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Explore Anchorage
Anchorage in Anchorage Municipality (Alaska) with it's 298,695 inhabitants is located in United States about 3,361 mi (or 5,409 km) north-west of Washington DC, the country's capital.
Local time in Anchorage is now 03:53 AM (Thursday). The local timezone is named America / Anchorage with an UTC offset of -9 hours. We know of 8 airports in the wider vicinity of Anchorage, of which one is a larger airport. The closest airport in United States is Merrill Field in a distance of 2 mi (or 3 km), East. Besides the airports, there are other travel options available (check left side).
Also, if you like golfing, there are multiple options in driving distance. If you need a place to sleep, we compiled a list of available hotels close to the map centre further down the page.
Depending on your travel schedule, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: Palmer, Fairbanks, Kodiak, and . To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: -4°C / 25 °F
Morning Temperature | -6°C / 21 °F |
Evening Temperature | -5°C / 23 °F |
Night Temperature | -5°C / 23 °F |
Chance of rainfall | 0% |
Air Humidity | 77% |
Air Pressure | 1025 hPa |
Wind Speed | Light breeze with 3 km/h (2 mph) from South-West |
Cloud Conditions | Scattered clouds, covering 40% of sky |
General Conditions | Scattered clouds |
Thursday, 21st of November 2024
-3°C (26 °F)
-5°C (22 °F)
Few clouds, light breeze.
Friday, 22nd of November 2024
-3°C (26 °F)
-4°C (25 °F)
Overcast clouds, calm.
Saturday, 23rd of November 2024
-4°C (25 °F)
-3°C (27 °F)
Overcast clouds, calm.
Hotels and Places to Stay
Hotel Captain Cook LVX
Sheraton Anchorage Hotel & Spa
Anchorage Marriott Downtown
Hilton Anchorage
Comfort Inn Downtown - Ship Creek
The Jules
Aviator Hotel Anchorage
WESTMARK ANCHORAGE HOTEL
11th Avenue Bed and Breakfast
Quality Suites Historic Downtown
Videos from this area
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Heavy duty Alaska Railroad Coal train with 7 engines at Anchorage.
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Anchorage Mushing District and George Attla Memorial Arch Ceremony
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Attractions and noteworthy things
Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.
Fur Rendezvous Festival
The Fur Rendezvous Festival (usually called Fur Rendezvous, Fur Rondy, or simply Rondy) is an annual winter festival held in Anchorage, Alaska in late February. The self-styled "largest winter festival in North America", Fur Rendezvous is highly anticipated by many Anchorage-area residents as marking the beginning of the end of a long winter and the approach of spring. In 2012, Fur Rendezvous was selected as the number one winter carnival in the world by the National Geographic Traveler.
KTBY
KTBY, virtual channel 4, is a Fox-affiliated television station serving Anchorage, Alaska. The station is owned by Coastal Television Broadcasting Company, LLC. The station is broadcast on digital over-the-air channel 20, and on the local cable TV system, GCI. KTBY airs Fox programming and sports, courtroom shows and sitcom reruns, along with a primetime newscast.
Alaska Center for the Performing Arts
The Alaska Center for the Performing Arts is a performance venue in downtown Anchorage, Alaska. Opened in 1989, it entertains over 200,000 patrons annually, and consists of three theaters: Evangeline Atwood Concert Hall, with 2,000 seats, is designed for opera, symphonic, chamber and popular music presentations, as well as dance and Broadway musicals. Discovery Theatre, with 700 seats, is suited for theatre, smaller-scale operas, dance, film and musical presentations.
Dena'ina Civic and Convention Center
The Dena'ina Civic and Convention Center is a convention center in downtown Anchorage, Alaska. The $111 million, 200,000-square-foot facility opened in September 2008, early and within budget. The Dena’ina Center increases Anchorage’s civic and convention capacity by 300 percent, and offers visitors an opportunity to learn about the Dena'ina people who have lived in the Cook Inlet Region since just after the last Ice Age.
William A. Egan Civic and Convention Center
The William A. Egan Civic & Convention Center, constructed in 1984 is named for Alaska's first governor William Allen Egan. The 45,000-square-foot Egan Center is located in the heart of downtown Anchorage, Alaska on 5th Avenue between E street and F street. The building features a unique glass front that runs the entire length of the facility providing the reception area and the giant Ficus retusa trees inside with plenty of natural light.
Delaney Park Strip
The Delaney Park Strip is an 11-block park in the municipality of Anchorage, Alaska. It was originally Anchorage's airfield.
Downtown Anchorage
Downtown Anchorage is a neighborhood in the U.S. city of Anchorage, Alaska. Considered the central business district of Anchorage, Downtown has many office buildings, cultural points of interest, shopping areas, as well as dining and nightlife attractions. Today's Downtown was the original site of the Anchorage Land Auction in 1915, which gave rise to today's present-day grid street pattern.
Robert B. Atwood Building
The Robert B. Atwood Building is an office building in Downtown Anchorage, Alaska. The building houses government offices for the State of Alaska. Standing at 20 stories and 81 m (265 ft), it is the second-tallest building in Alaska. The building was formerly known as the Bank of America Center. Together with the slightly taller Conoco-Phillips Building, the skyscraper defines Anchorage's skyline.
Tony Knowles Coastal Trail
The Tony Knowles Coastal Trail is an 11-mile long trail along the coast of Anchorage, Alaska designated for non-motorized use. The trail runs from Second Avenue in downtown Anchorage and finishes in Kincaid Park. The trail is entirely paved and supports two-way traffic. Point Woronzof Park borders the coastal trail to the east for about a mile, starting at about mile 5.0. In the summer the trail is used extensively by walkers, runners, rollerbladers, and cyclists.
Linny Pacillo Parking Garage
The Linny Pacillo Parking Garage is a 10 story parking garage in downtown Anchorage, Alaska. The upper nine stories are for parking, with the first story serving as retail space. The structure contains a total of 368,830 square feet, including the retail space. Owned by the state government of Alaska, it provides 844 parking spaces for state employees, plus 40 spaces for visitors. The garage sits across from and services the Robert B. Atwood Building.
Anchorage (Alaska Railroad station)
The Anchorage Alaska Railroad station is the rail station at the center of the Alaska Railroad system at the junction of the two main lines their trains run on. It serves as the starting point for many tourists traveling on the luxury trains such as the Denali Star. It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on August 27, 1999, reference number 99001027.
J. C. Penney Store (Anchorage, Alaska)
The J.C. Penney Building is a former department store building in downtown Anchorage, Alaska, United States. The original building, which was opened in 1962 was destroyed during the 1964 Alaska earthquake. A larger store was rebuilt on the same location and the replacement building features a Whaling Wall mural.