Central Alaska Network Parks and Partners

The Central Alaska Network includes Denali National Park and Preserve, Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve, and Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve. Based on total area, the Central Alaska parklands represent 25 percent of the land in the National Park System. They encompass over 21.7 million acres (8.8 million hectares), with 11.8 million acres (4.7 million hectares) of designated wilderness in Denali and Wrangell-St Elias national parks and preserves; Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve, 72 percent of the park's total area (1,815,370 acres or 735,000 hectares) is suitable wilderness (managed the same as if it were designated wilderness).

 

Our Parks

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  Denali National Park & Preserve

  More than a mountain.

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  Wrangell-St Elias National Park & Pres

  America's largest national park.

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  Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve

  History and wildness.

 

Science and Learning Center Partners

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  Murie Science and Learning Center

  The Murie Science & Learning Center promotes science and stewardship in Alaska's parks.

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  Ocean Alaska Science and Learning Center

  The Ocean Alaska Science & Learning Center promotes stewardship of the marine influenced ecosystems of Alaska’s coastal parks.