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 Denali National Park and Preserve - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mount McKinley National Park, whose name had been subject to local criticism from the onset, and Denali National Monument were incorporated and established into Denali National Park and Preserve by the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act, December 2, 1980.
Denali habitat is a mix of forest at the lowest elevations, tundra at middle elevations, and glaciers, rock, and snow at the highest elevations.
The park was established as Mount McKinley National Park on February 26, 1917.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Denali_National_Park_and_Preserve   (662 words)

  
 Denali National Park and Mount McKinley, Alaska GORP
Denali is truly a park on an Alaskan scale: six million acres—a plot of magnificent land larger than the state of Massachusetts—interrupted by just one road.
Although bicyclists are restricted to designated roadways, the Park Road is 90 miles long and bikes are allowed on the whole length.
The park is a nearly trailless wilderness; head in any direction (with a backcountry permit in hand) and you'll be off the beaten path and traipsing on tundra.
gorp.away.com /gorp/resource/us_national_park/ak_denal.htm   (814 words)

  
 Denali National Park, Alaska
Denali National Park and Preserve in Alaska is the very heart of the rugged Alaskan Interior.
Denali National Park and Preserve is a place with fascinating Native American culture and history.
Denali National Park and Preserve is a must-see part of your Alaskan vacation.
www.denalinationalpark.com   (144 words)

  
 Denali State Park
Denali State Park was established in 1970 and expanded to its present size in 1976.
Dominating this diverse terrain are Curry and Kesugi Ridges, a 35 mile-long north/south alpine ridge, the backbone of the eastern half of the park.
Denali State Park is an integral part of one of North America’s most spectacularly beautiful regions.
www.dnr.state.ak.us /parks/units/denali1.htm   (1606 words)

  
 Denali National Park and Preserve Guide - OutdoorPlaces.Com
The key to a successful visit to Denali National Park and Preserve is reservations far in advance, at least three days to explore, and plenty of film in Alaska's unspoiled wilderness.
The US National Park Service runs a shuttle bus that can be picked up at the visitors center located on the eastern edge of the park, the only entrance into Denali.
The park does not offer a large number of improved hiking trails but is an incredible playground of backcountry and mountaineering opportunities, the vast mountains of the Alaska Range, and countless glaciers.
www.outdoorplaces.com /Destination/USNP/akdenali   (874 words)

  
 NPS: Nature & Science» Geology Resources Division
Denali National Park and Preserve remains a subarctic wilderness of wildlife and glaciated mountains.
Denali is also the name of an immense national park and preserve created from the former Mount McKinley National Park.
Earthquake tremors both mild and moderate are frequent occurrences in the park and preserve.
www2.nature.nps.gov /geology/parks/dena   (1603 words)

  
 Denali National Park and Preserve: A State of the Parks Report
Park staff manage Denali with a keen appreciation of its wilderness value, and strict management of motorized access is a key factor.
Denali's remoteness, coupled with strict mandates to protect the park's wildlife habitat and large-scale functioning ecosystems, have helped this special place remain much as it has for millennia.
Although the park is best known for its wildlife and wilderness, Denali also contains a wealth of historic and cultural treasures.
www.npca.org /across_the_nation/park_pulse/denali   (423 words)

  
 EPA: Federal Register: National Park System Units in Alaska; Denali National Park and Preserve, Special Regulations
Denali National Park and Preserve General Management Plan (1986), page 45 and at Appendix I. In determining whether any traditional activities had occurred in the Old Park prior to the enactment of ANILCA, NPS is proposing the immediate following definition which is drafted to be consistent with the legislative history underlying section 1110(a).
Because a portion of the motor vehicle traffic on the Denali Park road is destined for commercial lodges and other private inholdings in Kantishna at the western end of the road, the proposed regulation includes consideration of the requirements of ANILCA Sec.
As a previous rulemaking noted, when an unchecked flow of traffic was allowed to use the Denali Park road for a few weeks each fall and spring, park resource managers observed that wildlife abandoned the road corridor after three or four days, depriving visitors of the opportunity to watch and photograph them (48 FR 14978).
www.epa.gov /fedrgstr/EPA-IMPACT/1999/November/Day-12/i29338.htm   (8880 words)

  
 Denali National Park
Denali also gives its name to both a State Park and a National Park in Alaska, both of which are both stunning to visit.
Part of the Park is designated as National Wilderness area, meaning strict usage guidelines and limitations are put into place to preserve the unspoiled quality of the area.
Denali's national landmark summit pulls a thousand hikers a year to its rugged trails, hoping to reach the top but ecstatic just to be on this famous peak, surrounded by an area of tundra, forests, and glaicers that covers more land than the state of Massachusetts.
www.denali-national-park.ws   (499 words)

  
 MSN Encarta - Search Results - Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve
Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, southeastern Alaska, established 1925, redesignated as a national park in 1980.
Map of Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve
National Parks and Preserves : pictures of national parks and preserves
encarta.msn.com /Glacier_Bay_National_Park_and_Preserve.html   (157 words)

