Overview of Anchorage: Climate

Alaska is well-known for its winters -- but most visitors come in the summer, when the days are long and the temperatures are moderate. Many people consider the period between May and early September to be the best time to visit Anchorage. Read More »

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Buildings in Anchorage Municipality, Alaska

Green Connection Greenhouse, 1 km (1 mile)
Anchorage Fire Department Battalion 1 North Side Station 1, 3 km (2 miles)
Anchorage Fire Department Battalion 3 East Side Station 4, 3 km (2 miles)
Sutton's Greenhouse, 3 km (2 miles)
Civil Air Patrol, 3 km (2 miles)
Elmendorf Fire and Emergency Services Station 2, 5 km (3 miles)
Elmendorf Fire and Emergency Services Station 7, 5 km (3 miles)
Elmendorf Fire and Emergency Services Station 6, 5 km (3 miles)
Elmendorf Fire and Emergency Services Station 3, 5 km (3 miles)
Elmendorf Fire and Emergency Services Station 1, 5 km (3 miles)
Anchorage Fire Department Battalion 1 North Side Station 5, 5 km (3 miles)
Anchorage Fire Department Battalion 3 East Side Station 6, 5 km (3 miles)
Anchorage Fire Department Battalion 3 East Side Station 14, 5 km (3 miles)
Alaska Greenhouses, 6 km (4 miles)
Anchorage Fire Department Battalion 2 South Side Station 12, 6 km (4 miles)
Dimond Greenhouses, 8 km (5 miles)
Bell's Nursery, 8 km (5 miles)
Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport Police and Fire Station, 9 km (5 miles)
Kulis Air Guard Fire Department, 9 km (5 miles)
Anchorage Fire Department Battalion 2 South Side Station 7, 9 km (6 miles)
Anchorage Fire Department Battalion 2 South Side Station 8, 10 km (6 miles)
Anchorage Fire Department Battalion 2 South Side Station 9, 11 km (7 miles)
Anchorage Fire Department Battalion 2 South Side Station 15, 11 km (7 miles)
Fort Richardson Fire and Emergency Services Station 4, 11 km (7 miles)
Fort Richardson Fire and Emergency Services Station 5, 11 km (7 miles)
Anchorage Fire Department Battalion 2 South Side Station 10, 14 km (9 miles)
Anchorage Fire Department Battalion 3 East Side Station 11, 19 km (12 miles)
Moa South Fork Fire Department, 19 km (12 miles)
Wilby's Greenhouse and Nursery, 19 km (12 miles)
Mile 5.2 Greenhouse, 21 km (13 miles)
South Fork Volunteer Fire Department, 22 km (14 miles)
Chugiak Volunteer Fire Department Station 35, 22 km (14 miles)
Chugiak Volunteer Fire Department Station 31, 26 km (16 miles)
Chugiak Volunteer Fire Department Station 32, 28 km (17 miles)
Chugiak Volunteer Fire Department Station 34, 29 km (18 miles)

Parks in Anchorage Municipality, Alaska

Pop Carr Park, 4 km (3 miles)
Baxter Bog Park, 5 km (3 miles)

Lakes in Anchorage Municipality, Alaska

Lake Beebe, 10 km (6 miles)
Beach Lake, 27 km (17 miles)

Buildings in Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska

Central Matanuska - Susitna Fire Department Station 64, 25 km (16 miles)
Central Matanuska - Susitna Fire Department Station 63, 30 km (19 miles)
Central Matanuska - Susitna Fire Department Station 62, 38 km (24 miles)
Big Lake Volunteer Fire Department Station 8 - 2, 39 km (24 miles)
Central Matanuska - Susitna Fire Department Station 66, 44 km (27 miles)
Central Matanuska - Susitna Fire Department Station 61, 47 km (29 miles)
Houston Volunteer Fire Department, 47 km (29 miles)
Meadow Lakes Volunteer Fire Department 7 - 2, 50 km (31 miles)
Central Matanuska - Susitna Fire Department Station 51, 51 km (31 miles)
Central Matanuska - Susitna Fire Department Station 52, 55 km (34 miles)
Butte Volunteer Fire and Rescue 2 - 1, 58 km (36 miles)
Palmer Fire Department Station 36 Training Center, 59 km (36 miles)
Palmer Fire Department Station 34, 59 km (37 miles)
Butte Volunteer Fire and Rescue 2 - 2, 59 km (37 miles)
Willow Fire Department, 61 km (38 miles)
Palmer Fire Department Station 35, 62 km (39 miles)
Palmer Fire Department Station 33, 63 km (39 miles)
Palmer Fire Department Station 32, 63 km (39 miles)
Sutton Fire Department, 76 km (47 miles)

Lakes in Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska

Anna Lake, 30 km (19 miles)
Piper Lake, 37 km (23 miles)
Beaver Lakes, 43 km (26 miles)
Tl'eghesh Bena Bidiltuni, 45 km (28 miles)
Baptist Pond, 46 km (29 miles)
Beverly Lake, 48 km (30 miles)
Gega Bena, 48 km (30 miles)
Out Lake, 49 km (30 miles)
Q'ebengga, 51 km (32 miles)
Bench Lake, 51 km (32 miles)
Barbel Lake, 58 km (36 miles)
Meier Lake, 58 km (36 miles)
Q'eyses Bena, 59 km (37 miles)
Q'aghil Bena, 74 km (46 miles)
Bell Lake, 224 km (139 miles)

Channels in Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska

Yach'ditnu, 41 km (26 miles)
Qa'itsusi Betnu, 50 km (31 miles)
Qalnigi T'el'ihtnu, 51 km (32 miles)

