Kobuk Valley National Park, Baird Mountains, Alaska

  Fun endeavors are bountiful; there's always something for the whole family to take pleasure in. The magnificent splendor of Kobuk Valley National Park is there for your viewing gratification. Summertime at Kobuk Valley National Park comes with high temperatures in the 50's, and through the night it cools down to the 40's. The cold days of the wintertime come with highs in the 0's, and overnight lows in the-20's for Kobuk Valley National Park.
Kobuk Valley National Park is a common location to spend time for folks from Kotzebue. A visit to Kobuk Valley
    National Park is a great selection when you have got to spend some time in the outdoors. Don't miss out on a tour to Bering Land Bridge National Preserve while you're here at Kobuk Valley National Park, and you'll meet a lot of people from Kotzebue here.
Kobuk Valley National
Park is a charming sector of wilderness that everyone loves. There is splendid outdoors recreation at Kobuk Valley National Park, so you may have fun during your stay. Around Kobuk Valley National Park you don’t get a lot of rain; August is the month that gets the most rain, and the driest month is February.
Life's too short to enjoy all the entertaining stuff in the Baird Mountains.

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

 
    National Park is a great selection when you have got to spend some time in the outdoors. Don't miss out on a tour to Bering Land Bridge National Preserve while you're here at Kobuk Valley National Park, and you'll meet a lot of people from Kotzebue here.
Kobuk Valley National
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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* Distances listed are direct linear distances, actual travel distance may be different.

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