Things to do in Fairbanks: Visit Pioneer Park

Pioneer Park offers a relaxing setting for week-end activities. Admission is free, however some exhibits charge a nominal fee.

There are dozens of attractions - Mini-Golf, 40 Below Fairbanks (pay $8 to experience a room chilled to minus 40 - I'll wait til winter), Gold Rush Town, Tanana Valley Railroad, Palace Theater and much more.

They offer 9 museums, Pioneer Air Museum, President Harding Railroad Car, the Riverboat Nenana, and the Tanana Valley Railroad Museum, to name a few.


If you get the munchies: Bag Ladies of Fairbanks (some good shopping too), Frosty Paws, Caribou Grill, and the famous Alaska Salmon Bake are just four of the nine eateries there. I'm sure we will make visits there in the future. The Palace Theater and Salmon Bake are on my of things to review.

A little history on the park: Ca. 1961 the Pioneers of Alaska requested public land from the State of Alaska. The plan for the land was to create a tourist attraction that showed historical Alaska exhibits.

In 1965, the Alaska 67 (or A-67) committee requested that the park be used for the 100^th year celebration of Alaska’s purchase from Russia. A-67 requested federal funding to develop the Pioneer Memorial State Historical Park.

When the park was opened in 1967 it was known as Alaskaland. The name was changed to Pioneer Park in 2002 in order to remove the persona of a “Disneyland” theme park experience.

http://www.co.fairbanks.ak.us/ParksandRecreation/PioneerPark/
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