Which national park located in Alaska is the largest by area?

Which national park located in Alaska is the largest by area?

• A. Denali National Park
• B. Wrangell-St. Elias National Park
• C. Gates of the Arctic National Park
• D. Katmai National Park

Answer: (B)

Size and geography determine which park covers the most land. Wrangell-St. Elias National Park spans roughly 13 million acres (about 20,600 square miles), far larger than the other Alaska parks listed here. Denali is about 6 million acres, Gates of the Arctic around 8–9 million acres, and Katmai about 4 million acres. The enormous area of Wrangell-St. Elias comes from its vast, rugged terrain—glacier-filled mountains and remote, roadless regions—that wasn’t divided into smaller zones, so a single protected area is able to cover a huge swath of land. That makes it the largest in Alaska by area.

Size and geography determine which park covers the most land. Wrangell-St. Elias National Park spans roughly 13 million acres (about 20,600 square miles), far larger than the other Alaska parks listed here. Denali is about 6 million acres, Gates of the Arctic around 8–9 million acres, and Katmai about 4 million acres. The enormous area of Wrangell-St. Elias comes from its vast, rugged terrain—glacier-filled mountains and remote, roadless regions—that wasn’t divided into smaller zones, so a single protected area is able to cover a huge swath of land. That makes it the largest in Alaska by area.