Campgrounds in Alaska and Across North America

Welcome to the Land Less Discovered.

To help you understand the size of Alaska we are including just a few points that help describe this immense state to help you in allotting the proper time for travel, once you are in Alaska. Getting here, well that's another topic all together and one we will discuss in detail later in this site. For now, let's just look at Alaska.

Someone once asked me, How Big Is Alaska? Well to that I had no real answer to give them as the only thing I could think of to say was, It’s Huge. Not being content with such an ignorant statement, I took the time to gather some facts so that the next time I heard that question I would have some sort of answer besides, It’s Huge. From the collected works I have today, here are a few different points I found interesting so far.

Alaska is so big it has been given its own time zone. AST or Alaska Standard Time is one hour behind Pacific Standard Time and four hours behind Eastern Standard Time.

At 570,374 square miles; Alaska is twice the size of Texas, Sorry Texas, and 1/5 the size of the rest of the United States; Now That's Big. Seriously though, from east to west Alaska stretches 2,400 miles and north to south another 1,420 miles. Alaska's coastline is 50 percent longer than the combined east and west coastlines of the entire United States. In all, Alaska's coastline covers 6,640-mile and includes desolate expanses of mind absorbing solitude that calls upon the courageous to discover its existence. There are an estimated 150,000 moose, 110,000 black bears, 35,000 brown bears, and 7,500 polar bears living in Alaska. The most popular attraction remains the estimated 100,000 glaciers in Alaska viewed by 1.7 million visitors to this state each year, over 1 million arriving by cruise ship alone.

Yes, Alaska is a destination far beyond the discovered lands. She is a lost world isolated from her mother, a land duly known as “The Last Frontier”.

Favorite Quote; “If you don't know where you're going, any road will get you there.”

The best in Alaska RV Trips and Tours for 2009.	Drive To Alaska, Experience the Alaska Highway in 2009.	This is the year to see Alaska from an Alaska Cruise.	Visit Denali Park and see Mount McKinley this year.

Alaska Campgrounds

Alaska Campgrounds RV Parks, BC & Alberta now covering vacation travel in all 50 states and Western Canada Campsites. The Alaska Highway Travel Planner in 2008 with the Alaska RV Vacation Travel Planning Workshop was a great success. Unfortunately, Alaska Travel Planning Workshop will not return in 2009 as we will be embarking on a journey through the inside passage with Holland America Cruise Lines for 2009. We will be reporting on the cruise later this year and using the information to prepare for a return voyage in 2010. Some think it strange that Alaskans take Alaskan Cruises. Well once you enjoy the first class experience of an Alaska Cruise you will most likely agree that there is absolutely know better way to see Alaska's sensational coastline then from one of these floating all inclusive resorts that are taking Alaska's travel industry by storm.

Alaska Highway

Driving To Alaska: An easy to read section on the does and don'ts about driving to Alaska on the Alaska Highway through Canada. This section discusses what to bring, and what not to bringing, as well as answers the question, What is the drive to Alaska like and how long of a drive is it. One more area we are adding is about fuel in Canada. Driving Routes covering the Alcan Highway with full map of the entire Alaska Highway.

Options for driving to Alaska include a full guided group RV Tour to Alaska, Caravan Style. These RV tours to Alaska on the famous Alaska Highway have become popular for the safety and convenience they offer of traveling in a group setting with knowledgeable guides to show you the way.

Campgrounds in Alaska

Traveling the various highways and byways in Alaska from the vacationing point of view. Includes tips on Camping in Alaska and many of the campgrounds and RV parks with info as to what they offer.

Alaska RV Rentals

A less expensive, and more popular way, to visit Alaska is to fly up here on a commercial airline like Alaska Airlines, rent a conversion van, truck with camper, or motorhome to fulfill your dreams to experience Alaska at your own pace, then return home by plane.

Things To Do Along the Alaska Highway.

In Alaska you can hike, bike, raft, sea kayak and view wildlife all in the same day. Visit Wrangell-St. Elias, Denali Park, Valdez, Fairbanks and more. Find the best deals on hotels, car rentals, historic country inns and full service lodges throughout Alaska. There are tour packages, glacier cruises, fishing trips and more ready to fulfill your dreams for an all-out Alaska Vacation this year.

When planning that summers outing in the great outdoors, why settle for the average campsite when a far less crowded campground is available to you. If you're on your way to Alaska this year, you will be traveling through some of the most scenic countryside and magnificent landscapes in all of North America. Most of the campgrounds you will read about here are easily accessible to most sizes of RV’s and many of the campgrounds here have areas accessible for handicapped travelers as well.

Alaska Bear Viewing trips and tours along the Alaska Highway.	Drive the Alaska Highway from your RV in 2009.	Clam digging on the shores of Cook Inlet in South Central Alaska.	WOW, Bear Viewing along the Alaska Highway is awesome.

Converting Miles to Kilometers and Gallons to Litres

When traveling through Canada you will need to be able to convert the miles shown on your trip meter to kilometers as all measurements in Canada are in the metric system.
Here is an easy to use converter for Converting Miles to Kilometers along with the math used to accomplish this task. Convert Canadian Litres to US Gallons

Another area you need to be aware of is that fuel and other liquids from pop to diesel are sold using the metric system. So to make things a bit easier we are including another tool for Converting Gallons to Liters along with the formulas you need to remember during your trip.