According to data from the National Park Service (NPS), Gates of the Arctic received just 11,045 recreational visits in 2023.

Gates of the Arctic in Alaska is the least-visited national park in the U.S. Here's why you should plan a visit.

The Gates of the Arctic National Park is renowned for its remoteness and is considered the least crowded national park in the U.S., only receiving 11,045 recreation visits in 2023.

Congress established Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve in 1980 to safeguard the Rocky Mountains’ northernmost extension, the Brooks Range. However, the sprawling park has been ...

One of the most remote US national parks is so far off the grid, the only way in is to fly, or hike for miles — and once you're upclose with the 8.4 million-acre Gates of the Arctic National ...

Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve, Alaska. ... Cappan/Getty Images. At 13.2 million acres, Alaska's Wrangell-St. Elias National Park is the nation's biggest, ...

I've visited every national park in the US and a few have stood out to me as underrated favorites. Alaska's Gates of the Arctic National Park has some of the most beautiful views. Kings Canyon is ...

These more remote U.S. parks, from Alaska to American Samoa, are kept well away from the bustling crowds. The Gates of the Arctic National Park, in Alaska, is one of the marvels of the U.S ...

Some travel blogs list Channel Islands National Park as the second-most expensive national park in the U.S., after only Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve in Alaska.

At 13.2 million acres, Wrangell-St. Elias is the largest national park in the United States and covers roughly the same area as the next two biggest national parks combined (Denali and Gates of ...

My first Arctic venture was in 1983, with a fellow National Park Service ranger in a tandem kayak on the Noatak River in Gates of the Arctic. We awoke one morning, startled by the sounds of a big ...