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Ester Dome is one of the most prominent land features in this green, rolling landscape. If you're lucky, on a clear day you can see Denali some 200 miles to the south.

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 trail brings you into the heart of the granite tors — dramatic towers of granite that are slowly being revealed as the earth around them erodes away. If you like, you can continue running an oval-shaped loop that passes through the most impressive tors before rejoining the original trail near the start point. However, pay close attention to where you're at: The quality of trail markings can vary, and this isn't the sort of place you'd want to get lost.

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.

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.

With glorious volcanic rock formations that have been thrust upwards, the Angel Rocks Trail is a scenic delight. The path is characterised by these impressive granite pillars, which have withstood the weathering of the ages to still stand proud today. Expect lovely valley views from the 530-metre (1,750 ft) high point of the trail.

Commercial hot springs with a nice natural outdoor space. In the summer, the sun almost never sets. In the winter, this is a great place to watch the northern lights. Fortunately, the warm water can protect you from the -20F (-29C) temperatures.