Lake Clark National Park and Preserve, Alaska

Lake Clark National Park and Preserve preserves the rugged forested coastline of southwestern Alaska. It covers 4,030,025 acres (16,308 sq km). The ares is often nicknamed the "Essence of Alaska" because it is like Alaska in miniature, bringing together a disparate variety of features of the state such as its mountain ranges, rainforest, tundra, and pristine lakes.

Lake Clark National Park and Preserve is rich in wildlife, and its rivers and lakes are a particularly important breeding ground of the Bristol Bay salmon. The maintain ranges within the park include the Aleutian Range and the Chigmit Mountains. There are also two volcanoes, namely the Iliamna and Redoubt. The western part of Lake Clark National Park is a tundra plateau while its coastline is densely forested.

Mount Redoubt, Lake Clark National Park
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Chris Waythomas, the Alaska Volcano Observatory, US Geological Survey


Lake Clark National Park was established on 2 December, 1980. Due to there being no roads leading into the park, it only receives less than six thousand visitors a year.

Visiting Lake Clark National Park and Preserve, Alaska

As there are no highways providing access to the park, the only way to get in is by air taxi services on seaplanes. This is of course an expensive option, which explains the low visitor numbers to the park.

The park is open the whole year round, with its park headquarters and visitor center, located at Port Alsworth, staffed throughout the year. The office is open from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm Mondays to Fridays. There are presently no entrance fees for going to this national park.

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