Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve

Getting Here and Around

The park is accessible from Alaska's highway system, via one of two gravel roads. The unpaved Nabesna Road leaves the Glenn Highway-Tok Cutoff at the village of Slana and takes you 45 mi into the park's northern foothills. The better-known route is McCarthy Road, which stretches 60 mi as it follows an old railroad bed from Chitina to the Kennicott River. At the end of the road you must park and cross the river via a footbridge.

Limited services are available in the end-of-the-road town of McCarthy. Facilities include guest lodges, a B&B, and a restaurant. There's no gas station or post office.