Hidden Gems Scavenger Hunt
This fall, we polled your neighbors to find beloved hidden gems throughout the Municipality. Now, you can visit the top ten public gems and send a selfie from your favorite place to @thankorage on Instagram or Facebook for a chance to win an official MOA50 t-shirt! It's a scavenger hunt by neighbors, for neighbors.
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Your Neighbors' Hidden Gems
There are all kinds of hidden gems across town. While the scavenger hunt highlights public spaces that go overlooked, here is the full list of all the recommendations we received, including small businesses, local eateries, and more!
- Wickersham Park
- Eagle River Nature Center
- Mann Leiser Memorial Greenhouse
- The Historic Pioneer School House
- Tiny Gallery
- Downtown Anchorage Viewpoint
- Oscar Gill House
- Beach Lake Park
- Carr-gottstein Park
- Ship Creek Trail
- Hong Kong Spirit Food
- Fly-In Restaurant
- William Jack Hernandez Sportfish Hatchery
- Turnagain Ceramics
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Midnight Sun Brewery
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Connors Bog
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Sweet Caribou
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Balanced Health Chiropractic
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Burger Cache
- Taku Lake Skate Park
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Spice and Tea Exchange of Anchorage
- Butcher Block #9
- Eastern European Market
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Taqueria Cortez
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Judy’s
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Campbell Airstrip Road
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Boyer's Orchard
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The Stewart Trail
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Gravity Hill
- WWII Memorial
- Russian Jack Springs
- Arnold Muldoon Park
- Lyn Ary Park
- Fish Creek Trail
- Chugach Foothills Connector Trail Bridge
- Ship Creek Dam and Reservoir
- Girdwood's rock labyrinth in the woods
- Anchorage Coastal Wildlife Refuge - Campbell Creek to Rabbit Creek
- APU Campus, especially the Waldron Belltower
- Government Hill Wireless Station
- Russian Jack Springs (Headwaters of Middle Fork Chester Creek), in South Russian Jack Springs Park
- The Crow Creek Gorge (Shoots and Ladders Trail) in Girdwood north of Four Corners