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Double rainbow in Wrangell-St. Elias National Park & Preserve, Alaska
Author: Eric Rolph (Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 2.5 Generic)
Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve is a huge national park located in southeastern Alaska. Covering an area of 13,175,901 acres (53,321 sq km) it is the biggest national park in the United States. The park is biggest than nine US states, with a size comparable to Nova Scotia in Canada.
Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve is located on the US-Canada border. Across the border is the Kluane National Park and Reserve. It is also contiguous with Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve. Together, the three national parks were jointly inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site called Kluane-Wrangell-St. Elias-Glacier Bay-Tatshenshini-Alsek.
Mount Sanford, Wrangell-St. Elias National Park
Author: AlaskaTrekker (Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported)
Within the Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve, and on the US-Canadian border, is Mount St. Elias. At 18,008 ft (5,489 m) it is the second highest mountain in both Canada and the United States. In addition to Mount St. Elias, the park is also home to another eight of the 16 highest mountains in the United States.
Visiting Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve, Alaska
Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve can be reached by road from Anchorage. Alaska Highway 4 (Richardson Highway) is the route to take. It connects to Anchorage via Alaska Highway 1 (Glenn Highway). Traveling by road means going through unpaved gravel roads. You can also fly to Glennallen or McCarthy on air taxis. Within the park itself are a number of airstrips that can take private airplanes.The park has no entrance gate, so it never actually closes - and also has no entrance fees. Townships around the park include Glennallen, Cordova, McCarthy, Valdez and Copper Center and Yakutat. The park headquarters is at Cooper Center. It is open Mondays to Fridays from 8:00 am to 4:30 pm.
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