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A beautiful family park with many picnic and playground areas

At this point you're passing the University of Fairbanks Alaska Georgeson Botanical Garden to the north of the road. If you like plants, it's well worth a stop near the beginning or end of your run, although it's only open from Memorial Day to Labor Day. There is a requested donation to enter: https://georgesonbotanicalgarden.org/visit/

This starts out as a roadside run, then dives into the trees along Sheep Creek Road. If you'd like, you can use this route to connect the University of Alaska Fairbanks, or UAF, campus to the wonderful running and biking trails near Ester Dome — or just enjoy it as a fun, straightforward run in its own right.

This dirt-and-gravel trail is an easy way to piece together running loops in this area. Keep an eye out for hikers and mountain bikers — the Skyline Ridge is popular with them, too, and travel is allowed in both directions. Watch for the bright yellow of aspen leaves during the fall.

This is technically a windy, rooty mountain bike trail, but trail runners tend to love this area as well. Travel is allowed in both directions, and bikers are usually so busy dealing with the trail's twists and turns that they don't get going fast enough to present a real hazard, as long as everybody watches out for other trail users.

Technically these are mountain bike trails, but people frequently hike and run here as well. The trails are windy enough, with lots of roots and other (natural) technical obstacles, that mountain bikers don't rip through here at the very high speeds you might find in other places. That makes it pretty easy to avoid trail conflicts as long as everybody watches out for one another. Travel is allowed in both directions, but you'll probably see most bikers starting from the trailhead and riding down After Hours, then taking the uphill on Overtime.

Birch Hill Recreation Area is popular with skiers and it has an extensive network of trails. In summer, hikers can use these, along with mountain bikers and runners. However, in winter, the trails are exclusively for skiing.

Birch Hill Recreation Area is popular with skiers and it has an extensive network of trails. In summer, hikers can use these, along with mountain bikers and runners. However, in winter, the trails are exclusively for skiing.