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12. Kobuk Valley National Park
General - Kobuk Valley National Park
Kobuk Valley National Park is well known for its two sand dunes areas and for its historic caribou crossing on the Kobuk River at Onion Portage. Rafting and boating are popular on the Kobuk River. There is abundant wildlife but no marked trails. Access to the park is accomplished by air taxis from Kotzebue and Bettles. Tundra tire planes land on the sand dunes and float planes can land on the Kobuk River. There are 2 Ranger Stations within the park and the park but no marked hiking trails.
Onion Portage archeological district
Onion Portage Story by Rebecca Haviland
Anthropological Research on the Kobuk River - J. Louis Giddings
Promises To Keep - Subsistence in Alaska's National Parks - NPS unigrid
Visiting the Dunes - N695AC NPS American Champion Scout 8GCBC landing on the dunes with tundra tires.
Maps - Kobuk Valley National Park
The Western Arctic Parklands unigrid and the Kobuk Valley NP web site provide maps of the park boundaries.
Google Maps - Great Dunes Landing (Pilots discretion) - Onion Portage on the Kobuk River - approx location of Kallarichuk seasonal Ranger Station
NPTC boundaries definition for Kobuk Valley National Park
"The Visitor Center in Kotzebue is located outside the National Park boundaries. You must fly-in to reach this National Park." - NPTC
Air Taxis authorized by NPS - Kobuk Valley National Park
Air Taxis used by NPTC Members
Bettles Air Service - phone 907 479-7018
Brooks Range Aviation - phone 907-692-5444
Arctic Backcountry - 907 442-3200
Arctic Wild - phone 907 479-8203
Golden Eagle Outfitters - phone 719 786-7373
Northwestern Aviation - phone 907 442-3525
NPTC Member Trip Reports - Kobuk Valley National Park
(Note: You must be registered at the NPTC web site as a guest or member to view the Member Trip Reports)
2016 Don Gardner Used Arctic Backcountry (Eric Sieh out of Kotzebue) Dunes landing
2015 Jennifer Williams and Pat
2014 Bill Goldstein (58 Before 18) - Landing on the Dunes - great photos.
2014 Norman and Danka (Calli) - Landing on the sand dunes
2012 Clark and Robin Carney (ccarney) -
2011 Fred and Debbie Koegler -
2007 Bruce and Letty Johnson (BruceandLetty) - Flickr Photos Float plane landing on the Kubuk River near the Onion Portage caribou crossing.
2005 Dennis and Nancy Bandley -
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