Alaska Range, Denali National Park

Name: Alaska Range
Address: Denali National Park, United States

#3 among attractions in Denali National Park

Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain

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The Alaska Range is a relatively narrow, 600-mile-long mountain range in the southcentral region of the U.S. state of Alaska, from Lake Clark at its southwest end to the White River in Canada's Yukon Territory in the southeast. The highest mountain in North America, Denali, is in the Alaska Range. It is part of the American Cordillera. ()

Alternative names: Area: 55888.96 mi²Maximum elevation: 20343 ftElevation: 20343 ftCoordinates: 63°4'10"N, 151°0'25"W

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Alaska Range – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Denali, Fourteener, Jeffery Glacier, Mount Frances.

~200 ftSE
North America's tallest mountain
Denali, Denali National Park
1 min walk • Denali is the highest mountain peak in North America, with a summit elevation of 20,310 feet above sea level. With a topographic prominence of 20,194 feet and a topographic isolation of 4,621.1 miles, Denali is the third most prominent and third most isolated peak on Earth, after Mount Everest and Aconcagua.
~220 ftSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Fourteener, Denali National Park
2 min walk • In the mountaineering parlance of the Western United States, a fourteener is a mountain peak with an elevation of at least 14,000 ft. The 96 fourteeners in the United States are all west of the Mississippi River. Colorado has the most of any single state; Alaska is second with 29.
4.7 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Natural feature
Jeffery Glacier, Denali National Park
120 min walk • Jeffery Glacier is a glacier in Denali National Park and Preserve in the U.S. state of Alaska. The glacier begins in the Alaska Range on the north side of Denali directly below the Wickersham Wall, heading northeast to join Peters Glacier after the latter's Tluna Icefall.
7.4 miSW
Mountain
Mount Frances
189 min walk • Mount Frances is a 10,450 ft mountain summit located in the Kahiltna Glacier valley in the Alaska Range, in Denali National Park and Preserve, in the U.S. state of Alaska.
6.2 miSE
Mountain
Mount Kudlich
157 min walk • Mount Kudlich is an 11,301 ft mountain summit located in the Alaska Range, in Denali National Park and Preserve, in Alaska, United States. Mount Kudlich is also referred to as Peak 11,300.
5.6 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mount Koven, Denali National Park
144 min walk • Mount Koven is a 12,142-foot mountain in the Alaska Range, in Denali National Park and Preserve. Mount Eldridge lies to the northeast of Denali on Karstens Ridge, with Mount Carpe to the northeast on the Carpe Ridge extension of Denali's northeast buttress.
1.7 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Natural feature
Harper Glacier, Denali National Park
43 min walk • Harper Glacier is a glacier in Denali National Park and Preserve in the U.S. state of Alaska. The glacier originates on Denali at more than 19,000 feet between Denali's North Peak and South Peak, falling to the northeast between the Karsten Ridge and the Taylor Spur.
3.7 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Kahiltna Peaks, Denali National Park
94 min walk • The Kahiltna Peaks are two prominent summits on a western spur of Denali in the central Alaska Range, in Denali National Park. The 13,440-foot east peak and the 12,835-foot west peak are separated from the main Denali massif by Kahiltna Notch, between the northeast and east forks of Kahiltna Glacier.