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Flat Top Mountain:
"This picture harnesses the energy from my first hike to the top of Flat Top Mountain just outside of Anchorage. The hike is great for all skill levels."
Photo: Clay W. Padgett
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Alaska (View a Map of Alaska)
A subcontinent that straddles Asia and North America, Alaska is larger than Texas, California, and Montana combined. At its center is the mighty Yukon River and 20,320-foot Mount McKinley. Grizzly bears fish in salmon-choked streams, polar bears sun themselves on icebergs, whales breech, and migrating tundra swans fly past vast herds of caribou. Even in urban Anchorage, an unspoiled landscape is close at hand.
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Denali, Fairbanks, and the Yukon
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Kenai Peninsula, Prince Wiliam Sound, and Homer
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