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Aerial view of the Alatna River as it winds through a valley NPS Photo / Sean Tevebaugh

Gates Of The Arctic National Park & Preserve

Tonight at Gates Of The Arctic National Park & Preserve

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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.

Weather & conditions

The climate of Gates of the Arctic National Park & Preserve is generally classified as arctic and sub-arctic, with exceptionally cold winters, relatively mild summers, low annual precipitation, and generally high winds. The weather is influenced by many different systems, and can change rapidly.!!

What this latitude gives you

From 67.8° north, anything above declination +22.2° is circumpolar here: it never sets, so it is available on every clear night of the year. Anything below declination -22.2° never clears the horizon at all.

At this latitude the sun does not drop 18 degrees below the horizon around the June solstice, so there is no astronomical darkness at midsummer at all. Plan deep-sky work for the months either side of it.

We do not hold a measured Bortle class for this site, so treat the sky as unknown until you have taken a reading of your own.

Where to stay near Gates Of The Arctic National Park & Preserve

Hotels, cabins, lodges and holiday rentals within reach of these coordinates, for the nights you have chosen above. We earn a commission if you book through this map, at no extra cost to you. It does not change what you are shown: nothing here is ordered, promoted or paid for. How the site is paid for.

Address
101 Dunkel St, Fairbanks, AK 99701
Coordinates
67.7596, -153.2918
Official site
nps.gov