Theodore Roosevelt Presidential LibraryPublic Lands Directory

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Caution Broken Windsock at Serpentine Hot Springs

The windsock at the Serpentine Hot Springs airstrip is broken, and the National Park Service is in the process of ordering a replacement. At this time, we do not have an estimated date for when it will be reinstalled. Please use caution when utilizing the airstrip.

Overview

Bering Land Bridge National Preserve lies at the continental crossroad that greatly influenced the distribution of life in the Western Hemisphere during the Pleistocene Epoch. It is a vital landscape for Indigenous communities who depend on the land just as their ancestors did for many generations. It is a wild and ecologically healthy landscape unlike any other.

From the National Park Service

History

The designation history for this site (every law, proclamation and order, and the administration behind each) is being researched and checked by the Library’s historians.

What to see and do

Activities

  • Camping
  • Backcountry Camping
  • Dog Sledding
  • Flying
  • Fixed Wing Flying
  • Hiking
  • Backcountry Hiking
  • Hunting and Gathering
  • Gathering and Foraging
  • Junior Ranger Program
  • Snowmobiling
  • Wildlife Watching
  • Birdwatching

Browse hiking, biking and paddling routes on AllTrails

Plan your visit

Hours

Bering Land Bridge National Preserve: Bering Land Bridge Preserve is open 24/7 year round. Due to its remote location accessing the preserve can be challenging, costly and time consuming.

Getting there

The Bering Land Bridge Heritage Center is located in Nome, AK. Nome, AK is not on the road system and may be reached via a commercial flight. The Bering Land Bridge Visitor Center is located about a mile from Nome Airport. Bering Land Bridge National Preserve is located in the northern portion of the Seward Peninsula. There are no roads or trails into the parklands. Logistics on how to reach Bering Land Bridge is based on an individual’s resources and abilities.

Visitor centers

Weather

Weather in the Seward Peninsula is generally characterized by long freezing winters and short, cool summers. Coastal areas typically have mild weather, while the interior has greater seasonal variation in temperature and precipitation.

Phone: 1-907-759-8020

Whose lands these are

These lands are the ancestral and present-day homelands of Native nations. A section on whose lands these are is being prepared with tribal review. In the meantime, Native Land Digital offers a starting point.

Photos

A hiker is seen in the distance as autumn colors dominate the tundra landscape.
Fall Colors · NPS / Katie Cullen
Rolling sand dunes with sparse vegetation with full moon rising above.
Coastal Moon Rise · NPS Photo
A vast expanse of undulating hills with granite spire jutting from the top.
Aerial View of Serpentine Hot Springs in Summer · NPS / Neal Herbert
Flock of shore birds taking flight
Flock of shore birds · NPS / Jim Pfeiffenberger

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