Kodiak, Nome, and the Bush Travel Guide

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Often when an Alaskan talks about going out to the bush, they mean anywhere off the grid, which is most of Alaska. However, there's another area that Alaskans call the Bush, which refers to those wild and lonely expanses of territory beyond cities, towns, highways, and railroad corridors, stretching from the Kodiak Archipelago, Alaska Peninsula, and Aleutian Islands in the south through the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta and Seward Peninsula and into the northern High Arctic. It's just a matter of understanding context.

Kodiak, Nome, and the Bush Hotels

Lodging choices in the Bush are also limited. Some communities have a single hotel; the smallest have none. Others have a mix of hotels and bed-and-breakfasts...read more

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Kodiak, Nome, and the Bush Restaurants

The dining options are few when traveling around Alaska's Bush; smaller communities may have one or two eateries, if any at all. On the bright side, you...read more

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Things To Do in Kodiak, Nome, and the Bush

Philosophically speaking, the Bush is more of a lifestyle...read more

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