Iditarod National Historic Trail
The Iditarod National Historic Trail represents the longest, most travelled gold rush trail(s) in Alaska. It is Alaska’s only national historic trail(s), and, although it crosses a wide variety of private, federal, state, and Native American Alaskan lands, it is administered as one large entity by the Bureau of Land Management(BLM). Segments of the trail(s) have served as important trade routes for Alaska’s native people for centuries. 1800 Russian fur traders later used Iditarod trail segments for building their large fur trading network. Existing sections of Iditarod National Historic Trail(s) were tied together after a series of gold strikes occurred near the towns of Nome, Flat, Ophir, and other settlements.
Data source NPS.