Fairbanks, Alaska - Attractions and Points of Interest

Attractions and Points of Interest

The city of Fairbanks and the greater Fairbanks area is home to a number of attractions and events, which draw visitors from outside of Alaska throughout the year. Summer tourist traffic primarily consists of cruise ship passengers who purchase package tours which include travel to Fairbanks. Many of these tourists spend one or more nights at a local hotel and visit one or more attractions. Tourism the rest of the year is mostly concentrated around the winter season, centered upon the northern lights, ice carving and winter sports. In addition, other events draw visitors from within Alaska, mostly from the community's trading area throughout Interior Alaska and the North Slope.

Within city limits
  • Creamer's Field Migratory Waterfowl Refuge
  • Fairbanks Curling Club
  • Golden Days Parade (July)
  • Midnight Sun Game (June 21)
  • Open North American Championship Sled Dog Race (March)
  • Pioneer Park
  • World Eskimo Indian Olympics (July)
Outside city limits
  • Birch Hill Recreation Area
  • Georgeson Botanical Garden
  • Gold Dredge No. 8
  • World Ice Art Championships and IceAlaska Ice Park
  • Riverboat Discovery
  • Robert G. White Large Animal Research Station
  • Sternwheeler Tanana Chief
  • Tanana Valley State Fair (August)
  • University of Alaska Museum of the North

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