Downtown Anchorage
Fourth Avenue - 0.8 miles Here a casual walk over five or six blocks will open you up to a huge assortment gift shops and antique stores, art galleries and curio shops. Enjoy a great afternoon snack, beverage.
Take a walking tour of downtown - 0.8 miles In as little as two hours, you can get a wonderful perspective on why this place is so wonderful and why almost 500,000 people call it home. Walking tours are available through most hotel concierges and tour operators OR check out Frommer's Online (just search for Anchorage Walking Map).
4th Avenue Theater's Trolley Tours - 0.8 miles Enjoy a lively and informative 1-hour sightseeing tour of Alaska's largest city. Relax while your Alaskan guide shows you how and where Alaskans live, the Alaska Railroad, Lake Hood, Earthquake Park, Cook Inlet (where our tides are the second largest in the World), our famous flowers and great shopping areas.
Oscar Anderson House - 0.8 miles Listed with the National Register of Historic Places, this historic structure was the first wood-frame house in Anchorage. It was built in 1915 by Oscar Anderson. The structure was completely restored between 1978 and 1982. Open to the public mid-May through mid-September; open year-round for group tours and special events. The park offers spectacular views of Cook Inlet, and Beluga whales are often sighted during the summer months.
Pioneer School House - 1.5 miles Built in 1915, this one room schoolhouse served children of every age and grade as Anchorage's first source of education when the city began.
Russian Orthodox Museum - 1 mile The history of Alaska through the beauty of Orthodoxy - icons, needlework, and artifacts dating from 18th century Russian America through the present.
Anchorage Market & Festival - 1 mile Alaska's largest variety of products, including unique handmade arts, crafts and gifts by Alaskan artisans, collectibles, furs, jewelry, fresh produce, a wide variety of foods to eat at the market or take home and so much more!
The Ulu Factory - 1.3 miles The ULU knife (pronounced ooloo) is the most renowned knife in Alaska. Native people of northern Alaska invented this knife centuries ago. It is used for hunting, fishing, skinning, filleting and every other imaginable domestic cutting need by the Inuit (Eskimo) people. You can find authentic souvenirs at their store near Ship Creek.
Oomingmak Musk Ox Producer's Co-op - 0.5 miles Qiviut (pronounced "kiv-ee-ute"), the downy-soft underwool from the Arctic musk ox, is shed naturally each year during the spring months. Eight times warmer than wool and extraordinarily lightweight, Qiviut is one of the finest natural fibers known to man. The Co-Operative is owned by approximately 250 Native Alaskan women from remote coastal villages of Alaska who knit each item by hand. Each village has a signature pattern derived from traditional aspects of village life and the Eskimo culture; they may come from an ancient artifact or a beadwork design.
Anchorage Museum of Art and Natural History - 0.9 miles Downtown on Seventh and A, our museum is world class. From historical displays to current works of art, you can spend an hour or a whole day enjoying our incredible collection.
Alaska Railroad Museum - 1.1 miles At the bottom of the hill below Third Avenue and the Saturday Market is the Alaska Railroad terminal and museum. A short walk opens up a world of history. Displays show how significant the railway system was to the development of Alaska and the protection of our nation during WWII.
Salmon Run at Ship Creek - 1.25 miles Just a half block from the railroad museum is Ship Creek. In season, this waterway is full of salmon and salmon fishermen. Take a stroll over and watch our visiting anglers testing all of their new tackle. You may even see one land a salmon or two.
The Imaginarium - 0.8 miles Alaska's only hands-on Science Discovery Center, is designed as a place where kids of all ages can have fun learning about science by actually doing science.
Anchorage Performing Arts Center - 0.7 miles The PAC is right across the street from the Egan Convention Center on Fifth Avenue and in the middle of all the hotels stands the Performing Arts Center. It is a marvel of modern architecture with wonderful colored glass, enameled wall, stained glass and magnificent decorative metalwork. Stroll around inside, take in one of the special short features about wolves, glaciers, or northern lights.
Delaney Park- "The Park Strip" - 0.2 miles Known to the Anchorage community as the Park Strip, Delaney Park is the oldest park in the city. It was established as part of the original Anchorage township plat in 1917, and named for Major Delaney, one of the first mayors of Anchorage. The park was originally used simply as a firebreak, but in 1922, it became The Golf Course . The community used the space both for a golf course and an airstrip. In 1929, however, Merrill Field opened so the Delaney Park airstrip was no longer necessary. Presently, this 13 block long park is used for a variety of community events, sports and festivals year-round.
Tony Knowles Coastal Trail - 0.8 miles to Trailhead / 0.6 miles to Chester Creek trail connector This is a fully paved walking-riding-running-cycling path that winds along the Cook Inlet shorelines around Anchorage. This 11.5 mile multi-use trail is used year-round for walking. During our long winters, many people beat cabin fever by hitting the trail on cross-country skis. During the long days of the short Alaska summer, the Coastal Trail is busy with bicyclists, in-line skaters, runners, joggers, speed-walkers, strollers, and dogs. Spectacular views of the inlet, mountains and the tide currents abound. Stroll through the back yards of some of Anchorage's most splendid homes and view wildlife.