Sheldon's only disappointment was that Congress, in creating Mount McKinley National Park, had ignored his repeated pleas to return the mountain to its original name: Denali. In 1939, Park Service ...

Denali National Park and Preserve checks all of the Alaska boxes: unspoiled wilderness, roaming wildlife, massive glaciers ...

Wonder Lake is open seasonally, but it is currently closed for restorations for the foreseeable future. Backcountry camping ...

This story appears in the February 2016 issue of National Geographic magazine. Park rangers here call the high season—from June through early September, when Denali National Park and Preserve ...