Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve is a national park of the United States that protects portions of the Central Brooks Range in northern Alaska. The park is the northernmost national park
Alatna river in the park
Group of hikers overlooking a glacier in the Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve.
A pair of hikers climbs toward a high pass in the Central Brooks Range.
Wolverine on the bank of the Noatak River
Bettles, Alaska
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Bettles is a city in Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska, United States. It is near Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve. The population was 23 at the 2020 census, up from 12 in 2010. It is th
Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve
…are classified as "resident zone communities" and depend on park resources for food and livelihood. They are Alatna, Allakaket, Ambler, Anaktuvuk Pass, Bettles, Evansville, Hughes, Kobuk, Nuiqsut, Shungnak, and Wiseman. About 259,000 acres (105,000 ha) of the park and preserve are owned by native corporations…
Aerial view of Bettles (right) and its neighbor Evansville (left)
Bettles Trading Post on the Koyukuk River at Old Bettles, Alaska
Bettles and the Koyukuk River at (New) Bettles, Alaska, 2003
Bettles community from air, (New) Bettles, Alaska, c2013