Guidebook for Eagle River

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Guidebook for Eagle River

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It's a great little walk and chock full of Alaska flora and fauna.
90 locals recommend
Eagle River Nature Center
32750 Eagle River Rd
90 locals recommend
It's a great little walk and chock full of Alaska flora and fauna.
If you're headed to Denali DO NOT MISS Talkeetna. The base camp for all McKinley climbers its an authentically chilled town with a rich climbing history.
130 locals recommend
Talkeetna
130 locals recommend
If you're headed to Denali DO NOT MISS Talkeetna. The base camp for all McKinley climbers its an authentically chilled town with a rich climbing history.
Great restaurants, shops and a nice area to walk. The Convention and Visitors Bureau is there too.
West 4th Avenue
West 4th Avenue
Great restaurants, shops and a nice area to walk. The Convention and Visitors Bureau is there too.
A more challenging hike with a great view.
241 locals recommend
Flattop Mountain
241 locals recommend
A more challenging hike with a great view.
A medium level hike with a super view.
Baldy Mountain
A medium level hike with a super view.
Get up close and personal with reindeer (the domesticated version of Caribou). Great for kids.
101 locals recommend
Reindeer Farm
5561 Bodenburg Loop
101 locals recommend
Get up close and personal with reindeer (the domesticated version of Caribou). Great for kids.
See and learn about the unique Musk Ox. They are very impressive and yield very soft fur that Alaskans make into outer wear.
74 locals recommend
The Musk Ox Farm
12850 E Archie Rd
74 locals recommend
See and learn about the unique Musk Ox. They are very impressive and yield very soft fur that Alaskans make into outer wear.
Home to a mining operation years ago, this is a nice drive and it has a beautiful view.
146 locals recommend
Hatcher Pass
146 locals recommend
Home to a mining operation years ago, this is a nice drive and it has a beautiful view.
Our best ski area, this town has lots of character even in the summer.
89 locals recommend
Girdwood
89 locals recommend
Our best ski area, this town has lots of character even in the summer.
If you have time, make your way to Homer. It's a quaint artistic town, with great fishing and even better restaurants.
93 locals recommend
Homer
93 locals recommend
If you have time, make your way to Homer. It's a quaint artistic town, with great fishing and even better restaurants.
A wonderful camp ground on a lake with a pair of nesting loons, canoe rentals, a sand pit for volleyball and it's close to the road system.
South Rolly Lake
A wonderful camp ground on a lake with a pair of nesting loons, canoe rentals, a sand pit for volleyball and it's close to the road system.

Sightseeing

This is a scenic, beautiful easy hike in good for any fitness level (1 mile).
80 locals recommend
Thunderbird Falls
25321 Old Glenn Highway
80 locals recommend
This is a scenic, beautiful easy hike in good for any fitness level (1 mile).
Awesome family owned business with McKinely flights and glacier landings. Ask for Suzanne Rust.
30 locals recommend
K2 Aviation
14052 E 2nd St
30 locals recommend
Awesome family owned business with McKinely flights and glacier landings. Ask for Suzanne Rust.
For fishing or flightseeing out of Anchorage this is your company. The Rusts have been around for 60+ years and they do Alaska right.
13 locals recommend
Rust's Flying Service
4525 Enstrom Cir
13 locals recommend
For fishing or flightseeing out of Anchorage this is your company. The Rusts have been around for 60+ years and they do Alaska right.
if you don't want to drive to Seward or Denali these folks offer van service at a reasonable price.
Alaska Train
3900 Arctic Blvd
if you don't want to drive to Seward or Denali these folks offer van service at a reasonable price.

Food Scene

Kid and adult friendly American cuisine
9 locals recommend
Eagle River Ale House
11901 Old Glenn Hwy
9 locals recommend
Kid and adult friendly American cuisine
NIce, comfy place to enjoy a great cup of coffee.
29 locals recommend
Jitters Where Coffee Is An Art
11401 Old Glenn Hwy
29 locals recommend
NIce, comfy place to enjoy a great cup of coffee.
The locals favorite for seafood. Funky exterior but good food with great service.
19 locals recommend
Kinley's Restaurant & Bar
3230 Seward Hwy
19 locals recommend
The locals favorite for seafood. Funky exterior but good food with great service.
It's been around for over 50 years. Great shakes, burgers and fried chicken.
27 locals recommend
Lucky Wishbone
1033 E 5th Ave
27 locals recommend
It's been around for over 50 years. Great shakes, burgers and fried chicken.
Super, great pizza.
347 locals recommend
Moose's Tooth Pub & Pizzeria
3300 Old Seward Hwy
347 locals recommend
Super, great pizza.
Watch a movie and enjoy a great dinner.
315 locals recommend
Bear Tooth Theatrepub
1230 W 27th Ave
315 locals recommend
Watch a movie and enjoy a great dinner.
Alaska ambience and good food and a wide array of adult beers & beverages.
118 locals recommend
Humpy's Great Alaskan Alehouse
610 W 6th Ave
118 locals recommend
Alaska ambience and good food and a wide array of adult beers & beverages.
As fresh and authentic as it gets in Alaska. Good service, great ambience and a crowd favorite at our house.
9 locals recommend
Jalapenos Mexican Restaurant & Cantina
11823 Old Glenn Hwy
9 locals recommend
As fresh and authentic as it gets in Alaska. Good service, great ambience and a crowd favorite at our house.
Our pick hands down if you're up for Thai. The family has been serving up authentic Thai for almost 20 years. I'm addicted.
Thai Village Restaurant
954 Muldoon Rd
Our pick hands down if you're up for Thai. The family has been serving up authentic Thai for almost 20 years. I'm addicted.

Essentials

10 locals recommend
Carrs
11409 Business Park Blvd
10 locals recommend
Groceries, camping equipment, pharmacy, clothing, etc.
42 locals recommend
Fred Meyer
13401 Old Glenn Hwy
42 locals recommend
Groceries, camping equipment, pharmacy, clothing, etc.

Shopping

Offers fun local items and art.
Picture This
11401 Old Glenn Hwy
Offers fun local items and art.