Neighborhoods of Anchorage, Alaska
Encyclopedia
The following is a list of neighborhoods in the Municipality of Anchorage
, Alaska
, United States
. The "Anchorage Bowl" is the area normally thought of simply as Anchorage. Other areas within the Municipality are located along the Glenn
and Seward
highways running north and south from Anchorage respectively. These are separate communities despite being under the Anchorage municipal government, some being as far as 40 miles (64 km) away.
Anchorage, Alaska
Anchorage is a unified home rule municipality in the southcentral part of the U.S. state of Alaska. It is the northernmost major city in the United States...
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. The "Anchorage Bowl" is the area normally thought of simply as Anchorage. Other areas within the Municipality are located along the Glenn
Glenn Highway
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and Seward
Seward Highway
The Seward Highway is a highway in the U.S. state of Alaska that extends 127 miles from Seward to Anchorage. It was completed in 1951 and runs through the scenic Kenai Peninsula and Turnagain Arm, for which it was designated an All-American Road by the U.S...
highways running north and south from Anchorage respectively. These are separate communities despite being under the Anchorage municipal government, some being as far as 40 miles (64 km) away.
- Anchorage Bowl
- Abbott Loop
- Airport Heights
- Bayshore
- DowntownDowntown (Anchorage)Downtown Anchorage is a neighborhood in the U.S. city of Anchorage, Alaska. Considered the central business district of Anchorage, Downtown has many office buildings, cultural points of interest, shopping areas, as well as dining and nightlife attractions...
- Fairview
- Government HillGovernment Hill (Anchorage)Government Hill is a neighborhood in the northwest part of Anchorage, Alaska, sitting in between Anchorage's downtown area and the western reaches of Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, specifically the portion known as the former Elmendorf Air Force Base...
- Hillside
- Little Fairbanks
- Midtown
- Mountain View
- Muldoon
- North Star
- Nunaka Valley
- Oceanview
- Rogers Park
- Russian Jack
- Sand LakeSand Lake (Anchorage)In Anchorage, Sand Lake is the area surrounding Sand Lake, a stocked lake in the southwest part of the city. It is south of the Ted Stevens International Airport and Lake Spenard. The lake itself is located at and has a surface area of . It is one of the few big-city lakes in the world with...
- South Addition
- SpenardSpenard, AlaskaSpenard is a neighborhood in the Municipality of Anchorage, Alaska, United States and was historically a separate city from Anchorage. Spenard maintains the flavor of a separate community today, with "Spenardi Gras" being its primary community celebration that encourages a sense of solidarity and...
- Stuckagain Heights
- Turnagain
- University-Medical District
- North of Anchorage
- Birchwood
- ChugiakChugiak, AlaskaChugiak is an unincorporated community in the Municipality of Anchorage in the U.S. state of Alaska, situated approximately 20 miles northeast of downtown Anchorage. It is located between Eagle River to the south, and Eklutna to the north, and between Knik Arm to the west and the Chugach...
- Eagle RiverEagle River, AlaskaEagle River is a community within the Municipality of Anchorage situated on the Eagle River for which it is named, between Fort Richardson and Chugach State Park in the Chugach Mountains. Its ZIP code is 99577...
- EklutnaEklutna, AlaskaEklutna is a native village within the Municipality of Anchorage in the U.S. state of Alaska. The Tribal Council estimates the population at 70; many tribal members live in the surrounding communities....
- Peters Creek
- South of Anchorage
- Bird
- Indian
- Rainbow
- GirdwoodGirdwood, AlaskaGirdwood is an unincorporated year-round ski resort community within the Municipality of Anchorage in the U.S. state of Alaska. It lies in a valley in the Chugach Mountains near the end of the Turnagain Arm of Cook Inlet, 36 miles southeast of Anchorage proper.It is surrounded by seven permanent...