Shopping
Quirky FunSanta Claus House
No admission feeShop a Christmas store open all year, see live reindeer, and pose beside a 50-foot Santa statue in North Pole.
Transit: reachable by public transit
Sports & Outdoors
Birch Lake State Recreation Site
A state recreation site on a lake in interior Alaska, offering camping, boating, fishing, and winter ice fishing.
305.5 Richardson Highway, Alaska · Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK
About Birch Lake State Recreation Site
Birch Lake State Recreation Site is a 48-acre state-run site in the Northern Region of Alaska, set between a lake covered in lily pads and forested wetlands. Visitors can camp at developed sites, including walk-in spots, and use a boat launch with an accessible courtesy dock. The lake draws anglers, jet skiers, and water skiers in summer, and snow machine riders and ice fishers in winter. Stocked fish include rainbow trout, salmon, grayling, and arctic char, and ice fishing huts can be rented during the cold months. Visitors should bring their own firewood because little is left to gather nearby.
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