Denali National Park, Alaska

Place: Denali National Park, Alaska

Weather: Mainly cloudy, 48/66F

Route: From Juneau 855 miles NW on ferry to Haines, Yukon 1 W, AK-2 N.

Significance: I could just say, it has the highest point in North America at 20,310 feet and end at that.  But as the NPS website says, "it's more than a mountain."  Inside it's 6 million acres of wild land are many animals you would expect in Alaska, like bears, wolves, caribou, moose, squirrels, eagles etc.  The park was actually created in 1917 to protect the Dall sheep, which are pure white bighorn sheep.  There are actually many lower elevation areas in the park as well.

Websites: National Park Service

Images:

Mt. Denali from Reflection Pond (from nps.gov)

Dall sheep (from nps.gov)