Denali National Park and Preserve - Denali National Park & Preserve (U.S. National Park Service)

Denali National Park
P.O. Box 9
Denali Park, AK 99755-0009

It's more than a mountain!

Denali’s dynamic glaciated landscape supports a diversity of wildlife with grizzly bears, caribou, wolves, Dall sheep and moose. Summer slopes are graced with birds and wildflowers. Visitors enjoy sightseeing, backpacking, mountaineering, and research opportunities. Whether climbing or admiring, the crowning jewel of North America’s highest peak is the awe inspiring 20,320 foot Mount McKinley.

Denali National Park & Preserve features North America's highest mountain, 20,320-foot tall Mount McKinley. The Alaska Range also includes countless other spectacular mountains and many large glaciers. Denali's more than 6 million acres also encompass a complete sub-arctic eco-system with large mammals such as grizzly bears, wolves, Dall sheep, and moose.

The park was established as Mount McKinley National Park on Feb. 26, 1917. The original park was designated a wilderness area and incorporated into Denali National Park and Preserve in 1980. The Park was designated an international biosphere reserve in 1976.

Today the park accommodates a wide variety of visitor use including wildlife viewing, mountaineering, and backpacking. It continues to provide a laboratory for research in the natural sciences.

Contact Information

Denali National Park
P.O. Box 9
Denali Park, AK 99755-0009

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Talkeetna Ranger Station
Box 588
Talkeetna, AK 99676

Phone: 907-683-2294
HQ-Teletype for the Deaf/Hearing Impaired (TTY): 907-683-9649
Fax: 907-683-9617

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