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Matanuska Valley State Moose Range
Managed by Alaska Department of Fish and Game
22,203 acres11.4 mi of trail
Chickaloon Trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Sutton-Alpine
Sutton-Alpine, AK parks, trails & bike paths
About 63% of Sutton-Alpine is conserved land, roughly 22,881 acres. There are about 15 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Matanuska Valley State Moose Range (11.4 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Sutton-Alpine, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Sutton-Alpine outdoors
Conserved land
63%
22,881 of 36,141 acres
Trails
15 mi
0.3 mi per sq mi · 7 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
3
14,319 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
2.2 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 2.2 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.
2
Alpine Historical Park
Park
5 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
3
Moose Creek Park and Campground
Park
1 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Things to do
Beaches, playgrounds, falls & more
Pick a kind of place for the list, directions, or pins on the map above.
Boat launches in Sutton-Alpine
Seventeen Mile Lake Boat Launch
Trails
Named trails
Unpaved 4.6 mi
- Chickaloon Trail2.3 mi
Water
Lakes & rivers
Coyote LakelakeElks LakelakeLoen LakelakeRuby LakelakeSeventeen Mile LakeSlipper LakelakeWishbone LakelakeKings River
Tap a name for directions.
Who protects the land
22,881 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. Public access isn't recorded for 3 of 5 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 paths2.2 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Public lands
The biggest protected places in Sutton-Alpine
From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
State Resource Management Area 21,568 acState Other or Unknown 1,310 acNational Public Lands 4 ac
| Place | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Matanuska Valley Moose RangeState Resource Management Area | State natural resources | 21,568 | Open |
| State PatentedState Other or Unknown | State natural resources | 914 | Access unknown |
| State Land Disposals - Municipal PurposesState Other or Unknown | State natural resources | 366 | Access unknown |
| State Tentatively Approved (tad)State Other or Unknown | State natural resources | 30 | Access unknown |
| Anchorage Field OfficeNational Public Lands | Bureau of Land Management | 4 | Open |
History
Historic places to visit
Evan Jones MineIn Matanuska Valley State Moose Range · Mine
Matanuska Sinner MineIn Matanuska Valley State Moose Range · Mine
New Black Diamond MineIn Matanuska Valley State Moose Range · Mine
Sutton Coal Wash PlantIn Alpine Historical Park · Ruins
Nearby
Sutton-Alpine and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sutton-Alpine | 63.3% | 14.8 mi | 3 |
| Chickaloon | 57.5% | 6.8 mi | 2 |
| Buffalo Soapstone | 57.9% | 5.7 mi | 2 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Sutton-Alpine'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 39.8-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.