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AKAlaska rankings

Towns with the most trails in Alaska

Ranked by miles of mapped hiking and walking trails per square mile of town. 18 towns with 2,500+ residents.

U.S. Census ACS 2020–2024 5-year

Fairbanks 1 Fairbanks 2.2 mi / sq mi Trail miles 72.5 mi Palmer 2 Palmer 1.3 mi / sq mi Trail miles 6.7 mi Kodiak 3 Kodiak 0.9 mi / sq mi Trail miles 5.0 mi
#TownTrail miles per sq miTrail milesParks & preserves
1 Fairbanks Fairbanks32,083 people 2.2 mi / sq mi 72.5 mi 16
2 Palmer Palmer6,268 people 1.3 mi / sq mi 6.7 mi 10
3 Kodiak Kodiak5,447 people 0.9 mi / sq mi 5.0 mi 2
4 Soldotna Soldotna4,485 people 0.7 mi / sq mi 5.1 mi 9
5 Ketchikan8,078 people 0.5 mi / sq mi 2.4 mi 3
6 Seward Seward2,794 people 0.5 mi / sq mi 10.5 mi 3
7 Anchorage288,976 people 0.5 mi / sq mi 860.5 mi 109
8 Homer Homer5,877 people 0.4 mi / sq mi 10.0 mi 6
9 Bethel Bethel6,312 people 0.3 mi / sq mi 17.0 mi 2
10 Kotzebue Kotzebue2,984 people 0.3 mi / sq mi 7.4 mi 0
11 Utqiaġvik Utqiaġvik4,778 people 0.2 mi / sq mi 4.8 mi 0
12 Valdez Valdez3,847 people 0.1 mi / sq mi 38.4 mi 6
13 Wasilla Wasilla9,720 people 0.1 mi / sq mi 1.7 mi 9
14 Nome Nome3,653 people 0.1 mi / sq mi 2.8 mi 0
15 Unalaska Unalaska4,556 people 0.1 mi / sq mi 22.7 mi 7
16 Kenai7,641 people 0.1 mi / sq mi 3.6 mi 6
17 Juneau city and31,794 people 0.1 mi / sq mi 197.4 mi 9
18 Sitka city and8,368 people 0.0 mi / sq mi 77.1 mi 7

How this ranking works

We rank every town by miles of mapped hiking and walking trails per square mile of town. Paths, bridleways, woods roads and footways in parks count; sidewalks don't. Towns need at least a mile of trail to be ranked. Trails come from OpenStreetMap, so a well-mapped town can edge out an equally trail-rich one that's mapped less thoroughly. The town with the highest figure ranks #1.

Only towns with at least 2,500 residents are ranked; Census estimates for smaller places are too uncertain. Population and income: U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Trails, streets and parks: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Conserved land: USGS PAD-US. Measured within each town's Census boundary. Town photos: Wikimedia Commons, credited on each town’s page.

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