Featuring more than 150 indigenous plant species and nearly ten times as many plants that can survive in southern Alaska's climate, the Alaska Botanical Garden is an excellent place for exploring the state's unique natural beauty. In addition to cultivated garden areas, The Lowenfels Family Nature Trail makes a 1.1-mile loop through untouched Alaskan forest land, passing a creek and habitats where many wild animals make their homes. Housed within a 110-acre spruce and birch woodland, the garden borders the Far North Bicentennial Park, which is set just southeast of Anchrage. « less