| 1 | Experience Alaska | p. 6 |
| 20 Ultimate Experiences | p. 8 |
| What's Where | p. 16 |
| Alaska Today | p. 18 |
| What to Eat and Drink in Alaska | p. 20 |
| What to Buy in Alaska | p. 22 |
| Best Outdoor Adventures in Alaska | p. 24 |
| Best Wildlife Experiences in Alaska | p. 26 |
| Alaska Cruises 101 | p. 28 |
| Best Shore Excursions in Alaska | p. 30 |
| Alaska's History | p. 32 |
| What to Read and Watch Before Your Trip | p. 34 |
| 2 | Travel Smart Alaska | p. 35 |
| Need to Know | p. 36 |
| Getting Here and Around | p. 38 |
| Essentials | p. 40 |
| What to Pack | p. 43 |
| Great itineraries | p. 44 |
| Contacts | p. 52 |
| 3 | Anchorage | p. 53 |
| Welcome to Anchorage | p. 54 |
| Planning | p. 56 |
| Activities | p. 60 |
| Downtown | p. 67 |
| Midtown | p. 77 |
| Spenard | p. 79 |
| Greater Anchorage | p. 81 |
| Side Trips from Anchorage | p. 84 |
| 4 | Juneau, the Inside Passage, and Southeast Alaska | p. 87 |
| Welcome to Juneau, the Inside Passage, and Southeast Alaska | p. 88 |
| Planning | p. 92 |
| Ketchikan | p. 96 |
| Misty Fjords National Monument | p. 108 |
| Metlakatla | p. 108 |
| Prince of Wales Island | p. 110 |
| Wrangell | p. 112 |
| Petersburg | p. 118 |
| Sitka | p. 122 |
| Juneau | p. 135 |
| Juneau's Nearby Villages | p. 152 |
| Admiralty Island | p. 153 |
| Tracy Arm | p. 154 |
| Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve | p. 154 |
| Gustavus | p. 161 |
| Haines | p. 162 |
| Skagway | p. 169 |
| 5 | The Kenai Peninsula and Southcentral Alaska | p. 183 |
| Welcome to the Kenai Peninsula and Southcentral Alaska | p. 184 |
| Planning | p. 188 |
| Chugach State Park | p. 191 |
| Portage Glacier | p. 193 |
| Whittier | p. 195 |
| Chugach National Forest | p. 198 |
| Valdez | p. 200 |
| Cordova | p. 203 |
| Hope | p. 207 |
| Seward | p. 210 |
| Kenai Fjords National Park | p. 215 |
| Cooper Landing | p. 219 |
| Kenai National Wildlife Refuge | p. 225 |
| Kenai, Sterling, and Soldotna | p. 227 |
| Homer | p. 230 |
| Kachemak Bay State Park and State Wilderness Park | p. 235 |
| Seldovia | p. 237 |
| Kodiak | p. 238 |
| Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge | p. 241 |
| Lake Clark National Park and Preserve | p. 242 |
| Palmer | p. 246 |
| Wasilla | p. 247 |
| Talkeetna | p. 249 |
| Denali State Park | p. 252 |
| Glennallen | p. 254 |
| Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve | p. 255 |
| 6 | Denali National Park and Preserve | p. 261 |
| Welcome to Denali National Park and Preserve | p. 262 |
| Planning | p. 265 |
| In the Park | p. 271 |
| Activities | p. 282 |
| What's Nearby | p. 286 |
| 7 | Fairbanks, The Yukon, and the Interior | p. 291 |
| Welcome to Fairbanks, the Yukon, and the Interior | p. 292 |
| Planning | p. 295 |
| Fairbanks | p. 298 |
| Nenana | p. 315 |
| Chena Hot Springs | p. 316 |
| Central and Circle | p. 318 |
| Steese and White Mountains | p. 319 |
| Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve | p. 320 |
| The Dalton Highway | p. 322 |
| North Pole and Salcha | p. 323 |
| Delta Junction | p. 324 |
| Tok | p. 326 |
| Chicken | p. 333 |
| Eagle | p. 334 |
| Dawson City | p. 335 |
| Whitehorse | p. 339 |
| 8 | The Bush | p. 343 |
| Welcome to the Bush | p. 344 |
| Planning | p. 348 |
| Bethel | p. 353 |
| Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge | p. 357 |
| Wood-Tikchik State Park | p. 359 |
| Katmai National Park and Preserve | p. 361 |
| Aniakchak National Monument and Preserve | p. 366 |
| Becharof and Alaska Peninsula National Wildlife Refuges | p. 367 |
| Aleutian Islands | p. 367 |
| Unalaska/Dutch Harbor | p. 368 |
| Pribilof Islands | p. 371 |
| Nome | p. 373 |
| Bering Land Bridge National Preserve | p. 378 |
| Kotzebue | p. 379 |
| Kobuk Valley National Park | p. 383 |
| Noatak National Preserve | p. 384 |
| Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve | p. 385 |
| Utqiagvik | p. 387 |
| Prudhoe Bay | p. 389 |
| Arctic National Wildlife Refuge | p. 391 |
| Index | p. 392 |
| About the Writers | p. 400 |
| Maps | |
| Anchorage Orientation | p. 54-55 |
| Anchorage | p. 70-71 |
| Juneau, the Inside Passage, and Southeast Alaska | p. 89 |
| Ketchikan | p. 98 |
| Side Trips from Ketchikan | p. 109 |
| Wrangell | p. 114 |
| Petersburg | p. 120 |
| Sitka | p. 124 |
| Juneau | p. 140 |
| Side Trips from Juneau | p. 153 |
| Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve | p. 156 |
| Haines | p. 164 |
| Skagway | p. 170 |
| The Kenai Peninsula and Southcentral Alaska | p. 185 |
| Prince William Sound | p. 192 |
| Kenai Peninsula and Kodiak Island | p. 208 |
| Mat-Su Valley and Beyond | p. 244 |
| Denali National Park and Preserve | p. 262-263 |
| Fairbanks, the Yukon, and the Interior | p. 292-293 |
| Fairbanks | p. 302-303 |
| North of Fairbanks | p. 316 |
| Fortymile Country and the Yukon | p. 324 |
| The Bush | p. 344-345 |
| Southwest | p. 354 |
| Northwest and the Arctic | p. 374 |
| Amazing Whales of Alaska | p. 129 |
| The Klondike Gold Rush | p. 173 |
| Alaska's Glaciers | p. 220 |
| Denali | p. 273 |
| Native Arts and Crafts | p. 327 |