Wrangell-St. Elias National Park, Alaska, is the largest national park in the U.S., located 314 mi/505 km east of Anchorage, and it includes towering mountain ranges, enormous glaciers and churning wild rivers. Backcountry hikers may see Dall sheep, grizzly and black bears, wolves, moose and caribou.
In the heart of the park is Kennicott, a historic copper-mining ghost town that is being preserved by the National Park Service. Enormous glaciers reach down from the mountains, passing within a few feet of the old buildings. Sparse lodging and minimal other facilities are located in nearby McCarthy, itself almost a ghost town. Access is by air or over a long and rough dirt road.
The park adjoins Kluane National Park in the Yukon and Tetlin National Wildlife Refuge (near Tok), a marshy and forested area teeming with fish and waterfowl.
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