  
 Denali National Park, a U.S., America, National Park, scenic, park, camping, vacation, travel, guide, travel guide, adventure, outdoor, park
It is located at mile 0 of the Park Road at the entrance to Denali National Park and Preserve and is open to RV or tent camping.
National park and national monument consolidated to form Denali National Park and Preserve by the Alaska National Interest Land Conservation Act (94 Stat.
Denali National Park is larger than the state of Massachusetts and the fourth largest National Park in the U.S. Providing one of the last habitats to North America's widest ranging mammals.
www.scenicus.com /AK/Den.htm   (1702 words)

  
 Denali National Park Alaska
Denali National Park and Preserve is one of the best places in North America to observe many species of large mammals in a relatively undisturbed environment.
The original park was designated a wilderness area and incorporated into Denali National Park and Preserve in 1980.
The park was established as Mt. McKinley National Park on Feb. 26, 1917.
www.alaskanet.com /Tourism/Parks/Denali   (2880 words)

  
 Denali Alaska : Denali Foundation : Wilderness Education, Elder Hostels & Youth Education
The Denali Foundation serves adults and children as an educational leader in the Denali bioregion with Denali National Park and Preserve at its center.
Located upon ten wooded acres near the eastern boundary of Denali National Park & Preserve, the home of the Denali Foundation is the Charles Sheldon Center and the Denali Learning Center.
Make your own investment in education, communication and research in Denali National Park by using our
www.denali.org   (306 words)

  
 Denali National Park and Preserve
In 2002, the Alaska legislature granted the Denali Borough a railroad easement across state land to the northern national park boundary.
The oldest park in Alaska, Denali tripled in size in 1980 and now spans 6 million acres.
The park is world-renowned for its exceptional opportunities to view wildlife such as grizzly bears, moose, Dall sheep, caribou, and wolves.
www.npca.org /across_the_nation/ten_most_endangered/denali.asp   (628 words)

  
 Denali National Park and Preserve: Books, Maps, and Information
The abundant wildlife of Denali National Park & Preserve is represented by 39 species of mammals, 167 species of birds, 10 species of fish, and one species of amphibian - the wood frog.
Denali National Park and Preserve: Books, Maps, and Information
Denali National Park & Preserve is most famous for being the home of Mt. McKinley, North America's highest peak at 20,320 feet.
www.alaskanha.org /denali-national-park-and-preserve.htm   (432 words)

  
 L.L.Bean: Park Search - Denali National Park and Preserve
Denali National Park and Preserve, established in 1917, surrounds Denali, the highest mountain in North America.
Although the park road closes in winter beyond park headquarters at Mile 3, the backcountry is open to snowshoers, skiers and dogsledders.
The shuttle buses, which run from Memorial Day weekend through mid-September, travel regularly from the Wilderness Access Center to several locations on the park road, including the Toklat River (a six-hour round trip) and Wonder Lake (an 11-hour round trip).
www.llbean.com /parksearch/parks/html/10697gd.htm   (409 words)

  
 Denali National Park and Preserve on Encyclopedia.com
Denali N.P., Alaska--the Alaska Board of Game recently increased protection for wolves on state land adjacent to Denali National Park and Preserve, where the wolves sometimes roam.
DENALI NATIONAL PARK AND PRESERVE [Denali National Park and Preserve], in the Alaska Range, S central Alaska; comprising Denali National Park (4,740,912 acres/1,919,398 hectares), est.
as Mt. McKinley National Park 1917, and Denali National Preserve (1,399,078 acres/566,428 hectares), est.
www.encyclopedia.com /html/D/DenaliN1a.asp   (468 words)

  
 Denali National Park - Wikitravel
Today the park is managed as three separate units: Denali Wilderness is made up of the original Mount McKinley National Park and is managed to retain the undeveloped wilderness with no hunting allowed.
Denali National Park [1] is a United States National Park that is home to Mt. McKinley, North America's tallest mountain, which was known to the native Athabascan Indians as Denali.
Numerous hotels cluster just outside of the park entrance, and a handful of wilderness lodges can be found at the end of the park road in Kantishna or scattered in remote areas just outside of the park's borders.
wikitravel.org /en/Denali_National_Park_and_Preserve   (3278 words)

  
 Denali National Park and Preserve. The Columbia Gazetteer of North America. 2000
Denali National Park and Preserve (de-NAH-lee), park (7,370 sq mi/19,088 sq km), preserve (2,049 sq mi/5,037 sq km) in the Alaska Range, S central Alaska.
The park includes glaciers, tundra, and abundant wildlife (moose, Dall sheep, grizzly bears, and wolves).
Located in a region of spectacular mt. scenery, the park contains Mt. McKinley (Denali), the highest point in N. Amer.
www.bartleby.com /69/41/D01841.html   (124 words)

