Through My Lens | Exploring 2 of the Least Visited USA National Parks: Gates of the Arctic and Kobuk Valley @ThroughMyLens | Uploaded December 2023 | Updated October 2024, 3 hours ago.
Gates of the Arctic and Kobuk Valley are in a remote part of Northern Alaska and see less than 10,000 visitors a year. The parks have no infrastructure and are difficult to visit without hiring an plane and traversing the remote wilderness. We did a day trip from Kotzebue and spent over 5 hours flying across the Alaska wilderness to step foot in both parks. Here is the entire adventure and lets us know what you think in the comments.

First Nations History - kotzebueira.org
Golden Eagle Outfitters Tour - alaskawildernessexpeditions.com/national-park-tours.html

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***We visited in July***

Alaska National Park videos:
Glacier Bay - youtube.com/watch?v=1vNC_RuQOtM
Wrangell St. Elias - youtube.com/watch?v=pO4-fhDX0ws
Katmai - youtube.com/watch?v=9_EDxgZI7Y0
Kenai Fjords - youtube.com/watch?v=BpPkgj58mUs
Lake Clark - youtube.com/watch?v=KS7yNH5UYfM
Gates of the Arctic & Kobuk Valley - youtube.com/watch?v=Kqf2VPLPdJo
Denali - youtube.com/watch?v=EyhALI57XpY and youtube.com/watch?v=ZlymNvIW7f0

0:00 Intro
0:43 Getting to Kotzebue
2:14 National Park Visitor Center
3:09 Checking in for Flight
3:33 Flying to the National Parks & Tips
5:57 Gates of the Arctic National Park
7:45 Flying to Kobuk Valley
8:55 Kobuk Valley National Park
10:53 Flying back to Kotzebue
11:38 Nullagvik Hotel
12:28 Walking around Kotzebue
13:14 Midnight Sun


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