Guidebook for Anchorage
Food Scene
Kincaid Grill
6700 Jewel Lake RdOne of the most renowned chefs in Alaska owns this restaurant.
Inlet Tower Hotel & Suites
1020 W 12th AveA well-kept secret!
Glacier Brewhouse
737 W 5th AveAlaska-brewed bear and yummy food.
Moose's Tooth Pub & Pizzeria
3300 Old Seward HwyVoted best pizza in Alaska several times.
Uncle Joe's Pizzeria
11700 Old Seward HwyIt's great pizza within walking distance of the condo!
Watching the float planes take off and land at Lake Hood while eating dinner is the best.
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Fancy Moose Lounge & Bar
4800 Spenard RdWatching the float planes take off and land at Lake Hood while eating dinner is the best.
Love aviation? This is the place for you + great food!
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Pipers Sports Lounge & Dining
3450 Aviation AveLove aviation? This is the place for you + great food!
This place has it all - restaurant, bar, coffee house, and bakery.
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South Restaurant + Coffeehouse
11124 Old Seward HwyThis place has it all - restaurant, bar, coffee house, and bakery.
Spenard Roadhouse
1049 W Northern Lights BlvdThe most creative menu in Anchorage.
Suite 100 Restaurant Bar & Lounge
1000 E Dimond BlvdAnchorage's best kept secret!
FireTap Alehouse
10950 O'Malley Centre DrThe pizza is great, the food is fast.
Table 6
3210 Denali StReally great drinks with even better food.
Drinks & Nightlife
Midnight Sun Brewing Co.
8111 Dimond Hook DrBeer brewed in house!
TapRoot in Spenard
3300 Spenard RdLive music almost every night!
Flight Deck Bar & Lounge
832 W International Airport RdAn old time place in Anchorage with historic decorations.
Live country music and dancing downstairs Thursday - Saturday!
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Eddie's Sports Bar
6300 Old Seward HwyLive country music and dancing downstairs Thursday - Saturday!
Trophy Lounge
8801 Jewel Lake RdBowling and beer?!? The best combo...
Parks & Nature
The most and best hiking trails in the City of Anchorage. On low tide there is also a beach!
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Kincaid Park
9401 Raspberry RoadThe most and best hiking trails in the City of Anchorage. On low tide there is also a beach!
Fishing is great, and the views are stunning.
http://www.adfg.alaska.gov/index.cfm?adfg=fishingSport.lakeDetail&LakeID=112
https://www.muni.org/Departments/parks/Pages/Delong%20Lake%20Park.pdf
DeLong Lake
6420 Jewel Lake RdFishing is great, and the views are stunning.
http://www.adfg.alaska.gov/index.cfm?adfg=fishingSport.lakeDetail&LakeID=112
https://www.muni.org/Departments/parks/Pages/Delong%20Lake%20Park.pdf
On a nice, summer night, you cannot beat going to Jewel Lake!
http://www.adfg.alaska.gov/index.cfm?adfg=fishingSport.lakeDetail&LakeID=557
http://www.muni.org/Departments/parks/Pages/JewelLakePark.aspx
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Jewel Lake
4401 W Dimond BlvdOn a nice, summer night, you cannot beat going to Jewel Lake!
http://www.adfg.alaska.gov/index.cfm?adfg=fishingSport.lakeDetail&LakeID=557
http://www.muni.org/Departments/parks/Pages/JewelLakePark.aspx
Hiking and biking on a paved trail right on the shores of Cook Inlet.
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Tony Knowles Coastal Bicycle Trails
Tony Knowles Coastal TrailHiking and biking on a paved trail right on the shores of Cook Inlet.
Here you'll find one of the most accessible wildlife viewing areas in Alaska. The marsh is a rest area for migratory birds including trumpeter swans, rednecked grebes, golden eyes, and pintails. Also watch for beavers, moose and bald eagles. You may even spot salmon spawning in the deeper water.
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Potter Marsh Wildlife Viewing Boardwalk
2999 E 154th AveHere you'll find one of the most accessible wildlife viewing areas in Alaska. The marsh is a rest area for migratory birds including trumpeter swans, rednecked grebes, golden eyes, and pintails. Also watch for beavers, moose and bald eagles. You may even spot salmon spawning in the deeper water.
