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Old Oct 18, 2012, 12:11 pm
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You might want to email the priest in charge of the Eklutna Historical Park and cemetery to see if you could get access. Normally it's closed in winter (except for religious events and burials) but you might luck out.

Eklutna is the nearest native village to Anchorage (around 45 min. north of downtown on the Glenn Hwy) and it's fairly famous because of the "spirit houses" covering the graves in the cemetery. In the winter they can be very picturesque, and even if you can't gain admission to the grounds, if memory serves there are a couple of places where you can look through the fence or manage to get some decent photos of the two churches (one modern with an onion dome, the other the old log church.)

Just before you get to Eklutna is Mirror Lake (east side of the highway, Eklutna is to the west) which probably won't be frozen over yet, so might offer some interesting pictures. It's certainly lovely much of the year, especially in the autumn.

You'll have to eyeball it in the weather/road condition front. It can be a tricky time of year, with some freeze/thaw still possible. Ice, not snow, is your enemy.
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