McCarthy/Kennicott

McCarthy, the ghost town of Kennicott, the abandoned Kennecott Copper Mine and Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve are a package deal. Each in and of itself is worth the effort to get there and getting there is part of the adventure. The road to McCarthy is a combination of the Edgerton Highway and McCarthy Road, a 92-mile route that ends at the footbridge across the Kennicott River. One more mile down the road reaches McCarthy and then into the heart of the largest park in the U.S. National Park System.