What are the hours at Gates Of The Arctic National Park & Preserve?

Mon: All Day; Tue: All Day; Wed: All Day; Thu: All Day; Fri: All Day; Sat: All Day; Sun: All Day (Park & Preserve are always open)

Does Gates Of The Arctic National Park & Preserve require a reservation?

No timed-entry or vehicle reservation is required to enter Gates Of The Arctic National Park & Preserve. Individual tours, campgrounds, or backcountry permits may still need to be booked separately.

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Is Gates Of The Arctic National Park & Preserve open right now?

Q: Is Gates Of The Arctic National Park & Preserve open right now?

As of October 14, 2026, Gates Of The Arctic National Park & Preserve is open. Food-Conditioned Bear in Arrigetch Peaks

National Park & Preserve · AK

Open

Gates Of The Arctic National Park & Preserve is open.

Why this statusFood-Conditioned Bear in Arrigetch Peaks

Last checked Wed, 14 Oct 2026 13:00:58 GMT

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The northernmost national park, entirely above the Arctic Circle, with no roads, trails, campgrounds or signs — most years the least-visited park in the system.

Type: National Park & Preserve
State: AK
Established: 1980
Size: 11,756 sq mi
2025 visits: 0.01M (#62 most-visited)

About Gates Of The Arctic National Park & Preserve

This vast landscape does not contain any roads or trails. Visitors discover intact ecosystems where people have lived with the land for over ten thousand years. Wild rivers meander through glacier-carved valleys, caribou migrate along age-old trails, endless summer light fades into aurora-lit night skies of winter. Virtually unchanged, except by the forces of nature.

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Visitor info

Address101 Dunkel St, Fairbanks, AK 99701

Phone(907) 459-3730

Websitewww.nps.gov/gaar/index.htm ↗

Hours

Mon	All Day
Tue	All Day
Wed	All Day
Thu	All Day
Fri	All Day
Sat	All Day
Sun	All Day

Park & Preserve are always open

Getting thereGates of the Arctic is a wilderness park, with no roads or trails into the park lands, so visitors must fly or hike into the park. Access begins in Fairbanks, Alaska & there are several small airlines that provide daily flights into the communities of Bettles, Anaktuvuk Pass, and Coldfoot. Most visitors access the…

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Noatak National Preserve 171 mi

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How we read this status

We derive Gates Of The Arctic National Park & Preserve's status from the National Park Service's own alerts and operating hours, refreshed hourly — this is our reading, not an official determination. As of the last check: Food-Conditioned Bear in Arrigetch Peaks Full method: how we check park status.