Tourist Attractions in Alaska US

Being the largest state in the US, Alaska features a lot of tourist attractions for national and international visitors. The state has the longest coastline, the highest mountains, and best winter surfing spots in the United States. Some of important tourist destinations in Alaska include Kenai Fjords National Park, Mendenhall Glacier, Anchorage Museum, Alaska SeaLife Center and Misty Fiords National Monument.

Kenai Fjords National Park

Kenai Fjords National Park is a United States National Park located in the state of Alaska. The park contains the Harding Icefield, one of the largest ice fields in the United States. The park is known for numerous fjords carved by glaciers moving down the mountains from the ice field.  Exist Glacier is the popular tourist destination as it is only area of the park reachable by road. The remainder of the Park is accessible by boat.

Kenai Fjords National Park Alaska

Mendenhall Glacier

Mendenhall Glacier is a glacier is another famous tourist attraction located at Mendenhall Valley, in the U.S. state of Alaska.  The Mendenhall Glacier Visitor Center offers stunning views of a lake-terminating, calving glacier. There is a glacier cave, a cave formed within the ice of a glacier, under Mendenhall Glacier.

Mendenhall Glacier Alaska

Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson Center

Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson Center is another main tourist destination located in the state of Alaska. The museum mission is to share and connect Alaska with the world through arts, science and history. The Anchorage Museum features Alaska paintings and a collection of 25,000 objects and 500,000 historic photographs with nearly 2 lakhs annual visitors.

Anchorage Museum Rasmuson Center Alaska