Storm Light in Lake Clark National Park
When planning a visit to America’s national parks, the Alaska parks occupy a category that the lower 48 cannot replicate. They are larger, more remote, more demanding, and more rewarding in a proportion that remains consistent across all of them. Lake Clark National Park and Preserve sits at the far end of that spectrum — not because it is the most famous Alaska park or the most visited, but because it contains more of what Alaska offers in a single park boundary than any other unit in the system.