A visit to McCarthy and Kennicott should be on everyone's list--Alaskans and visitors alike. My most recent time was with two friends, and we brought our bikes so we could ride the five miles between McCarthy and the historic copper mill town of Kennicott, in Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve. We'd planned to simply ride up the gravel road between the two communities but a local told us about the Old Wagon Road, which parallels the main road but without the traffic and dust. Of course we decided to try it!
Distance one-way: 4.5 miles
Distance one-way: 4.5 miles