Wickersham Dome

Wickersham Dome, known in Lower Tanana as Khoodeneldeł, is a mountain in Alaska’s Yukon–Koyukuk Census Area about 27 miles northwest of Fairbanks near the Elliott Highway. It lies within the White Mountains National Recreation Area and is a popular hiking destination. The mountain was named for nearby Wickersham Creek, which rises on its southeast slope, and the creek in turn was named for James Wickersham. Together, these names connect the summit to a longer history of exploration and place-naming in Interior Alaska, while its Lower Tanana name preserves the area’s deeper Indigenous geography and its modern setting gives it an important recreational role near Fairbanks.

Goldstream, Alaska · United States