Aniakchak National Monument – You Will Probably Never See It – Monument Monday

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aniakchakNot all national parks and monuments in the USA get the same amount of love from tourists. So while the Great Smokey Mountains will get more than 9 million visitors a year

Aniakchak National Monument will get more like 60 visitors. That is not because Aniakchak is uninteresting, it is just very remote.

Given its remote location and notoriously bad weather, Aniakchak is one of the least visited units of the National Park System. A vibrant reminder of Alaska’s location in the volcanically active “Ring of Fire,” the monument is home to an impressive six-mile wide, 2,500 ft. deep caldera formed during a massive eruption 3,500 years ago.

So that makes Aniakchak one of the greatest sites in the national park system that you will likely never see.

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by Chris Christensen

Chris Christensen is the host of the Amateur Traveler. Chris left his day job in January 2010 to focus on consulting, podcasting and blogging . He was the Executive Vice President of Engineering and Operations for a company in Silicon Valley (LiveWorld) that runs online communities for companies like eBay, Marriott, American Express, Campbells, Kimberly Clark, A&E, and Mini Cooper.

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Erik Smith

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Ok- I am trying to visit all the National Parks, but you are right, this is one I probably will never see!

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