Alaska’s Unique City in the Wilderness

1,900 miles from the nearest city with a population over 100,000 people.

This international city uniquely combines the conveniences of the modern world with a rugged, natural environment and backs up to these beautiful Chugach Mountains and surrounded by the waters of Cook Inlet in the middle of nowhere, USA. A special beauty that has all but vanished from populated regions of the world.

We have five golf courses, miles and miles of bike trails with abundant wildlife to be seen daily in our backyards and streets. Brown and black bear, wolves, Bald Eagles, and moose can be seen throughout our neighborhoods and parks as you engage yourself in the splendor that is all around. You may view foxes, mountain Dall sheep & goats, salmon, and whales all within a few miles . . . of our downtown area. In summer it is a treat to leave work on your lunch break and fish for red, king, and silver salmon on waters just a tee shot from downtown offices and stores.

As a city in the wilderness, we are truly fortunate and grateful to the oil and gas industry tax dollars that have provided our city with cultural elegance and activities for everyone with venues like “The Center of Performing Arts”, “Egan Convention Center”, “Sullivan Arena” with over 8,700 seats, “Museum”, and the “Ben Boeke Ice Arena”. These great locations provide us hockey, concerts, art, plays, and display areas for business or social gatherings.

“City of Lights” in the wintertime, Iditarod Dog Sled Race, Fur Rondy, and other events provide so many people with the beauty and excitement of a larger city without the crowds or traffic. In our city you can watch moose in the morning and a ballet in the afternoon. You can take a short flight to see some of the most dramatic mountain scenery on earth then be back in town for fresh seafood at a five-star restaurant. Our “Big Wild Life” city is an urban enclave surrounded by wilderness. The world’s second highest tides surge against our shores, and North America’s highest peak glimmers in the distance.

What an environment to live, work, and play in one of the melting pots of culture, nationality, and idiosyncrasies of rugged pride.


This is Anchorage Alaska, truly a unique city in the wilderness.









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