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You can travel 95 miles to the end
of the park road and the historic mining
district of Kantishna. Go with Doyon’s,
an Alaska Native-owned guided tour,
and you can do it in one day. That’s
190 miles in 12 hours.
Why would you do this? First,
you get to see the entire park
road, which gives you more chances
to spot wildlife. You also get
a super-close view of Mount McKinley
(if it’s out). And Kantishna
is an enclave of wilderness lodges
with a gold-mining past.
You’ll spend a couple hours at the Kantishna
Roadhouse, full-service lodge
with a lot of history just past Wonder
Lake. The original lodge was built
in the early 1900s and served as a
private residence, a community center,
a post office, and informal inn. The
early roadhouse accommodated a rush
of hopeful gold miners seeking their
fortune. Lunch is provided and you
may try panning for gold in real gold
country, or watch an interpretive program
on dog mushing.
In addition to this historic flavor,
you'll get the full feel of Denali
National Park as you travel the length
of its sole road.
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