The 324,240-acre Denali State Park is the fourth largest state park in Alaska. It borders Denali National Park at its southern end, located 147 miles from Anchorage, between the Talkeetna Mountains and the Alaska Range. The park does not have the developed infrastructure of Denali National Park, but it has a number of great campgrounds and offers fantastic hiking, plenty of wildlife, and some of the best views of Denali. The park’s environment ranges from heavily forested areas, streams, and river valleys to the alpine tundra. Denali State Park is home to brown and black bears, moose, marmots, muskrats, beavers, red foxes, and many others. The Susitna and Chulitna Rivers are home to Arctic grayling, Dolly Varden, rainbow trout and five species of Pacific salmon. Denali State Park has excellent vantage points to view both Denali's north summit and south summit, which rises to 20,310 feet. Besides admiring Denali, visitors engage in hiking, fishing, rafting, camping, and wilderness exploration.
Denali State Park, George Parks Highway, Trapper Creek, AK 99683
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