Delaney Park Strip
Delaney Park Strip is a park in Alaska, at a modelled elevation of 40 m. Mount Williwaw stands 1,660 m to the east-southeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Frontierland Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Seward Highway passes 0.8 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- City of Anchorage
How to reach it
- 0.8 mi off the Seward Highway, National
- 0.8 mi off the Glenn Highway, National
- 0.5 mi off the Alaska Railroad
Overlooks nearby
- Ship Creek Overlook · 1 mi
- Westchester Lagoon Nature viewing platform · 1 mi
- Potter's Marsh · 11 mi
- Beluga Point Viewpoint · 16 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Frontierland Park: 0.1 mi
- Town Square Park: 0.3 mi
- Old City Hall Park: 0.4 mi
- Elizabeth and Roy Peratrovich Park: 0.4 mi
- Earl and Muriel King Park: 0.4 mi
- Near Point: 9.0 mi
- Snow Hawk Mountain: 9.1 mi
- Rusty Point: 9.8 mi
- Nunaka Point: 10.1 mi
- Kanchee Peak: 10.4 mi
- James J. Delaney Memorial: 0.2 mi
- Given…by the Great Land: 0.2 mi
- O’er Land and Sea a Beacon Bright: 0.2 mi
- Reflections on the Great One: 0.2 mi
- Anchorage Veteran's Memorial: 0.2 mi
- Focus on Statehood: 0.2 mi
- Anchorage Light Speed Planet Walk: 0.3 mi
- Alaska's Marine Life: 0.3 mi
- Light Speed Planet Walk-Sun: 0.3 mi
- Flight of the Raven: 0.4 mi
- Garden of Eatin': 0.2 mi
- I Street Community Garden: 0.3 mi
- Centennial Rose Garden: 0.5 mi
- Amen Acres: 0.6 mi
- Fairview Gardens: 1.1 mi
- Anchorage Museum: 0.4 mi
- Alaska Law Enforcement Museum: 0.4 mi
- LumaLim: 0.4 mi
- Alaska Jewish Museum: 2.0 mi
- Alaska Museum of Science and Nature: 3.0 mi
- Alaska Railroad No. 556 - Steam Locomotive: 0.1 mi
- Ceremonial Start of Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race: 0.4 mi
- Dall Sheep: 6.9 mi
- Potter Historic Site: 11.6 mi
- Indian Valley Mine: 19.9 mi
- Niagara Falls: 13.9 mi
- South Fork Falls: 14.8 mi
- Heritage Falls: 22.9 mi
- Thunder Bird Falls: 23.8 mi
- Lyn Ary Beach: 1.9 mi
- Beaver Beach: 18.3 mi
- Russian Jack Spring: 3.7 mi
- Taku lake Picnic Site: 4.5 mi
- Goose Bay State Game Refuge: 11.9 mi
- Tortilla Chip Rock: 17.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.3 miles of Delaney Park Strip. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Williwaw | ESE 121° | 1,660 m | 14.7 mi |
| Temptation Peak | ESE 104° | 1,641 m | 12.8 mi |
| East Tanaina Peak | ESE 114° | 1,633 m | 13.4 mi |
| West Tanaina Peak | ESE 115° | 1,605 m | 12.7 mi |
| The Ramp | SE 126° | 1,597 m | 14.5 mi |
| Tikishla Peak | ESE 113° | 1,594 m | 12.2 mi |
| O'Malley Peak | SE 127° | 1,570 m | 13.0 mi |
| Koktoya Peak | ESE 114° | 1,569 m | 14.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 08:01 | 19:17 | 20:14 |
| June solstice | 04:21 | 22:16 | 23:43 |
| September equinox | 07:45 | 19:05 | 20:02 |
| December solstice | 10:15 | — | 15:42 |
Local time (America/Anchorage).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Aug.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 15 | 20 | 26 | 39 | 50 | 58 | 61 | 59 | 50 | 36 | 23 | 18 |
| Precip in | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 1.7 | 2.5 | 3.0 | 1.6 | 0.9 | 0.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Anchorage Merrill FLD, 1 mi away.
- Black-billed Magpie698 obs
- Moose525 obs
- Short-billed Gull475 obs
- Common Raven460 obs
- Mallard415 obs
- Red-necked Grebe407 obs
- Sandhill Crane397 obs
- Arctic Tern345 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/331784615
Day trips start here
- Anchorage · 1 mi
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