This 191.7 acre park is property that is leased from the state for it's recreational value. The Tony Knowles Coastal Trail runs through it and the area has spectacular views of the inlet and surrounding mountain ranges. You can spot whales in the inlet and watch the jets land and take off from the Ted Stevens International Airport.
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Point Woronzof
Point Woronzof RoadThis 191.7 acre park is property that is leased from the state for it's recreational value. The Tony Knowles Coastal Trail runs through it and the area has spectacular views of the inlet and surrounding mountain ranges. You can spot whales in the inlet and watch the jets land and take off from the Ted Stevens International Airport.
A short drive from 5th Ave, you’ll find this great display of Anchorage’s natural environment, which coexists alongside the industrial port and rail areas that supply much of southcentral Alaska. There are hardly ever any people here, making this a great place, close to downtown, to get a moment of solitude.
Ship Creek Trail
Ship Creek TrailA short drive from 5th Ave, you’ll find this great display of Anchorage’s natural environment, which coexists alongside the industrial port and rail areas that supply much of southcentral Alaska. There are hardly ever any people here, making this a great place, close to downtown, to get a moment of solitude.
Flattop is Alaska’s most visited peak. Ascend the 1.5 - mile, 1,350 vertical foot trail to the rocky, football field-sized summit in about an hour and take in panoramic views from Mt. McKinley to the Aleutian Islands. If you want vistas without the hike, walk the short path from the parking lot to the overlook.
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Flattop Mountain
Flattop is Alaska’s most visited peak. Ascend the 1.5 - mile, 1,350 vertical foot trail to the rocky, football field-sized summit in about an hour and take in panoramic views from Mt. McKinley to the Aleutian Islands. If you want vistas without the hike, walk the short path from the parking lot to the overlook.
Walk, hike, watch for birds or paint a picture at this living field guide of Alaska flora and fauna. The 110 acres are set in a birch and spruce forest, where you might even see a bear or moose. Walk the Wildflower Trail, relax in the Herb Garden, delight in the perennial gardens, or explore the 1.1 mile Lowenfels Family Nature Trail.
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Alaska Botanical Garden
4601 Campbell Airstrip RdWalk, hike, watch for birds or paint a picture at this living field guide of Alaska flora and fauna. The 110 acres are set in a birch and spruce forest, where you might even see a bear or moose. Walk the Wildflower Trail, relax in the Herb Garden, delight in the perennial gardens, or explore the 1.1 mile Lowenfels Family Nature Trail.
Everything Else
On top of trails and a great lake, there is also a fitness park.
https://www.muni.org/Departments/parks/Pages/Sand%20Lake%20Fitness%20Park.pdf
http://www.adfg.alaska.gov/index.cfm?adfg=fishingSport.lakeDetail&LakeID=116
http://anchorageparkfoundation.org/directory/sandlake/
Sand Lake Park
3886 Caravelle DrOn top of trails and a great lake, there is also a fitness park.
https://www.muni.org/Departments/parks/Pages/Sand%20Lake%20Fitness%20Park.pdf
http://www.adfg.alaska.gov/index.cfm?adfg=fishingSport.lakeDetail&LakeID=116
http://anchorageparkfoundation.org/directory/sandlake/
On top of trails and a great lake, there is also a fitness park.
https://www.muni.org/Departments/parks/Pages/Sand%20Lake%20Fitness%20Park.pdf
http://www.adfg.alaska.gov/index.cfm?adfg=fishingSport.lakeDetail&LakeID=116
http://anchorageparkfoundation.org/directory/sandlake/
Sand Lake Park
3886 Caravelle DrOn top of trails and a great lake, there is also a fitness park.
https://www.muni.org/Departments/parks/Pages/Sand%20Lake%20Fitness%20Park.pdf
http://www.adfg.alaska.gov/index.cfm?adfg=fishingSport.lakeDetail&LakeID=116
http://anchorageparkfoundation.org/directory/sandlake/
Arts & Culture
Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson Center
625 C StAlaska Native Heritage Center
8800 Heritage Center DrLearn about the history of the first Alaskans
Alaska Jewish Museum
1221 E 35th Avehttp://www.alaskajewishmuseum.com/
Learn about Alaska's aviation history and the daring bush pilots who opened up the Last Frontier. See rare aircraft dating back to WWI, historic photographs, artifacts, maps, newspaper accounts, aviators' clothing, and films.