Lakes in Alaska

Bedlam Lake, 41 km (26 miles)
Berry Lake, 59 km (36 miles)
Pot Lake, 59 km (36 miles)
Odd Lake, 61 km (38 miles)
Chikdashla Bena, 72 km (45 miles)
K'etnu Ka'a Bena, 77 km (48 miles)
K'chanli Bena, 80 km (50 miles)
Q'atl'uhghulqet' Bena, 81 km (50 miles)
K'qalt'ats'a Bena, 84 km (52 miles)
Beluga Lake, 96 km (60 miles)
Big River Lakes, 141 km (88 miles)

Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska

Tanltun Kaq', 42 km (26 miles)
Susitna Delta, 44 km (27 miles)
Tl'eghes Bena Q'estsiq' Hg'adghilent, 47 km (29 miles)
Dach'qelqiht, 50 km (31 miles)
Tus Nuch'k'elyashi, 51 km (32 miles)
Q'eyses Kaq', 53 km (33 miles)
Conrock North Pit, 53 km (33 miles)
Nughiltnu Kaq', 59 km (36 miles)
Palmer Pioneer Cemetery, 60 km (37 miles)

Streams in Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska

Bek'dilyashi Betnu, 42 km (26 miles)
Coho Creek, 47 km (29 miles)
Tl'eghes Bena Q'estsiq', 47 km (29 miles)
Ha Betnu, 53 km (33 miles)
Kala Ch'aq'a Betnu, 56 km (35 miles)

Inlets in Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska

Qalnigi Denuch'dnel'ushtnu, 44 km (28 miles)

Plains in Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska

Shq'ach'egh Kena, 48 km (30 miles)

Ridges in Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska

Tanltun Tesha, 51 km (32 miles)
Bald Mountain Ridge, 66 km (41 miles)

Schools in Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska

Pioneer Peak Elementary School, 55 km (34 miles)

Parks in Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska

Wolf Lake State Recreation Site, 58 km (36 miles)
Independence Mine State Historical Park, 72 km (44 miles)

Meteorological Stations in Alaska

Lazy Mtn / Wolverine, 64 km (40 miles)

Alaska

Ch'u'itnu Hdakaq', 69 km (43 miles)
Ridgeway Farms Stables, 99 km (62 miles)
Oil Platform King, 102 km (64 miles)

Buildings in Alaska

Tyonek Volunteer Fire and Rescue Squad, 71 km (44 miles)
Nikiski Fire Department Station 2, 95 km (59 miles)
Nikiski Fire Department Station 1, 103 km (64 miles)
Kenai Fire Department, 105 km (65 miles)
Central Emergency Services Station 4 K Beach Station, 110 km (68 miles)

Streams in Alaska

K'etnu Ka'a, 77 km (48 miles)
Beaver Creek, 102 km (63 miles)
Bachatna Creek, 126 km (79 miles)

Bays in Alaska

Beshta Bay, 80 km (50 miles)

Streams in Bethel Census Area, Alaska

Pass Fork, 209 km (130 miles)

Buildings in Valdez-Cordova Census Area, Alaska

Glennrich Volunteer Fire Department Glennallen, 248 km (154 miles)
Alaska Division of Forestry Northern Region Valdez - Copper River Area Office, 251 km (156 miles)
Glennrich Fire and Rescue, 252 km (157 miles)
Glennrich Volunteer Fire Department Silver Springs, 255 km (159 miles)
Gulkana Volunteer Fire Department, 264 km (164 miles)
Gakona Volunteer Fire Department, 269 km (167 miles)

Interesting Places on the Map

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Abeuek Budi in Provinsi Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam, Indonesia
Al Wahdah as Sihhiyah Masib, a clinic in Ahwar, Muhafazat Abyan, Yemen
Apinilco, a stream in Region de la Araucania, Chile
Bid Khan in Ostan-e Khorasan-e Razavi, Iran
Brejo Pembe, a wetland in Provincia de Inhambane, Mozambique
Church Lake Dam in Fayette County, Tennessee
Dashu in Fujian, China
Daya Iferd Bou Izra, a depression in Algeria
Desa Pamijen in Central Java, Indonesia
Dubovskiy in Chuvashia, Russia
Gora Boynala, a mountain in Kazakhstan
Grole in Newfoundland and Labrador
Kal-e Chengar Kuh, an intermittent stream in Ostan-e Khorasan-e Jonubi, Iran
Khara Zukha, a stream in Respublika Kalmykiya, Russia
Lac Grama, a lake in Quebec
Lamdaruwa in Hapur, Dang, Rapti Zone, Mid Western Region, Nepal

Longstick River, a stream in Northwest Territories
Mbiabong in Cross River State, Nigeria
Mount Harmon School (historical), a school in Chesterfield County, South Carolina
Muldoon Tank, a water tank in Yavapai County, Arizona
Nowzamin in Ostan-e Markazi, Iran
Paeksong-ni in P'yongan-bukto, North Korea
Pajja in Azad Kashmir, Pakistan
Prosperity in Macon County, Tennessee
Rusagara in iProvense ya Muyinga, Burundi
Sidi Mohamed in Wilaya de Mascara, Algeria
Sukah in Wilayat-e Ghazni, Afghanistan
Teluk Selassi, a bay in Indonesia
Tokoropati Island, an island in Cuyuni-Mazaruni Region, Guyana
Voungou, a stream in Prefecture de l' Ouham, Central African Republic
Walters Branch, a stream in Pike County, Alabama

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