  
 Denali National Park
Concessions at Denali National Park are managed by ARAMARK and authorized by the National Park Service.
Denali Park Resorts is your gateway to the complete summer vacation adventure in the land of the Midnight Sun!
Denali Park Resorts: Get The Most Out Of Your Summer Vacation To America’s Last Frontier.
www.denaliparkresorts.com /index2.shtml   (132 words)

  
 Compare Prices and Read Reviews on Denali National Park and Preserve at Epinions.com
Additional information on Denali National Park and Preserve or other products.
There is a Park Entrance charge of $10.00 per person unless you have a National Parks Pass, which we purchased earlier for $50.00.
The Parks Highway is paved and in relatively good condition compared to the 70's and 80's when I lived in Alaska.
www.epinions.com /content_194339704452?linkin_id=3057321   (2299 words)

  
 Denali National Park and Preserve - GreatOutdoors.com
Alaska's Denali National Park and Preserve is home to Mount McKinley--the highest point in North America and a major destination for expert climbers and mountaineers, but some guests would prefer that it go to the dogs.
• Visit the Denali National Park and Preserve Website
That's because Denali offers one of the most unique national park guest services in the world: Dog mushing and skijoring (skiing under tow by a trained dog).
www.greatoutdoors.com /published/general/sites/denalinationalparkandpreserve?rssfeed   (155 words)

  
 NPS: Nature & Science» Air Resources Division - Denali NPP Web Camera
This web camera documents visibility conditions in Denali National Park and Preserve during the summer months as part of the NPS air quality monitoring program.
The air in Denali is usually exceptionally clean, although small amounts of pollution from regional, local, and international sources are measured in the park each year.
Wildfire smoke, which in this six million acre park is as naturally occurring as blizzards and rain, occasionally decreases visibility during the summer and fall, and can sometimes come from fires as far away as Canada and Russia.
www2.nature.nps.gov /air/WebCams/parks/denacam/denacam.htm   (186 words)

  
 Denali National Park and Preserve Guide - Camping - OutdoorPlaces.Com
Denali National Park and Preserve has seven campsites and one lodge within the federally controlled section of the park.
Located on Alaska State Highway 3, 8 miles north of Denali National Park
Located on Alaska State Highway 3, 10 miles north of Denali National Park
www.outdoorplaces.com /Destination/USNP/akdenali/camp.html   (670 words)

  
 Map: Denali National Park and Preserve - H.R. 4677
Map: Denali National Park and Preserve - H.R. Denali National Park and Preserve
Both S.2589 and H.R.4677 would revoke the Park Service regulations that maintain this historic closure of the Denali National Park Wilderness to snowmobiles.
At over 6 million acres, Denali National Park and
www.conservationgiscenter.org /maps/html/HR4677.html   (108 words)

  
 Denali National Park
McKinley, the highest point in North America, is not the only attraction to Denali National Park and Preserve.
A shuttle bus system has been started in Denali National Park to cut down on congestion and damage done to the landscape by automobiles.
Th glaciers have created many features within the park, including lateral and medial moraines on the present glaciers, outwash plains, kettles, kettle lakes, and end moraines.
www.und.nodak.edu /instruct/mineral/natpark/aamain/denali.htm   (216 words)

  
 Bed & Breakfast Denali National Park & Preserve AK Alaska Cabins & Rentals - City guide
The lodge nestles in a white birch forest overlooking Lake Minchumina, the largest lake in interior Alaska and on the wilderness western border of Denali National Park and Preserve, with a spectacular view of Mt. McKinley.
Spend your days viewing Denali's abundant wildlife and breathtaking wilderness while relaxing in the evenings in this beautiful and unique lodge, with all the comforts of home.
Denali Princess Wilderness Lodge Mile 238.5 Parks Highway,
www.discoverourtown.com /TownPage.php?Town=1222   (986 words)

  
 InfoPlace.ws - denali national park
Denali National Park Hotels, Inns and Resorts - make online reservations or use our toll-free phone.
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Get more information on denali national park at one of the best sites on the Internet.
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 Alaska Business Monthly: Vacationing at Denali.(Denali National Park and Preserve, Alaska)@ HighBeam Research
Vacationing at Denali.(Denali National Park and Preserve, Alaska)
We'd come to a full stop on the narrow gravel road, just past the Savage River in Denali National Park, our eyes fixed on two grizzlies-a sow and a yearling cub-that shuffled into the bottom of a dip in the road ahead.
There was simply little any of us could do but crowd the center aisle or hang out the windows of the beige bus.
www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1G1:55777589&refid=holomed_1   (208 words)

  
 Denali National Park & Preserve Weather - Areaparks.com
Denali National Park & Preserve Weather - Areaparks.com
 Current Conditions as of 4/16/2006 11:33:04 AM for the city of Denali National Park, AK
denali.areaparks.com /weather.html   (23 words)

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