BLM Fairbanks District Office Building in winter

Eastern Interior Field Office

Public lands managed by the Eastern Interior Field Office cover 6.5 million acres in the east-central Alaska, in the traditional territories of the Tanana, Tanacross, Upper Tanana, Hän, and Gwich'in peoples. These public lands provide important areas for subsistence for 17 rural communities located along the upper Yukon and Tanana Rivers. The area also includes Alaska’s second largest city, Fairbanks, and three miliary bases.

The field office is a focal point for current-day mining, tourism, and outdoor recreation, as well as unique attractions such as the Yukon Quest sled dog race and visible northern lights an average of 200 nights per year.

View Eastern Interior Field Office Boundary Map

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AlaskaTravel and Transportation

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Located an hour north of Fairbanks, the White Mountains National Recreation Area offers outstanding recreation opportunities year-round.
White Mountains National Recreation Area
A winter campout under the northern lights. A yellow tent glows with light from within while the green lights fill the night sky.
Beaver Creek Wild and Scenic River runs through remote boreal forest of interior Alaska, with its headwaters in the White Mountains near Fairbanks.
Beaver Creek Wild and Scenic River
Beaver Creek Wild and Scenic River winds around trees with mountains in background
A half day’s drive from Fairbanks, Alaska, the Steese National Conservation Area offers remote, peaceful solitude, and outstanding opportunities for recreation.
Steese National Conservation Area
An access road weaves through hilly terrain.
Birch Creek Wild and Scenic River flows through the south unit of the Steese National Conservation Area into the broad expanse of the Yukon Flats near Central, Alaska.
Birch Creek Wild and Scenic River
A camp with small inflatable boats is set up on the gravel bar along the forest lined river.
The Fortymile Wild and Scenic River is an extensive system of creeks and rivers in east-central Alaska near the Canadian Border. The river's numerous forks flow into the 'mainstem' Fortymile River, which joins the Yukon River in Canada.
Fortymile Wild and Scenic River
Panoramic view of Fortymile Wild and Scenic River segment in Alaska
During the gold rush, the Army’s establishment of Fort Egbert on the Yukon River helped to prevent lawlessness. Although the fort was largely abandoned in 1911, an Army Signal Corps contingent remained there until 1925.
Fort Egbert National Historic Site
A group of visitors walk toward a two-story wooden house.

Recreation Areas

Steese National Conservation Area

White Mountains National Recreation Area

Beaver Creek Wild and Scenic River

Birch Creek Wild and Scenic River

Fortymile Wild and Scenic River

Pinnell Mountain National Recreation Trail

Fort Egbert National Historic Site

Visitor Centers

Fairbanks Morris Thompson Cultural Visitors Center

Tok Main Street Visitor Center

Campgrounds and Cabins

White Mountains National Recreation Area

Fortymile Wild and Scenic River

Brochures

Steese and Elliott Highways Guide

White Mountains Winter Map & Guide

Steese-Whites Summer OHV Factsheet

Beaver Creek Wild and Scenic River

Birch Creek Wild and Scenic River

Fortymile Wild and Scenic River

Georeferenced Maps

Summer Recreation in the White Mountains National Recreation Area and Steese National Conservation Area

Winter Recreation in the White Mountains National Recreation Area and Steese National Conservation Area 

Nome Creek Valley - White Mountains National Recreation Area

Pinnell Mountain National Recreation Trail - Steese National Conservation Area 

Birch Creek Wild and Scenic River - Steese National Conservation Area

Fortymile Wild and Scenic River/Taylor Highway 

Game Unit 25C Steese and White Mountains Area: Fortymile Caribou Hunt Access for Winter (October 15 - April 30) Map 

Federal Subsistence Hunt Maps

20E Map - Chicken, Walker Fork and Jack Wade Area

20E Map - Taylor Highway Logging Cabin Creek

20E Map - Taylor Highway O'Brien Creek

25C Map - Steese Highway

Leadership

Tim Hammond

Field Manager

Phone: 907-474-2200 

Fax: 907-474-2282 

Email: [email protected] 

Leadership

Tim Hammond

Field Manager

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Contact

Mailing Address:
222 University Ave
Fairbanks, AK 99709
Phone: 907-474-2200
Fax: 907-474-2282
Hours:
7:45 am-4:30 pm AKST M-F

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