Kobuk Valley National Park Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
national park in northwestern Alaska, USA
About Kobuk Valley National Park
The park headquarters are at the Northwest Arctic Heritage Center inKotzebue. It was declared a national monument by President Jimmy Carter on December 1, 1978, then made a National Park in 1980. The park consists of the valley of the Kobuk River and includes three sets of sand dune fields. The park lies in a transition zone between boreal forest and tundra. See thousands of caribou that migrate annually between their winter breeding grounds, south of the Waring Mountains, and their summer calving grounds, north of the Baird Mountains. Other mammals include moose, wolves, and foxes. Migrating birds come here in the summer. The park's sole amphibian is the wood frog, a cold-blooded creature which survives the icy winters by freezing solid and waking up again in the spring. The Kobuk locowee
Top Attractions in Kobuk Valley National Park
Explore the best things to see and do in Kobuk Valley National Park:
- ★Kobuk River
- ★Onion Portage
Kobuk Valley National Park Travel Guide Sections
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