performances at Ship Creek Center in Downtown Anchorage.
- Taste chocolates and jellies made with wild Alaska berries and see the world’s largest chocolate waterfall at Alaska Wild Berry Products.
- Experience the fresh factor of delicious wild Alaska seafood at Anchorage’s many innovative eating establishments.
- Enjoy the beautiful flower gardens and hanging baskets all around Anchorage
- Take an amazing glacier and wildlife cruise, just one hour south of Anchorage.
- Run with the Reindeer and enjoy other wacky events during Anchorage’s Fur Rendezvous Festival.
- Get up close and personal with world champion sled dogs at the start of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race.
- Enjoy a picnic at Elderberry Park as you look out onto Cook Inlet and watch the Alaska Railroad rumble by.
- Stay up late and enjoy the midnight sun during Anchorage’s summer solstice celebration.
- Explore outer space with the planet walk, an 11 mile scale model of the solar system starting in down town and ending at Kincaid Park.
- Let science come alive at the Imaginarium, Alaska’s only hands on science discovery center.
- Explore Alaska’s Russian history at the Russian Orthodox Museum
- Learn the history of the ulu knife and see how it’s manufactured at the Ulu Factory.
- Discover Alaska’s prehistoric past at the Alaska Natural History Museum
- Learn about Alaska’s 1964 earthquake at Earthquake Park, the site where huge tracks of land slid into Cook Inlet.
- Camp overnight in a yurt at the Eagle River Nature Center
- 13 miles from Indian to Girdwood on the scenic Bird to Gird trail along Turnagain Arm.
- Watch for birds and other wildlife at Potter Marsh Bird Sanctuary.
- Grab a GPS device and a geocaching guide and hit the trail for a high tech adventure game.
- Enjoy wild salmon on parade , salmon sculptures created by local artists on view all over Anchorage.
- Ski or snowboard at Alyeska, a world class ski resort just 40 miles south of Anchorage.
- Ice skate, join a pick-up game of hockey or cozy up to a warming barrel at Westchester Lagoon.
- Put on your Nordic skis and explore the extensive trail system at Kincaid Park, one of the few world class Nordic ski venues in the U.S.
- Marvel at the northern lights dancing across the sky.
- Experience the thrill of a lifetime as you glide through the powder on a snowmachine.
