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Alaska rankings · Outdoors Towns with the most trails in Alaska Ranked by miles of mapped hiking and walking trails per square mile of town. 40 towns with 2,500+ residents.
Ruby Not on this list Ruby has fewer than 2,500 residents, the floor for AK lists.
All 40 towns Trail miles per sq mi, highest first.
# Town Trail miles per sq mi Trail miles Parks & preserves
1
College 11,924 people 5.2 mi / sq mi 98.0 mi 6
2
Gateway 6,845 people 2.4 mi / sq mi 44.5 mi 3
4
Fairbanks 32,083 people 2.2 mi / sq mi 72.5 mi 16
5
Ester 2,752 people 2.1 mi / sq mi 132.8 mi 0
8
Mill Bay 3,654 people 1.6 mi / sq mi 5.7 mi 5
9
Palmer 6,268 people 1.3 mi / sq mi 6.7 mi 10
10
Badger 18,677 people 1.0 mi / sq mi 66.6 mi 1
11
Kodiak 5,447 people 0.9 mi / sq mi 5.0 mi 2
12
Soldotna 4,485 people 0.7 mi / sq mi 5.1 mi 9
13
Big Lake 3,585 people 0.6 mi / sq mi 76.8 mi 3
14
Fishhook 5,819 people 0.6 mi / sq mi 38.5 mi 2
16
Butte 4,085 people 0.5 mi / sq mi 18.4 mi 1
17
Ketchikan 8,078 people 0.5 mi / sq mi 2.4 mi 3
18
Seward 2,794 people 0.5 mi / sq mi 10.5 mi 3
20
Anchorage 288,976 people 0.5 mi / sq mi 860.5 mi 109
21
Homer 5,877 people 0.4 mi / sq mi 10.0 mi 6
22
Bethel 6,312 people 0.3 mi / sq mi 17.0 mi 2
24
Kotzebue 2,984 people 0.3 mi / sq mi 7.4 mi 0
28
Farm Loop 2,894 people 0.2 mi / sq mi 1.8 mi 1
30
Sterling 6,323 people 0.2 mi / sq mi 11.6 mi 3
31
Valdez 3,847 people 0.1 mi / sq mi 38.4 mi 6
32
Wasilla 9,720 people 0.1 mi / sq mi 1.7 mi 9
33
Tanaina 9,646 people 0.1 mi / sq mi 3.9 mi 1
34
Nome 3,653 people 0.1 mi / sq mi 2.8 mi 0
35
Unalaska 4,556 people 0.1 mi / sq mi 22.7 mi 7
36
Kenai 7,641 people 0.1 mi / sq mi 3.6 mi 6
37
Nikiski 4,773 people 0.1 mi / sq mi 6.0 mi 3
38
Juneau 31,794 people 0.1 mi / sq mi 197.4 mi 9
40
Sitka 8,368 people 0.0 mi / sq mi 77.1 mi 7
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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