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Denali Highway (Alaska Route 8) is a lightly traveled, mostly gravel highway in the U.S. state of Alaska. It leads from Paxson on the Richardson Highway to Cantwell on the Parks Highway . Opened in 1957, it was the first road access to Denali National Park .
The Denali Wilderness is a wilderness area within Denali National Park that protects the higher elevations of the central Alaska Range, including Denali. The wilderness comprises about one-third of the current national park and preserve—2,146,580 acres (3,354 sq mi; 8,687 km 2 ) that correspond with the former park boundaries before 1980.
The Denali Fault is caused by stresses created by the low-angle subduction of the Yakutat microplate underneath Alaska. The Denali Fault Bend is characterized as a gentle restraining bend. [19] The Denali Fault Bend represents a curvature in the Denali Fault that is approximately 75 km long. This curvature creates what is known as a "space ...
It is located in the Matanuska-Susitna Borough [3] adjacent to the east side of Denali National Park and Preserve, along the Parks Highway. View of Alaska Range from Denali State Park. The park is undeveloped wilderness except for the two day-use areas, four campgrounds, and two trailheads accessible from the Parks Highway. These include: [1]
Location: Mile 3.4 McKinley Park Highway, Denali National Park and Preserve, Alaska, USA Coordinates: Area: 11.91 acres (4.82 ha) Built by: National Park Service; Civilian Conservation Corps
Alaska Route 3, the George Parks Highway, passes through Cantwell: Anchorage is 212 miles (341 km) to the south, and Fairbanks is 150 miles (240 km) to the north. According to the United States Census Bureau , the Cantwell CDP has a total area of 117.6 square miles (304.7 km 2 ), of which 117.3 square miles (303.8 km 2 ) is land and 0.35 square ...
The George Parks Highway (Alaska Route 3) is the main road through the CDP: Anchorage is 231 miles (372 km) to the south, and Fairbanks is 128 miles (206 km) to the north. According to the United States Census Bureau , the Denali Park CDP has a total area of 176.5 square miles (457.2 km 2 ), of which 176.3 square miles (456.6 km 2 ) is land and ...
Denali Borough, Alaska, in which the mountain and most of the park are located; Denali Fault, intracontinental strike-slip fault; Denali Highway, Alaska State Highway 8; Denali State Park, a state park near the national park; Denali, Alaska, a former mining settlement near Valdez Creek approximately 50 miles east of Cantwell.