Earthquake Park

Earthquake Park gives visitors insight into one of the pivotal moments in Alaska history: the 1964 Earthquake. The quake on March 27 – Good Friday – measured 9.2 in magnitude and was the largest quake ever recorded in North America. This is a great place to visit. There are plenty of walking and biking trails as well as free parking. There is a monument commemorating the 1964 earthquake as well as informational plaques in the park. It overlooks the water and offers beautiful, majestic views. A great place to visit. A must if you’re visiting Anchorage.

Great walk in the park and nature. You can look back in time and see how the surface of the earth rolled during the great earthquake of 1964. Eye opening and thank goodness I was not there at that moment. You’ll be educated too as you walk along and pass different stations.

Here you can see what it means when our planet shakes for 4+ minutes- and the soil liquifies underneath ones house. OMG. Even today, 2025, how bad it slid is still easily seen from the tour bus. One no longer needs to get out of the bus. However, if you do- check out the picks- so worth it.

It's a beautiful location. People go out there to take pictures of sunsets all the time. The pictures I post here will not be Earthquake Park but just the next parking lot down the road. There are plenty of places to park

A beautiful park that provides a window on local history, geology, and the site of the the largest earthquake in North America in 1964. There is plenty of informative signage and trail paths that follow the landslides. This is also a great place to take pics of Denali and the Alaska range. I was told there might be wildlife there - saw plenty of moose droppings but no moose! While I was there in the winter, I saw plenty of people cycling, running and I have hear that you can also cross country skiing as the park connects to the Tony Knowles Coastal Trail. Probably a great place for a picnic in the summer as well! There are a few parking areas for cars and buses. Definitely a place worth checking out!