Top 10 Free Things to do in Talkeetna, Alaska (AK)

When It's Dark, I See the Lights! I relocated from Brazil to Alaska in 2001 and have been chasing and photographing Aurora Borealis (Northern Lights) ever since. I never heard about the Northern Lights before I moved to Alaska. The first time I saw them it was love at first sight. That was it! From there on I knew what I wanted to do, I wanted to share the Auroras with the world and show them to everyone who doesn't have the opportunity to see the Northern lights. That's what I have been doing since. From long and cold nights photographing amazing auroras through the skies, and teaching northern lights photography workshops, to the summers explaining and showing the auroras to the ones that are not able to visit Alaska in the winters. I am a photographer in Alaska, living the dream life of many photographers. Many of my images were published by NASA, Space Weather Live, Washington Post, space.com, Nature Photographer Magazine, Society of Nature Photographers, just to name a few.

Birch syrup taste, tour, and shop. We offer a free tour of our birch syrup production facility with a short video showing the spring sap harvest, a tasting room with samples of all of our wild harvested birch and berry products, and an all-Alaska gift shop featuring the best in Alaska produced foods and functional art - local pottery, bowls, baskets, and tiles. We have a sweet selection of Alaska cookbooks, foraging and outdoor guides, and children’s books along with cards and art prints. We serve locally made ice-cream including, of course, birch - good coffee, chaga tea, and baked goods using birch and wild berries. Taste the springtime goodness of birch sap in our Alaska Wild Birch Water beverages. Come taste our “goods from the woods” and experience a true Alaskan cottage industry.

The Susitna Salmon Center is a unique gift shop and art gallery dedicated to rivers and salmon. We have aquaria with local fish and documentaries. We provided biologist-guided river walks and have rental cabins.

FESTIVE OUTDOOR MARKET!! 16 AUTHENTIC ALASKAN ARTISANS create, demonstrate and display beautiful creations for purchase in an outdoor courtyard market JURIED BY DENALI ARTS COUNCIL. SAT,SUN,MON 10-6:30, RAIN or SHINE.Cash,Check or CC.Theater,art and music inside, public restrooms on site.Alaskana, fine, fun and fiber arts,Elegant exclusive jewelry and photography,creative craft creations. Meet the artist at the market!