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Earthquake Park, Anchorage, AK

  • Address 4306 West Northern Lights Boulevard
    Anchorage, AK 99517
    United States
  • Phone number+1 907 276 4118
  • Neighborhood : Turnagain

When the "Good Friday" earthquake rocked Anchorage in March of 1964, the area that is now the park was an affluent residential area on the bluffs above Cook Inlet. The 9.2 earthquake dropped these homes into 30-foot crevasses and destroyed this entire area. Developed as a park years later, it carries monuments and reader boards with information on the great quake. The Tony Knowles Coastal Trail winds through the park.

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Trip Advisor Reviews (5 Reviews) Top

“It is a great running and cross country skiing area”

 by  A TripAdvisor Member  on  2006-03-23

The history of the park is neat because you can see the land damage from the 1964 earthquake. Besides that it is a nice area for running, walki...

“Earthquake Park Anchorage”

 by  A TripAdvisor Member  on  2003-08-29

I think that a person has to have an interest in earth quakes or have been involved in the 1964 Good Friday earth quake to enjoy the park. I wa...

“Mosquito Hell”

 by  chainsawlicker  on  2007-08-26

My husband and I live here in Anchorage, and when we first came up a few years ago, we wanted to go around and see everything, naturally. We we...

“Uh, there was an earthquake here?”

 by  Isla_Wilder  on  2006-08-01

If you would like to see evidence of a tremendous earthquake don't bother with this attraction. There were a few interpretative signs but overa...

“An EARTHQUAKE did happen!”

 by  AlaskaGurlzkickButt  on  2008-04-26

I have to agree that the misquitos are HORRIBLE! I have to DISAGREE with one reviewer in regards to no evidence of an eartquake. Ask a local if...

Yahoo Travel Reviews (4 Reviews) Top

Bike it instead, much more fun

 by  A Yahoo! Contributor  on  2004-12-30

Take a tour on a bike through earthquake park, it is much more enjoyable and gives much better atmosphere to the coastal trail along which the ...

Unimpresive

 by  A Yahoo! Contributor  on  2006-10-01

I went to Earthquake Park after hearing so much about it. I must say I expected way more than what I found. There were too many leaves on the...

Worth Doing

 by  Heather K  on  2006-09-15

The short paved walk out to the displays is worth it for the scenery alone. From the ample parking lot, you will walk past a pretty little mar...

Realx and Enjoy the Views

 by  A Yahoo! Contributor  on  2005-01-22

Great place to take pictures, tour the grounds, read the happenings of the Great Earthquake in Anchorage. Excellent relaxation spot in the Spri...

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