Kobuk Valley National Park, Baird Mountains, Alaska

  The warmest time of the year at Kobuk Valley National Park arrives with high temperatures in the 50's with night lows in the 40's. The winter comes with highs in the 0's, and after the sun is down throughout the winter temperatures at Kobuk Valley National Park fall into the-20's. There are loads of amusing pursuits to please everyone. If you need a location to stay Nullagvik Hotel is a tremendous choice, and if you're stopping by from Kotzebue, you won't be the only one.
Going to Kobuk Valley National Park is a nice idea when you must spend some time
    in the outdoors. It's a popular place to travel to for folks from Kotzebue. Kobuk Valley National Park is a nice wilderness vicinity where everyone has a brilliant time.
At Kobuk Valley National Park you find plenty of outdoors recreation that you can utilize. The glorious
loveliness of Kobuk Valley National Park is there for you to take pleasure in. Kobuk Valley National Park gets very little precipitation; August is the month that gets the most rain, and the driest month of the year is February.
All year is a good time in the Baird Mountains if you go for the outdoors. Bering Land Bridge National Preserve is a fine site next to Kobuk Valley National Park.

Kobuk Valley National Park is encircled by the Baird and Waring mountain ranges. The park povides protection for several important geographic features,

 
    in the outdoors. It's a popular place to travel to for folks from Kotzebue. Kobuk Valley National Park is a nice wilderness vicinity where everyone has a brilliant time.
At Kobuk Valley National Park you find plenty of outdoors recreation that you can utilize. The glorious
of the southern portion of the Kobuk Valley, where they are naturally stabilized by vegetation. River bluffs, composed of sand and standing as high as 150 feet, hold permafrost ice wedges and the fossils of Ice Age mammals.

   

CONTACTS

Email - WEAR_Webmail@nps.gov

Fax- 907-442-8316

Write to
PO Box 1029
Kotzebue, AK 99752

Phone
Headquarters - 907-442-3890
summer Visitor Information - 907-442-3760

TRAVEL BASICS

Operating

 
Hours, Seasons
Information Center Use: daily, summer: 8:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.; 'occasionally', winter: 3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Parklands Use: Open all year long. Closed most Federal Holidays.

Getting There
PLANE - Commercial airlines provide service from Anchorage or Fairbanks to Nome and Kotzebue. From either location, visitors may fly with various air taxi operators. There are scheduled flights to villages and chartered flights to specific park areas. Summer access may include motorized/non-motorized watercraft, aircraft, or by foot. Winter access may include snowmobiles, aircraft or by foot.

Weather & Climate
Expect high winds throughout the year and short, mild, cool sunny summers. Experience 24 hours of daylight for one month and a long, severe, harsh, extremely cold winter with about one hour of daylight by December 1. The area recieves 10-12' precipitation annually. For back country hiking/camping, wear plenty of warm clothing, dress in layers, and use rain gear. Wear sturdy hiking boots and waders for wet terrain.

Accessibility
There are no trails or roads within the park.


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Latitude: 66.92
Longitude: -162.03

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Nullagvik Hotel,
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39.4 miles away
* Distances listed are direct linear distances, actual travel distance may be different.

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