Time Zone
Alaska

Latitude/Longitude
64.5° /-165.4°

Weathered buildings give a frontier look to this turn-of-the-century gold rush town. Nome's population is 50% Eskimo. Access is only by air. Take a self-guided historical walking tour and enjoy dog team demonstrations, gold panning, visiting the museum and shopping for native arts and crafts, especially ivory. Miles of roads around Nome provide access to wildlife, fishing, hiking or camping. The extended daylight of summer allows for time to explore the Seward Peninsula, tundra teeming with wildflowers, moose, bear, reindeer, sea birds and seals. The grueling Iditarod Sled Dog Race is run annually from Anchorage to Nome.