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Tanana Valley State Forest
Managed by Alaska Department of Natural Resources
47 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
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Outdoors · Salcha
Salcha, AK parks, trails & bike paths
About 58% of Salcha is conserved land, roughly 28,278 acres. There are about 9.4 miles of mapped trails.
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Salcha, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Salcha outdoors
Conserved land
58%
28,278 of 48,700 acres
Trails
9.4 mi
0.1 mi per sq mi · 7 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
1
named on the map
Bike routes
0.0 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 0.0 mi off-road paths
Conserved land is a share of the whole town area. Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
Map
Conserved land, trails & bike routes
Tap a number or a place below to zoom in© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Places to walk
Parks & preserves with trails
Ranked by mapped trail miles. Directions go to the nearest marked trailhead or public parking.
Things to do
Beaches, playgrounds, falls & more
Pick a kind of place for the list, directions, or pins on the map above.
Picnic areas in Salcha
Salcha River State Recreation AreaFee
Trails
Named trails
- Winter Trail5.9 mi
- Old Valdez Trail1.4 mi
- Bessie Barnabas Trail1.1 mi
- Butte Creek Trail0.2 mi
Water
Lakes & rivers
Tap a name for directions.
Who protects the land
28,278 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. 38 acres are conservation easements, which are usually private land. Public access isn't recorded for 4 of 8 parcels. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes0.0 mi
- Off-road bike paths0.0 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Courts & fields
- Baseball1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Public lands
The biggest protected places in Salcha
From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
State Other or Unknown 28,193 acState Resource Management Area 47 acConservation Easement 38 ac
| Place | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| State Tentatively Approved (tad)State Other or Unknown | State natural resources | 10,218 | Access unknown |
| State PatentedState Other or Unknown | State natural resources | 7,585 | Access unknown |
| State Land Disposals - Other Than MunicipalState Other or Unknown | State natural resources | 5,435 | Access unknown |
| State Land Disposals - Municipal PurposesState Other or Unknown | State natural resources | 4,954 | Access unknown |
| Tanana Valley State ForestState Resource Management Area | State natural resources | 47 | Open |
Nearby
Salcha and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Salcha | 58.1% | 9.4 mi | 1 |
| Harding-Birch Lakes | 83.7% | 6.5 mi | 2 |
| Eielson AFB | 13.8% | 7.2 mi | 1 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Salcha's trails yet. Muddy, icy, a bridge out, where to park: a quick post helps the next person.
Sources: trails, parks, preserves, courts and bike lanes © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), map data as of 2026-09-28. Conserved land: USGS Gap Analysis Project, Protected Areas Database of the United States (PAD-US). Measured against the Census town boundary.
How we measure
"Trails" are OpenStreetMap paths, bridleways, public tracks and unpaved footways, plus footways inside a park or preserve or on a named trail route. Sidewalks are left out. Areas are counted on a 46.4-meter grid, so overlapping parcels count once. "Conserved" includes conservation easements, which protect land from development but are usually private property. Trailheads are the nearest marked trailhead, public parking lot or information board within about 150 meters of a preserve. Dog rules come from OpenStreetMap when someone has tagged them; otherwise we show what's typical for the land manager, or say the rules aren't recorded.