Chena River State Recreation Area

Chena River State Recreation Area is a large Alaska state park east of Fairbanks centered on the Chena River, encompassing 254,080 acres of interior landscape for both backcountry travel and day recreation. It includes campgrounds, public-use cabins, hiking routes, trails for ATVs, snowmachines, and sled dogs, as well as a shooting range and fishing ponds. Arctic grayling fishing in the river is limited to catch and release, while fish from the park’s three stocked ponds may be kept. The area is also known for its granite tors, weathered rock outcrops rising above the surrounding terrain, and the road through it leads to the privately owned Chena Hot Springs resort.

Pleasant Valley, Alaska · United States