Nenana vistor center is located about 55 miles south of Fairbanks on the George Parks Highway, AK
Nenana vistor center is located about 55 miles south of Fairbanks on the George Parks Highway. Nenana is a former railroad-construction camp with a reputation far bigger than its population.
Nenana is home to just a few hundred residents, but Alaskans from Ketchikan to Barrow are familiar with it because of its namesake game of chance – the Nenana Ice Classic. Each winter, a wooden tripod is placed on the frozen Nenana River, which runs right past town, and entrants pay $2 to record their best guess as to when the ice will break up each spring. Alaska has no lottery, so the Nenana Ice Classic is as close as it gets, and the pot usually exceeds $300,000 or so.
Nenana vistor center is located about 55 miles south of Fairbanks on the George Parks Highway, AK
Nenana vistor center is located about 55 miles south of Fairbanks on the George Parks Highway. Nenana is a former railroad-construction camp with a reputation far bigger than its population.
Nenana is home to just a few hundred residents, but Alaskans from Ketchikan to Barrow are familiar with it because of its namesake game of chance – the Nenana Ice Classic. Each winter, a wooden tripod is placed on the frozen Nenana River, which runs right past town, and entrants pay $2 to record their best guess as to when the ice will break up each spring. Alaska has no lottery, so the Nenana Ice Classic is as close as it gets, and the pot usually exceeds $300,000 or so.