Visitors stand on a boardwalk outside a brick red colored wooden building with tidy golden trim.
Start your visit to Klondike Gold Rush NHP at the Visitor Center and Museum on 2nd Ave and Broadway NPS Photo

Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park

National Historic Site · Alaska · National Park Service

Headlines screamed "Gold!" The dream of a better life catapulted thousands of people to Alaska and the Yukon Territory. Their journey shaped them, and changed the people they encountered and the north forever. Today, the park remembers the trails, boomtowns, and stories of the Klondike Gold Rush.

Plan your visit

Trails & hiking

Hiking

Camping

Camping · Backcountry Camping · Group Camping · RV Camping

Site types & reservations: see the official site.

Know before you go

Phone
9079839200
Official site
www.nps.gov
Managed by
National Park Service

Getting there

Directions on Google Maps →

Things to do

Highlights: Architecture and Building · African American Heritage · Archeology · Ruins · Arts · Asian American Heritage · Birthplace · Burial, Cemetery and Gravesite · Colonization and Settlement · Commerce · Trade · Engineering · Explorers and Expeditions · Industry · Mining · Logging and Timber Cutting · Immigration · Maritime · Migrations · Military · US Army · Native American Heritage · Social Movements · Civil Rights · Voting Rights and Suffrage · Transportation · Roads, Routes and Highways · Trains and Railroads · Tragic Events · Massacres · Westward Expansion · Homesteading · The Gold Rush · Women's History · Animals · Birds · Climate Change · Coasts, Islands and Atolls · Foothills, Plains and Valleys · Forests and Woodlands · Coniferous Forests · Deciduous Forests · Rainforest · Geology · Glaciers · Mountains · Natural Sounds · Oceans · Scenic Views · Trails · Unique Species · Wilderness

Activities & features: Arts and Culture · Car or Front Country Camping · Climbing · Mountain Climbing · Food · Picnicking · Guided Tours · Self-Guided Tours - Walking · Backcountry Hiking · Front-Country Hiking · Junior Ranger Program · Playground · Wildlife Watching · Birdwatching · Park Film · Museum Exhibits · Shopping · Bookstore and Park Store · Gift Shop and Souvenirs

Photos

  • Colorful buildings
    NPS Photo/S. Millard
  • A pale blue building with green trim sits in front of a tidy lawn with a white picket fence.
    NPS Photo / S. Millard
  • A park ranger and visitors stand in front of a small white building reading "Jeff. Smiths Parlor"
    NPS Photo / S. Spatz
  • A rusted boiler sits in a mossy glade, surrounded by small pine trees
    NPS Photo
  • View from a mountain pass down a valley
    NPS Photo/AJ Conley
  • Aerial image of two inlets in a deep fjord, with a small city and large cruise ships tucked in one
    NPS Photo / T. Olstad

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Sources: National Park Service, Google Places · updated 2026-08-12