“You get a good look at the Chugach Mountains and Cook Inlet ... to see bears, starting as soon as May 15. Destinations including Redoubt Bay, Lake Clark National Park and Chinitna Bay.

Destinations are diverse — ranging from Denali, backcountry lodges, bear and wildlife viewing areas, glacier landings, wilderness fishing spots and national parks.

Denali National Park features North ... with the nearby Cook Inlet of the North Pacific feeding into Lake Clark and other large lakes right at the base of snow-capped mountain peaks.

Lake Iliamna is the largest freshwater lake in Alaska, bordering Cook Inlet (Gulf of Alaska), Lake Clark National Park and Preserve ... the lake bears a shoreline of 135 miles covering small ...

The easiest way to see bears, though, might be to pay a visit to the Alaska Zoo. You can see Alaska from land and sea, but why not round it off with a view from the air? Many of Alaska’s most famous ...

Aerial view of Mount Spurr, an active large stratovolcano that last erupted in 1992, along the western edge of Cook Inlet between Anchorage, Alaska, and Lake Clark National Park. (Getty Images) The ...

Water gurgled softly through a beaver dam on Bear Creek near Morrison as Katie Gill reflected on a six-year campaign to save her happy place in Bear Creek Lake Park from destruction. Cottonwoods ...

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A skier has been rescued from Auyuittuq National Park near Pangnirtung, Nunavut, after being injured in a polar bear attack early Thursday morning. Parks Canada says the incident happened near Summit ...

National Park Week starts April 19 with free admission to all national parks. Concerns exist regarding the impact of National Park Service layoffs on park experiences. Despite staffing challenges ...

SPOKANE COUNTY, Wash. -- Spokane County Parks, Recreation and Golf announced that Bear Lake Regional Park will be closed to the public effective immediately. The front gate is closed and parking ...

The four-state mountain region that includes Great Smoky Mountains National Park is home to an estimated 14,500 black bears ... with research ecologist Joe Clark, who would become her advisor ...