Independence Mine State Historical Park

Independence Mine State Historical Park

Parks Directory of the United States / State Parks / Alaska
Location:North of Palmer at mile post 17.3 on Hatcher Pass Road.
Facilities:Visitor center (closed in winter), toilets (é), drinking water, picnic sites, trails (é).
Activities:Tours, hiking, sledding, snowboarding, cross-country skiing.
Special Features:Park features the abandoned buildings and machinery of a 300-man campand hardrock goldmine operation dating from the 1930s and 1940s. In1974, Independence Mine was entered into the National Registerof Historic Places.
Address:c/o Mat-Su/CB Area Office
HC 32 Box 6706
Wasilla, AK 99654

Phone:907-745-3975
Web: www.dnr.state.ak.us/parks/units/indmine.htm
Size: 761 acres.

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