Visiting the Alaska Botanical Garden

The Alaska Botanical Garden is a wonderful place to hike on woodland trails. The 1.1 mile Lowenfels Family Nature Trail takes you on an interpretive walk through spruce and birch forest, down to the north fork of Campbell Creek, offering evidence of glacial activity and views of the Chugach Mountain Range. You may even glimpse a moose or bear. The Garden is a great place to bird watch, walk and hike, take pictures, paint, or read on your next summer visit! Winter visits will be a quiet walk or ski through our woodlands. And, of course, members can enter free every day, except for Garden Fair. No dogs please. Garden Hours Year round during daylight hours. Office Hours Year round - Monday through Thursday from 10am to 4pm. Admission by Donation - suggested donation Individuals: $5 Family of three or more: $10 Children (ages 2-17): $3 Seniors (age 60+): $3 Children under 2: Free Members: Free, except for Garden Fair Accessibility Alaska Botanical Garden is partly handicap accessible to our Lower Perennial Garden, nursery, and gift shop. Guided Tours Docent-guided tours are offered daily, June through August, at 1pm. An additional guided tour is offered on Wednesdays at 6:30 pm. The tours last about 1 hour and cover approximately one mile. Call ahead (907) 770-3692 if you have more than 15 in your party.

Location & Directions

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The Garden is located at 4601 Campbell Airstrip Road, one block south of Tudor Rd., in Anchorage, Alaska. Parking is available in the Benny Benson School parking lot north of the Garden entrance. The Anchorage People Mover bus 75 is available from the Downtown Transit Center to a stop on Tudor Road near the Garden, and Bus 1 has a route from the Dimond Center to the same stop near the Garden.

ABG Administrative offices are located at 3701 Tudor Rd., Suite 203, Anchorage, Alaska. Offices are open Monday through Thursday from 10am to 4pm. The Garden is open during daylight hours year round, with self-guided tour maps available when no staff or volunteers are present.

Directions to the Garden from the Seward Highway:
From the Seward Highway take the Tudor Road exit. Drive east toward the Chugach Mountain range about 3.5 miles. Turn right (south) on Campbell Airstrip Rd. (the intersection has a traffic light). Take the second driveway on the left that leads to the Benny Benson School and Alaska Botanical Garden parking lot. The garden entrance is on the south side of the parking lot.

Directions to the Garden from the Glenn Highway or Muldoon Area:
From the Glenn Highway, take the Muldoon exit. Drive south about 6 miles where the road makes a right turn to the west. Continue west to Campbell Airstrip Rd. (the intersection has a traffic light). Take the second driveway on the left that leads to the Benny Benson School and Alaska Botanical Garden parking lot. The garden entrance is on the south side of the parking lot.