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Northern Gypsy Rentals LLC

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Home
Housing Availability
  • Room for Rent
  • Master Bedroom
  • Room 2&3 Combo
  • 3B/2B unit
Car Availability
  • 2016 Jeep Patriot Red
  • 2016 Chevy Sonic
  • 2020 Subaru Crosstrek
  • 2016 Jeep Wrangler
  • 2014 Subaru Crosstrek
  • 2015 Jeep Patriot Silver
  • 2019 Toyota Sienna Camper
  • Pickup/Drop Guide
Contact
Local Recommendations
  • Things to do
  • Restaurants
  • My Alaska Photos!
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  • Home
  • Housing Availability
    • Room for Rent
    • Master Bedroom
    • Room 2&3 Combo
    • 3B/2B unit
  • Car Availability
    • 2016 Jeep Patriot Red
    • 2016 Chevy Sonic
    • 2020 Subaru Crosstrek
    • 2016 Jeep Wrangler
    • 2014 Subaru Crosstrek
    • 2015 Jeep Patriot Silver
    • 2019 Toyota Sienna Camper
    • Pickup/Drop Guide
  • Contact
  • Local Recommendations
    • Things to do
    • Restaurants
    • My Alaska Photos!
  • Home
  • Housing Availability
    • Room for Rent
    • Master Bedroom
    • Room 2&3 Combo
    • 3B/2B unit
  • Car Availability
    • 2016 Jeep Patriot Red
    • 2016 Chevy Sonic
    • 2020 Subaru Crosstrek
    • 2016 Jeep Wrangler
    • 2014 Subaru Crosstrek
    • 2015 Jeep Patriot Silver
    • 2019 Toyota Sienna Camper
    • Pickup/Drop Guide
  • Contact
  • Local Recommendations
    • Things to do
    • Restaurants
    • My Alaska Photos!

Things to do in Anchorage

Entertainment

Best Views, no hiking involved

Best Views, no hiking involved

  • Mad Myrna's 
    • Comedy Drag shows every weekend 
  • Bear Tooth (Bar & Food + Movie theater)
  •  Williwaw 
    • Beer & Yoga?
    • Beer and Zumba?
    • Live music or DJ
  • 49th State Brewery 
    • Comedy shows
    • Trivia nights (Geeks who Drink)
    • https://www.49thstatebrewing.com/anchorage/ 
  • Alaska Dance Promotion 
    • Beginner’s salsa/bachata class every Friday evening. 
  • Whale's Tail
    • Music
    • Comedy shows 

Best Views, no hiking involved

Best Views, no hiking involved

Best Views, no hiking involved

  • Flattop mountain parking lot 
  • Point Woronzof Park - can watch airplanes taking off over your head. 
  • Turnagain arm rd to Beluga Point
  • Skyline drive in eagle river 
  • Coastal trail - flat paved trail along the ocean. Extends from downtown to kincaid park.
  • Crow’s Nest restaurant - located at the top of Captain Cook’s Hotel.
  • Girdwood - take the tram to the restaurant/deli on the mountain. 
  • Talkeetna  
    • Go to the “Talkeetna Alaskan Lodge”. Best views of Denali. No need to have a reservation, you can walk in and dine at the restaurant or look around. (Only open in the summers).

Bike Trails

Best Views, no hiking involved

Bike Trails

  •  Rent a bike from downtown and bike along the Coastal trail. 
    • Great view of the water! 
  • Coastal trail 
  • Campbell Creek trail (near rental unit)
  • Powerline pass (same parking lot near flattop mountain trail). 
  • Pedal Anchorage https://www.pedalanchorage.com 
  • Eklutna lake trail (This one is my favorite, the lake is beautiful). 
    • Kayaks and bikes available to rent at lake - call ahead to reserve. 
    • http://www.lifetimeadventure.net/eklutna-trips-rentals/ 
    • 907-746-4644

Hikes

Tours & Experiences

Bike Trails

  • Great hiking app: “Alltrails” 
    • You can look up details of trails in any state. 
  • Bryon Glacier 
  • Flattop mountain 
  • Powerline pass 
  • Eklutna lake trail
  • Thunderbird falls 
  • Virgin falls - Girdwood 
  • Bird Ridge - turnagain arm 
  • Hatchers Pass 
  • Caines Head Trail - Seward 
  • Bring bear spray in the spring/summer!
  • Winner Creek Trail
  • Crow Creek Mine 
  • Castner Glacier 

Camping

Tours & Experiences

Tours & Experiences

  •  Looking for a private campsite? 
    • https://www.hipcamp.com/en-US (This is similar to Airbnb, but for camping sites).  
  • Car camping?
    • https://vanly.app/  
  • Public Use Cabins from the State 
    •  Public Use Cabins (alaska.gov)  
  • Eklutna lake 
  • Wasilla
    • Finger lake 
    • Big lake
    • Nancy lake 
  • Seward 
    • Beach 
  • Cooper landing 
    • Cooper lake
    • Kenai lake  
  • Kasilof 
    • Tustumena Lake 
    • Johnson lake
    • Kasilof beach 
  • Cantwell, AK. Alpine Creek Lodge. 
    • In the summertime, you can drive to this lodge. 
    • Wintertime, only access is by snow machine. 
    • Great for ATV tours, hunting, viewing northern lights in the wintertime. 

