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Local attractions

Activities in Anchorage

  • Visiting Anchorage’s many art galleries, featuring local arts and crafts of all sorts
  • Tasting local brews – according to beerfestivals.org, Alaska lays claim to more breweries per capita than any other state
  • Enjoying local music – Anchorage has lots of funky pubs, themed bars, and dance halls
  • Golfing – more than five golf courses available in the Anchorage area
  • Hiking in Chugach State Park, the 3rd largest state park in the entire U.S. at 0.5 million acres
  • Birding – over 150 species of birds have been spotted in the Anchorage area
  • Fishing – access to world-class sport fishing with salmon, rainbow trout and more right in the city, and halibut and all five species of salmon within a day’s drive or short flight away
  • And much more: http://www.anchorage.net/