Fairbanks Park
Fairbanks Park is a park in Alaska, at a modelled elevation of 40 m. Mount Williwaw stands 1,660 m to the east-southeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Earl and Muriel King Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Seward Highway runs past it.
How to reach it
- On the Seward Highway, National
- 0.4 mi off the Glenn Highway, National
- 0.8 mi off the Alaska Railroad
Overlooks nearby
- Ship Creek Overlook · 1 mi
- Westchester Lagoon Nature viewing platform · 2 mi
- Potter's Marsh · 11 mi
- Beluga Point Viewpoint · 15 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Earl and Muriel King Park: 0.3 mi
- Johnny Ellis Rainbow Bridge Park: 0.4 mi
- Fairview Park: 0.4 mi
- Fairview Lions Park: 0.5 mi
- Fire Fighter's Memorial Park: 0.6 mi
- Snow Hawk Mountain: 8.3 mi
- Near Point: 8.3 mi
- Rusty Point: 9.2 mi
- Nunaka Point: 9.4 mi
- Kanchee Peak: 9.7 mi
- Eisenhower Alaska Statehood Monument: 0.9 mi
- James J. Delaney Memorial: 0.9 mi
- Given…by the Great Land: 0.9 mi
- O’er Land and Sea a Beacon Bright: 0.9 mi
- Reflections on the Great One: 0.9 mi
- Alaska's Marine Life: 0.7 mi
- Focus on Statehood: 0.7 mi
- Racing in the Footsteps of a Legend: 0.7 mi
- Flight of the Raven: 0.8 mi
- Anchorage Light Speed Planet Walk: 0.8 mi
- Fairview Gardens: 0.5 mi
- Garden of Eatin': 0.7 mi
- I Street Community Garden: 0.9 mi
- Centennial Rose Garden: 1.2 mi
- Amen Acres: 1.2 mi
- Anchorage Museum: 0.5 mi
- Alaska Law Enforcement Museum: 0.6 mi
- LumaLim: 0.7 mi
- Alaska Jewish Museum: 1.6 mi
- Alaska Museum of Science and Nature: 2.4 mi
- Alaska Railroad No. 556 - Steam Locomotive: 0.6 mi
- Ceremonial Start of Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race: 0.7 mi
- Dall Sheep: 6.5 mi
- Potter Historic Site: 11.3 mi
- Indian Valley Mine: 19.4 mi
- Niagara Falls: 13.5 mi
- South Fork Falls: 14.2 mi
- Heritage Falls: 22.1 mi
- Thunder Bird Falls: 23.4 mi
- Lyn Ary Beach: 2.5 mi
- Beaver Beach: 17.6 mi
- Russian Jack Spring: 2.9 mi
- Taku lake Picnic Site: 4.3 mi
- Goose Bay State Game Refuge: 12.2 mi
- Tortilla Chip Rock: 17.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.7 miles of Fairbanks Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Williwaw | ESE 122° | 1,660 m | 14.1 mi |
| Temptation Peak | ESE 105° | 1,641 m | 12.1 mi |
| East Tanaina Peak | ESE 115° | 1,633 m | 12.7 mi |
| West Tanaina Peak | ESE 115° | 1,605 m | 12.0 mi |
| The Ramp | SE 127° | 1,597 m | 13.8 mi |
| Tikishla Peak | ESE 114° | 1,594 m | 11.5 mi |
| O'Malley Peak | SE 129° | 1,570 m | 12.4 mi |
| Koktoya Peak | ESE 115° | 1,569 m | 13.7 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 | 19:04 | 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, under a mile away.
- Black-billed Magpie710 obs
- Moose501 obs
- Short-billed Gull470 obs
- Common Raven457 obs
- Mallard442 obs
- Red-necked Grebe418 obs
- Arctic Tern337 obs
- Canada Goose335 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/791437476
Day trips start here
- Anchorage · 1 mi
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