    https://alpinecreeklodge.com/  

Tours & Experiences

Tours & Experiences

Tours & Experiences

  • Anchorage Museum
  • Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center 
  • Alaska Railroad - take the train to Seward, Denali, or Fairbanks 
  • Consider exploring Airbnb Experiences website 
  • Matanuska Glacier Tour
  • Katmai Bear Viewing 
    • https://www.flyrusts.com/  
  • Rent Yurts in Seward 
    • Rent Yurts right on the rocky shore of Seward. Accessed only by boat. 
    • www.shearwatercove.com
  • Knik Glacier ATV tour  
  • Williams Reindeer Farm in Palmer 
  • Whittier 
    • Tunnel and boat cruises 
  • Eklutna Lake 
    • Kayak or bike around the lake. There are cabins you can rent as well.
  • Jet Ski in Seward
  • Flight glacier tour 
  • Girdwood
    • Skiing, Spa, Hikes
  • Homer 
    • Take the ferry to Seldovia 
    • Fishing charters 
    • Walk down the spit 


Renting Outdoor Gear?

Renting Outdoor Gear?

Renting Outdoor Gear?

  • Are you military? 
    • Cheap rentals on military base. 
  • Camping gear, kayak, bicycle, etc. 
    • REI (Recreational Equipment, Inc.) 
    • Kayak/bike rentals located at Eklutna Lake 
  • Bike rentals located in downtown anchorage. 
  • Local Kayak rentals can be found on FB marketplace.

Wintertime

Renting Outdoor Gear?

Renting Outdoor Gear?

  • Fairbanks ice sculpture show (Jan-March). I recommend taking the train up and fly back.
  • Northern Lights (download the app, “Aurora” to get notifications) 
  • Cross country skiing 
    • Kincaid park 
  • Alyeska ski resort 
  • Snow machining
  • Ski, bike, or snow machine across Eklutna lake and stay at a cabin. https://dnr.alaska.gov/parks/aspcabins/kokaneecabin.htm  
  • Cantwell, AK. Alpine Creek Lodge. 
  • https://alpinecreeklodge.com/  

Annual Events

Renting Outdoor Gear?

Spa/Relaxation/Beauty

  •  August. Salmon Music Festival in Ninilchik 

Spa/Relaxation/Beauty

Spa/Relaxation/Beauty

Spa/Relaxation/Beauty

  • Alyeska Nordic Spa 
  • The Loft - Hair

Local FB pages

Spa/Relaxation/Beauty

Local FB pages

  • Find Olive The Things 

Things to do outside of Anchorage

Girdwood

Girdwood

Girdwood

  • Nordic Spa
  • Virgin Falls hike
  • Winner creek hike 
  • Take the tram up the mountain, have lunch at the deli. Or hike to the deli.
  • Skiing/Snowboarding 


Hope

Girdwood

Girdwood

  • Palmer Creek Rd - beautiful drive 


Seward

Girdwood

Cooper Landing

  • Shearwater Cove Yurts. 
  • Zip lining 
  • Jet Ski to Glacier. 
    •   Glacier Jetski Adventures | Prince William Sound Alaska Glacier Tours  
  • Take the train to Seward from anchorage 
  • Caines head trail 
  • Clemen Cabin 
  • Fishing Charters
  • Zudy's Cafe

Cooper Landing

Cooper Landing

Cooper Landing

  • Kayak Kenai or Cooper lake
  • Rafting tours
  • Russian River 
  • Fishing 

Soldotna

Cooper Landing

Soldotna

  • Fishing
  • Lots of lakes for kayaking 
    • Watson in Sterling (secret lake at the back of Watson Lake, pass the lily pads).
    • Skilak Lake 
  • Camp at the beach 
  • ATV tours, tons of ATV trails in swamp and beaches 
  • Echo Lake Meats 
    • Echo Lake cheese dip!

Kasilof

Cooper Landing

Soldotna

  • Fishing and camping 
    • Kasilof beach access
    • Kasilof River
    • Cohoe Beach  
  • Tustumena Lake - kayaking, camping 
  • ATV trails

Homer

Fairbanks

Wasilla

  • Fishing charters
  • Ocean kayaking 
  • Two sister bakery 
  • Take the Ferry to Seldovia village or Halibut Cove 

Wasilla

Fairbanks

Wasilla

  • Hatchers pass 
  • Butte Trail 
  • Knik River 
  • Knik Glacier ATV tour 
  • Krazy Moose Subs 

Fairbanks

Fairbanks

Fairbanks

  • Ice sculptures in wintertime 
  • Chena hot springs 
  • Hot licks ice cream 
  • Kayak Chena River 

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