페어뱅크스 노스스타 자치구 최고의 워킹 & 하이킹 경로

A bow made of antlers

Creamers Field is a former dairy farm turned 2,200-acre migratory wildlife refuge. It also has a handful of trails that are great for stretching your legs when you want a run without a lot of elevation gain — and it ties into several other nearby trails if you want to log more distance. Depending on your goals, this can also be an excellent place to warm up or cool down, either before or after a longer run. If you happen to visit in the spring or fall, you might also be lucky enough to see spectacular crowds of sandhill cranes.

This marks the intersection of the rock- and root-laden Angel Rocks Trail and the trail leading onward to Chena Hot Springs. If you continue on toward the hot springs it's a hilly, forested trail with lots of up and down. There is a fee to soak in the hot springs pool and hey, please shower first! And don't forget to factor in the time it'll take to run or hike back to your starting point.

There are numerous hot springs in Alaska, but they're often remote, hard to reach, and hardly developed (if at all). By contrast, Chena Hot Springs Resort is fully built out, with a variety of lodge/hotel rooms, a good restaurant, a year-round ice museum (as in a museum built out of carved ice and decorated with ice sculptures), multiple tour options, and a rock pool around the hot springs. A day-use fee does apply for the hot springs. This destination is even more popular in the winter, when it becomes a prime destination for aurora-viewing tours.

This is a lovely boardwalk on the spectacular Granite Tors Trail. Expect gorgeous views and striking granite rock formations that were formed between 90 and 70 million years ago.

Comprised of over 100 antlers with a skull at its centre, the Moose Antler arch is quite a sight. It represents the game hunting heritage of the region and is meant to be the gateway to Downtown Fairbanks. The antlers are maybe taken from moose and Caribou.

Creamer's Field Migratory Waterfowl Refuge is home to various habitats, including wetlands, ponds, boreal forest and fields. The site is managed by the state of Alaska and is preserved in order to offer shelter to wildfowl and other migratory birds. A walk through the trees and along the boardwalks is sure to delight.

Expect superb, striking rock formations on the Granite Tors Trail. These tors were formed between 90 and 70 million yeas ago when molten rock thrust upwards and cooled. Subsequent weathering has meant that the tors have survived, standing proud above the Alaskan landscape.