Alaska · Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve
Whiting Falls
170 mi from Anchorage · ~5 hr drive
No height recorded
Whiting Falls is a named waterfall in Alaska — about 170 miles from Anchorage, AK. Full visit details below.
- State
- Alaska
- Nearest city
- Anchorage, AK · 170 mi · ~5 hr drive
- Coordinates
- 60.9899°, -144.8406°
- County
- Chugach
About Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve
Whiting Falls is inside Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve, a U.S. National Park managed by the National Park Service. Conditions, road status, trail closures, and reservation requirements are published directly on the park's NPS page — check it before driving in, especially in winter or during major weather events.
Entrance fee: Free. No entrance fee. Largest national park in the U.S. (13.2M acres).
Park homepage: https://www.nps.gov/wrst/
Visiting Whiting Falls
The exact location is at 60.9899°, -144.8406° — open in Google Maps for driving directions from your location.
Before you go: check current conditions with the appropriate land manager — state parks department, U.S. Forest Service ranger district, or National Park Service unit. Trail access, parking, water levels, and seasonal closures all vary. Several waterfalls in our database are seasonal and may run dry between mid-summer and the next rainy season.
If you've visited Whiting Falls and have current notes (parking situation, dog policy, seasonality, kid-friendliness), tell us at /contact — we update pages as we learn more.
Sources
Location and tag data for Whiting Falls comes from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL license) . We do not modify the underlying data — this page presents what's already publicly recorded. To suggest corrections, see our methodology page or contact us.