Denali wasn’t my first park experience. I’d long been raised to love the outdoors and my parents actually took my brother and I on a month-long, cross-country tour of national parks when we were kids: from East Texas to Big Bend, Rocky Mountain, Yellowstone and more than I can remember. That trip and those experiences led me to end up taking summer jobs in Yellowstone and Denali, which to this day are the highlights of my adult life. Those experiences on vacation and working in the parks made me into the person I am today and shaped my love for our natural world. I’ve got friends all over the world thanks to our national parks and I hope someday my own kids will have the chance to experience the wilderness that makes our world an incredible, beautiful place. Our parks are, without a doubt, worth every penny.
Sincerely,
Denali National Park & Preserve
Home to North America's highest mountain, Denali National Park and Preserve encompasses more than 6 million acres of varied settings.
State(s): Alaska
Established: 1917
“These are some of the most unspoilt places available to the public. They remind us of a time when the world was still vast and people lived by their own will. They tie us to our cultural and natural history in a way no other resource can. ”
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Greetings from Denali National Park & Preserve
My partner and I started traveling full-time in November 2019, with a goal of visiting all of the National Parks. So far we have gone to 46/63 parks. We met in a hiking meetup at Pinnacles National Park. Then we traveled to Alaska and visited Denali National Park. We decided…
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Greetings from Denali National Park & Preserve
When we first arrived at Denali National Park, I climbed onto my brother’s shoulders, intently focusing on the clouds in the distance, desperately hoping to catch a glimpse of the peak of Mt. McKinley (Denali). However, the clouds didn’t part that day, or for the next three days. Yet in…
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Greetings from Denali National Park & Preserve
One of the greatest places anywhere in the world, not to be missed! This photo, showing Upper Muldrow Glacier, was taken on a small plane flight around the mountain. These are easy to set up, reasonably priced, and it's easy to find people to share a plane with.
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