Remote historic town offering rustic accommodations, preserved frontier-era buildings, and access to vast wilderness, glaciers, and outdoor exploration.
General Information
How to Get There
From Anchorage (300 mi): Take Glenn Hwy (AK-1 E) to Richardson Hwy (AK-4 N), turn onto Edgerton Hwy toward Chitina, then follow McCarthy Road to its end and cross the footbridge into town.
Overview
McCarthy is a community in Copper River Census Area, Alaska, in Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve.
McCarthy is 120 mi (190 km) northeast of Cordova at the foot of the Wrangell Mountains. It is connected to the outside world via the McCarthy Road spur of the Edgerton Highway from Chitina, and must be passed through to reach Kennecott, which is also within the McCarthy area. Historically, from the end of the road visitors had to cross the Kennecott River and then a smaller stream using manually propelled ropeways, but a footbridge was built in 1997. Visitors can walk to McCarthy in about 15 minutes, although shuttle vans and buses are available during the tourist season from the bridge to both McCarthy and Kennecott.
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