Denali: New Expeditions

Society & Culture

Denali National Park and Preserve in Alaska was the first national park established to conserve wildlife. Home of the tallest mountain in North America, the former Mount McKinley National Park was founded by Congress in 1917. Its name changed in 1980 as its boundaries expanded to more than 6 million acres. A third of its rugged interior is designated federal wilderness. Regular visitors to this site can look forward to short interpretive programs focusing upon the park’s rich cultural and natural history on topics ranging from life in subarctic winter to legendary figures from park history, mountain climbing and wilderness values.