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Exploring Anchorage Beyond Anchorage

The historic downtown area and the older Glennallen
neighborhoods of Smuggler’s Cove and Willow 132 miles
17 miles
Turnagain form the core of Anchorage. The main GLENN H W Y
sights of interest – including the Alaska Public Matanuska
Lands Information Center, Anchorage Museum, WASILLA FISHHOOK RD
and Town Square – are centered around this Wasilla OLD GLENN HWY
Lake
core, within walking distance of one another. WASILLA HWY
GEORGE PARKS HWY
Avenues in this central area run east-west and
are numbered. Streets run north-south and are GLENN HWY Knik
lettered from A Street west ward and named OLD GLENN HWY
0 km 5
alphabetically for Alaskan towns from Barrow Knik Arm Anchorage
Street eastward. 14 miles 0 miles 5
Sights at a Glance
Areas of Natural Beauty Museums and Theaters
q Ship Creek Salmon Viewing Platform 1 Anchorage Museum pp72–3
w Tony Knowles Coastal Trail 2 FOAST Law Enforcement Museum
r Lake Hood and Lake Spenard 6 4th Avenue Theater
o Hilltop Ski Area 9 Alaska Native Heritage Center pp76–7
h Bodenburg Butte e Alaska Aviation Heritage Museum
z Hatcher Pass
Buildings, Neighborhoods, and Towns
Parks and Theme Parks 3 Anchorage Market & Festival
7 Resolution Park 4 Log Cabin Visitor Information Center
u H2Oasis 5 Alaska Public Lands Information Center E WHITNEY ROAD
i Alaska Zoo 8 Oscar Anderson House
p Chugach State Park pp82–3 0 St. Innocent Russian Orthodox Cathedral S h i p C r e e k
a Alaska Botanical Garden t Spenard N C S T R E E T
d Eklutna Historical Park y Alaska Wild Berry Products
g Reindeer Farm f Palmer Railroad Station P O R T A C C E S S R O A D W A R E H O U S E A V E N U E
Alaska
j Musk Ox Farm k Wasilla
l Independence Mine State Historical
Park pp90–91 Tour W 1 S T A V E N U E E 1 S T A V E N U E
s Turnagain Arm Tour Tony Knowles Coastal Trail Alaska Statehood
Monument
pp84–5 W 2 N D A V E N U E Historic Anchorage W 2 N D A V E N U E
Homes
W 3 R D A V E N U E The Anchorage E 3 R D A V E N U E
RESOLUTION Hotel
PARK
Hotel Captain Ship Creek
Cook F S T R E E T Center

K STREET K STREET
ELDERBERRY W 4 T H A V E N U E Old City E 4 T H A V E N U E
PARK W 5 T H A V E N U E Alaska Hall Egan Civic Wendler B S T R E E T E 5 T H A V E N U E B A R R O W S T R E E T C O R D O V A S T R E E T D E N A L I S T R E E T
Building
Center
Experience
the Performing
Theater
Town
N S T R E E T L S T R E E T W 6 T H A V E I STREET Holy Family H S T R E E T H S T Downtown Alaska Center for Square Kimball’s/Kobuk Coffee C S T
Arts
Cathedral
Oomingmak Musk
Ox Producers Co-op
New
M STREET W 7 T H A V E Transit Center City Hall F S T R E E T E S T R E E T D S T R E E T Federal Building/ A S T R E E T E 7 T H A V E Anchorage
US Courthouse
Convention Center
W 8 T H A V E Dena’ina Civic and E 8 T H A V E Cemetery
Signpost reflecting the city’s self-proclaimed
status as an air crossroads
For hotels and restaurants in this area see p242 and pp250–51
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