Things to do across Alaska

Alaska's largest city and gateway to Southcentral Alaska, with glaciers, wildlife viewing, and a walkable downtown.

Walk among life-sized Native village sites around a lake and watch Alaska Native dance and games demonstrations.

Board a passenger train in Anchorage and ride to Seward, Whittier, Denali or Fairbanks through Alaska backcountry.

See Steller sea lions, harbor seals, puffins and a giant Pacific octopus at a public aquarium on Resurrection Bay.

Circle a 1.5-mile loop past brown bears, moose, wood bison, wolves and musk oxen in large natural enclosures.

Ride an aerial tram 2,000 feet up Mount Alyeska for glacier views, or ski Alaska's largest ski area in winter.

Watch brown bears catch leaping sockeye salmon from a raised platform beside a six-foot waterfall in Katmai.

Soak in an outdoor geothermal hot springs lake, tour an ice museum and watch for the northern lights overhead.

Hike Flattop Mountain, paddle Eklutna Lake and watch for moose and Dall sheep in a mountain park at the edge of Anchorage.

Walk a wooden boardwalk on pilings over Ketchikan Creek, lined with shops, museums and houses from the town's red-light era.

Ride a bus down the 92-mile park road to look for grizzlies, caribou and wolves beneath North America's highest peak.

Cruise past tidewater glaciers by tour boat or kayak, and watch for humpback whales, sea otters and brown bears.

See a tidewater glacier more than six miles wide calve icebergs into Disenchantment Bay, usually from the deck of a cruise ship.

Fly in to Brooks Camp and watch brown bears fish for salmon at Brooks Falls from raised viewing platforms.

Walk to overlooks of Exit Glacier near Seward, or take a boat tour along fjords fed by the Harding Icefield.

Tour restored gold rush buildings in downtown Skagway, visit the park museums and hike the 33-mile Chilkoot Trail from Dyea.

Fly or boat into nearly two million roadless acres to watch Kodiak brown bears, fish for salmon and stay in remote cabins.

See the 13.6-mile glacier across Mendenhall Lake from the Forest Service visitor center, then walk the lakeshore to Nugget Falls.

Tour a wilderness of sea cliffs, fjords and rainforest east of Ketchikan by floatplane, boat or kayak.

Shop a Christmas store open all year, see live reindeer, and pose beside a 50-foot Santa statue in North Pole.

Ride vintage parlor cars on a narrow-gauge railway from Skagway up to the 2,885-foot White Pass summit.

Drive gravel roads into a vast park of glaciers, high peaks and the old Kennecott copper mill town.