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Alaska Aviation Museum
4721 Aircraft DrLearn about Alaska's aviation history and the daring bush pilots who opened up the Last Frontier. See rare aircraft dating back to WWI, historic photographs, artifacts, maps, newspaper accounts, aviators' clothing, and films.
Today, the ACA is the largest performing arts presenter in Alaska: it's the only organization that presents Broadway shows in the state, and it’s the largest resident company that uses the city’s Alaska Center for the Performing Arts (known to locals as the PAC), home to both the Atwood Concert Hall and the Discovery Theatre.
Anchorage Concert Association
430 W 7th AveToday, the ACA is the largest performing arts presenter in Alaska: it's the only organization that presents Broadway shows in the state, and it’s the largest resident company that uses the city’s Alaska Center for the Performing Arts (known to locals as the PAC), home to both the Atwood Concert Hall and the Discovery Theatre.
Learn about the massive 1964 Earthquake that rocked Alaska. Feel like you're soaring over the rugged terrain of the last frontier. Get up close to Alaska’s wild animals—from the creatures of Arctic pack ice to the predators of the tundra. You can see it all on the big screen, from the comfort of this downtown Anchorage Theatre.
Alaska Experience Theatre
333 W 4th AveLearn about the massive 1964 Earthquake that rocked Alaska. Feel like you're soaring over the rugged terrain of the last frontier. Get up close to Alaska’s wild animals—from the creatures of Arctic pack ice to the predators of the tundra. You can see it all on the big screen, from the comfort of this downtown Anchorage Theatre.
From local plays to Shakespearean theatre, symphonies to jazz, spelling bees to whale tales, the Alaska Center for the Performing Arts hosts productions year-round in their multiple venues.
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Alaska Center for the Performing Arts
621 West 6th AvenueFrom local plays to Shakespearean theatre, symphonies to jazz, spelling bees to whale tales, the Alaska Center for the Performing Arts hosts productions year-round in their multiple venues.
This award winning theatre company at 4 & at D in the historical 1915 building is regularly voted the best live theatre in Anchorage. Cyrano's Theatre Company produces a new play every month with an eclectic menu of comedies, drama's, musicals and world premieres.
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Cyrano's Theatre Company
3800 Debarr RoadThis award winning theatre company at 4 & at D in the historical 1915 building is regularly voted the best live theatre in Anchorage. Cyrano's Theatre Company produces a new play every month with an eclectic menu of comedies, drama's, musicals and world premieres.
Entertainment & Activities
Oscar Anderson House Museum
420 M St http://www.alaska.org/detail/oscar-anderson-house
The zoo has a variety of animals to look at & interactive activities.
http://alaskazoo.org/
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Alaska Zoo
4731 O'Malley RdThe zoo has a variety of animals to look at & interactive activities.
http://alaskazoo.org/
At the 200-acre Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center, see Alaskan wildlife up close. The center’s mission is to provide refuge for orphaned, injured, and ill animals—those that can't survive in the wild. The center, which opened to the public in 1993, educates visitors about Alaska's wildlife.
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Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center
43520 Seward HwyAt the 200-acre Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center, see Alaskan wildlife up close. The center’s mission is to provide refuge for orphaned, injured, and ill animals—those that can't survive in the wild. The center, which opened to the public in 1993, educates visitors about Alaska's wildlife.
It's a golfer's dream: Hitting a straight tee shot down a lush green fairway, with snow-capped peaks climbing high around you. This public course makes it come true, combining stunning scenery with challenging golf. As you play, you'll take in views of the Chugach Mountains, Mt. McKinley, Cook Inlet, and the Anchorage skyline.
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Anchorage Golf Course
3651 O'Malley RdIt's a golfer's dream: Hitting a straight tee shot down a lush green fairway, with snow-capped peaks climbing high around you. This public course makes it come true, combining stunning scenery with challenging golf. As you play, you'll take in views of the Chugach Mountains, Mt. McKinley, Cook Inlet, and the Anchorage skyline.