Two-thirds of the acreage of the entire U.S. National Park System is in Alaska.  Some of the bigger and more popular parks are: Denali National Park and Preserve, Glacier Bay National Park, Katmi National Park, Wrangell-St. Elias National Park, and Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve, just to name a few.

Denali National Park features North America's highest point, Mt. McKinley.  The park is 6 million acres and is a complete sub-arctic ecosystem with large mammals such as grizzly bears, wolves, and moose.  The park accomodates many visitors that can enjoy wilderness viewing, backpacking, and has its own laboratory for natural sciences.

Glacier Bay National Park is the largest protected marine eco-system within the entire National Park System.  It provides a summer home for migrating Humpback whales.

Katmi National Park currently has the largest population of brown bears in the state of Alaska.

Wrangell-St. Elias is the nation's largest national park.  It is 6 times larger than Yellowstone National park and it is home to the Malaspina Glacier which is larger than Rhode Island.

Like stated above, Alaska has over 100 state parks which cover 3.5 million acres of land.  Within those 3.5 millions acres, there lies a variety of terrain, including rainforests and fjords in the Southeast, glacier mountains in central Alaska, and rolling hills and birch forests in the interior.  Alaskan state parks are host to 6 million visitors per year.

There is so much to do in Alaska.  You can pretty much name almost anything to do and Alaska has it (with the exception of sunbathing at the beach).  One popular way of visiting Alaska is on a cruise and almost every major cruise line has an Alaska route.  Cruising through the Inside Passage is the biggest cruise destination and most people take the cruise during the summer months (during these months there is almost 24 hours of daylight).

Another popular activity is dog sledding and Alaska host many dog sled races.  The most well known dog sled race is the Iditarod.

Many people like to fish and Alaska is one of the best places on Earth to do this.  It is home to salmon runs so thick you can walk across their backs, halibut so big they are called barn doors, and many any varieties of fish.

Museums are also very popular because of the rich, cultural heritage that Alaska has.  Alaska is home to many Native cultures including Eskimo and Aleut people.  Alaska also experienced a gold rush in the 1800s and the musuems are home to a lot of the artifacts from that time.

Along with these activities, visitors can hike and backpack, hunt, kayak, and take wildlife and scenic tours by helicopter and rail.

This man is holding up a halibut.

It is very common to see Orcas in Alaska.

Alaska has very rich, cultural heritage.  This is a Native American heritage center.