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Gates of the Arctic National Preserve
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- Designation
- National Preserve
- State
- AK
- Park address
- Fairbanks, AK
- Entrance fee
- No entrance feeNPS data as of 2026-08-25
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Notes
Designation Date: 01/01/1980
This vast landscape does not contain any roads or trails. Visitors discover intact ecosystems where people have lived with the land for over ten thousand years. Wild rivers meander through glacier-carved valleys, caribou migrate along age-old trails, endless summer light fades into aurora-lit night skies of winter. Virtually unchanged, except by the forces of nature.