And so, in the kind of random act that so often accompanies the colonial naming of geographic “discoveries,” Dickey and his comrades decided to bestow the name McKinley upon the huge peak. It caught ...

veering west for the heart of Denali National Park and Preserve. As the single-engine aircraft elevated over the Parks Highway and Alaska Railroad, my body tightened and breath shortened. Not because ...

Travelling in Alaska — the US’s final frontier — can feel like jumping through a wormhole. Time here is marked not by the ...

Youth camps at Denali National Park are canceled for the coming summer due to a shortage of park employees. As a result, Denali Education Center (DEC) canceled the popular Denali Discovery Camp ...

People in power have long used place naming to claim control over the identity of the place, bolster their reputations, retaliate against opponents, and achieve political goals. T ...

The state of Alaska requested the name change in 1975, but the Board on Geographic Names didn’t take action. Members of the Ohio congressional delegation – President William McKinley was from Ohio – ...

The United States is in the midst of a place-renaming moment. From the renaming of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, to the return of Forts Bragg and Benning and the newly re-renamed Mount ...

"Katmai National Park" is a nine-day itinerary ... a 14-Day itinerary visiting three parks (Denali, Kenai Fjords, Glacier Bay). Princess' North to Alaska program enriches the onboard experience ...

I've hiked Big Bend National Park, ridden a mule down the Grand Canyon and paddled a kayak at Glacier National Park. I'm ...