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Wood-Tikchik State Park
- Established
- 1978
- Acreage
- 1,600,000 · ~1.6 million acres—the largest state park in the United States; about 15% of all U.S. state-park land.
- Location
- Southwest Alaska, about 30 miles north of Dillingham in the Bristol Bay region; accessible only by floatplane or boat.
- Key features
- Two systems of large interconnected clear-water lakes (Wood River Lakes and Tikchik Lakes); 12 major lakes, mountains exceeding 5,000 feet, tundra lowlands, and rivers up to 60 miles long.
- Activities
- Fishing (all five Pacific salmon species, arctic char, rainbow trout, Dolly Varden, grayling, northern pike), float trips, kayaking, lakeshore camping, hunting (moose, bear, caribou), wildlife viewing.
- Notable
- Created to protect critical salmon spawning and rearing habitat as well as subsistence uses; remains roadless and essentially undeveloped wilderness.
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Source: en.wikipedia.org · 2026-05-15