Anchorage

Gateway to Wilderness

61.2181, -149.9003 · US · best May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep · 120 sights

Anchorage in Alaska is the Gateway to Wilderness, the state's largest city set between the Chugach Mountains and Cook Inlet. World-class fishing, glacier tours, and wildlife viewing — including bears and moose within city limits — make it the ultimate American frontier city.

Sights

  1. Alaska Railroad No. 556 - Steam Locomotive — attraction (61.2134, -149.8910)
  2. Downtown Anchorage Viewpoint — viewpoint (61.1994, -149.9934)
  3. Captain Cook Monument — artwork (61.2193, -149.9039)
  4. Eisenhower Alaska Statehood Monument — artwork (61.2206, -149.8910)
  5. Ship Creek Overlook — viewpoint (61.2207, -149.8910)
  6. Anchorage Light Speed Planet Walk — artwork (61.2173, -149.8952)
  7. O’er Land and Sea a Beacon Bright — artwork (61.2132, -149.9003)
  8. Reflections on the Great One — artwork (61.2132, -149.9003)
  9. Ceremonial Start of Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race — attraction (61.2185, -149.8894)
  10. Focus on Statehood — artwork (61.2157, -149.8922)
  11. Flight of the Raven — artwork (61.2184, -149.8922)
  12. Alaska Law Enforcement Museum — museum (61.2177, -149.8864)
  13. "Transformation" — artwork (61.2087, -149.9228)
  14. Beluga Overlook — viewpoint (61.1310, -149.9656)
  15. Ecotone Platform — viewpoint (61.1314, -149.9666)
  16. Sandhill Blind — viewpoint (61.1313, -149.9621)
  17. Dall Sheep — attraction (61.1263, -149.7931)
  18. Raven — artwork (61.1784, -149.9285)
  19. Snowshoe — artwork (61.1900, -149.8167)
  20. Fine Art Gallery — gallery (61.1888, -149.8985)
  21. Nixon-Hirohito monument — monument (61.2414, -149.8170)
  22. E-3 Sentry — memorial (61.2478, -149.8004)
  23. Wall of Heroes — memorial (61.2484, -149.8015)
  24. James J. Delaney Memorial — memorial (61.2129, -149.8994)
  25. Benny Benson Memorial — memorial (61.1938, -149.9127)
  26. Nothern Air Cargo DC-6 — memorial (61.1747, -149.9499)
  27. Ursus botanicus — artwork (61.1777, -149.7591)
  28. VW Flower Bus — artwork (61.1762, -149.7613)
  29. Night and Day — artwork (61.1767, -149.7618)
  30. Night and Day — artwork (61.1767, -149.7617)
  31. Dos Manos — gallery (61.1957, -149.9090)
  32. Portal: Drop Assembly #5 — artwork (61.1773, -149.7618)
  33. Listening to Stone: Stone Waveform — artwork (61.1774, -149.7613)
  34. Chevy Truck — artwork (61.1773, -149.7592)
  35. Indigenous Place Name: Nuch'ishtunt — artwork (61.2024, -150.0192)
  36. Ch'atanaltsegh: where yellow water comes out — artwork (61.1881, -149.9314)
  37. Fish Creek Tunnel Art — artwork (61.1817, -149.9347)
  38. Chanshtnu Indigenous Placename Marker — artwork (61.2081, -149.9212)
  39. Racing in the Footsteps of a Legend — artwork (61.2185, -149.8897)
  40. Westchester Lagoon Nature viewing platform — viewpoint (61.2072, -149.9186)

Sights © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Text from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA, edited for length.