![]() Known for being a very rural part of Alaska with a lifestyle befitting a town that is 100 miles away from the next closest town, and a several hour drive to the closest city, Tok is literally on the edge of the wilderness. Recreational riding of ATV’s and snow machines (snowmobiles) is also popular as well as dog mushing in the late winter/early spring. Depending on what month it is, locals might be out harvesting game, fish, berries, firewood or house logs. The lifestyle in Tok is very much a seasonally driven one and many residents lead a semi-subsistence lifestyle that revolves around harvesting food and materials. Nearby is the Alaska Public Lands Information Center where helpful staff can provide additional information on the states parks and outdoor activities. With racks of brochures, and wildlife displays, the center has knowledgeable and helpful hosts to answer your many questions. With a population of about 1,400 people it offers the traveler many of the services one would expect to find in a small town and is the trade and service center for several small communities and villages along the road system in the Eastern Interior.įrom the Alaska Range Motel, you can walk the 1.3 miles into Tok on the State maintained sidewalk to visit the Tok Mainstreet Visitors Center. On it you can travel north to the gold country of Chicken, or Eagle and the Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve, Boundary and Dawson City, Yukon. to Fairbanks, or South, about 6.5 hours to Anchorage. ![]() It’s a natural stopping point for travelers coming into or leaving the state. Cow moose and her calves crossing the Taylor Highway
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