Fairbanks

Fairbanks is the largest city in the Interior region of Alaska, and second largest in the state behind Anchorage. Located centrally in the heart of Alaska, close to the junction of the Chena and Tanana rivers, Fairbanks is the gateway for travel to the Brooks Range and Arctic Coastal Plain and the frontier spirit that helped create Fairbanks is still strong today making it a perfect example of Last Frontier life in the 21st century. Fairbanks is about 110 miles south of the Arctic Circle, 357 highway miles north of Anchorage and about 120 miles north of Denali National Park.

Playing to its gold mining heritage visitors can pan for gold at El Dorado Gold Mine or alternatively visitors can take to the water on the Riverboat Discovery a three deck stern wheeler which plies the Chena and Tanana rivers.