North Pole Recreation

CHENA LAKES RECREATION AREA
One of the area's most popular outdoor parks is Chena Lakes Recreation Area, located just a few miles from North Pole.  The park boasts a large system of bike, nature, ski, dogmushing and snowmachine trails, campgrounds, picnic areas, swimming beach, boat launch ramps, and canoe and kayak rentals for fishing or a leisurely paddle along the shore of the lake.For more info call 907-488-1655.

FISHING
The Chena Lakes are stocked with plenty of silver salmon, arctic char, and rainbow trout. Other nearby fishing holes listed below offer good fishing as well.  Get your fishing license and regulation book with a map of fishing locations at Sentry Hardware in the North Pole Plaza Mall. Good luck!

Chena Lakes: Stocked small silver salmon, arctic, char, rainbow trout
Harding Lake: large but elusive arctic char and lake trout
Salcha River: arctic grayling, salmon
Lost Lake: silver salmon
Shaw Creek: (close to Delta. Jct.): arctic grayling, northern pike
Bathing Beauty Pond - Moose Cree: rainbow trout, silver salmon
Badger Slough: catch & release grayling
Chena River - Nordale Rd. and along Chena Hot Spring Rd: grayling, northern pike
Tanana River by Moose Creek: burbot
Pile Driver Slough - Eielson Farm Rd: arctic grayling, rainbow trout
Quartz Lake - Delta Jct: rainbow trout, arctic char, silver salmon
Birch Lake: rainbow trout, king and silver salmon, grayling, and arctic char

PUBLIC USE CABINS NEAR NORTH POLE AND FAIRBANKS
Visit the Alaska State Division of Parks and Recreation website for information on cabins that are available for public use.

LOCAL PARKS & TRAILS
Terry Memorial Park: Located at the corner of Santa Claus Lane and 5th Ave. in North Pole featuring a large grassy area with a pavillion, picnic tables, and children's playground.

North Pole Park & Monument: Home for our "historic" red and white pole, located on 5th Ave.  The story goes that the pole was made by the Northern Commercial Machine Shop in the 1950s and dropped off at the magnetic North Pole by airmen from Eielson AFB, presumably to make it "geographically authentic."  Sometime later the pole was retrieved from up north, lost, and later rescued from a local junk yard.  It was finally spruced up and erected at its present location in the North Pole Park, which also features playground equipment, picnic tables, and access to Beaver Springs Nature Trail.

Beaver Springs Trail: The trailhead starts near North Pole City Hall on Snowman Lane and ends at the North Pole Park on 5th Ave. It is approximately .5 miles in length and offers a refreshing walk through a typical northern conifer forest.

WESCOTT SWIMMING POOL
Public pool maintained by the Fairbanks North Star Borough located next to North Pole Middle School. Phone 907-488-9402 or visit the Wescott Pool website for more information and hours of operation.