| Kincaid Park
Kincaid Park is named after Ralph
Kincaid (1907-1953) homesteaded in Sand Lake, now the International
Airport. He founded Granite Products, Inc., which
later became known as Kincaid & King Construction. His construction
company contributed equipment and services for the construction of several
playing fields and playgrounds throughout Anchorage. "Kincaid Park" was originally a 27 acre tract of land located near the
northeast side of Jewel Lake. In the mid-1960’s the Municipality of
Anchorage acquired land near the Airport and Kincaid Park was relocated to this
site.
Kincaid
Park is one of the most popular parks
in Anchorage. The size of the park is approximately 1500
acres and total length of trails extends more than 30 miles. The park was originally used as Nike-Hercules
missile storing site during 1950s. The land was transfered to Anchorage in
1980 and have been develpoed as a park. Today, you can
still find Concreate missile silos converted to storages.
The park was originally developed as a prime
cross-country ski park in winter, and bike and hiking trail in
summer. As users diversified, the park has been
adding several features, including soccer fields, flyingdisk golf courses, and
further widening the trails for Olympic level croscountry ski racing
events.
Attraction of the park is its size
and being able to accomdate variety of users. A perfect place for
families. Kincaid Park Chalet provide a woderful view Cook Inlet and
moutains. On nice clear sunny day, you should see Denali. The Chalet
is available for rent.
Trails of the Kincaid Park
Kincaid Park trails are designed and constructed by
volunteers of the Nordic Ski Association of Anchorage, so that many trails
crown names of prominent members and their family, such as Arlen Mize (Arlen's Way, Arlen's
Overlook) , Dick Mize (Mize Loop, Mize's Folley), John Elliott (Elliott's
Climb), Andrew Lekisch (Andrew Lekisch Trail System), Alex Sission
(Allex Sisson Loop), Margaux Menaker (Margaux's Loop), Pia
Margrethe-Denkewalter (Pia-Margretehe's overloook), Kimberly Berg (Kimberly Berg Biathlon
Range).
The trails are mostly wide and flat
surface, and consist of series of small and large loops. Further those
trails are connected by small single track / animal trails. A
trail map is available at the park chalet and by Nordic Ski Association of Anchorage.
Every major trail is classified
into 3 types: beginners (mostly flat and small up-down slopes), intermediate
(combination of flat and some moderate up-down slopes), and
advanced (combination of steep up-down trails). Based your physical
level and available time, choose combination of trails.
In
summer, all trails are multi-use, walkers, runners,
bikers. As m any parts of the park is
constructed on wetland, some trails are muddy, wet, and may be
closed in early spring. In winter, almost all of
trails are skiers only. Only multi-use trail are Bike Trails along
Raspberry Road and Coastal Trail.
Kincaid Outdoor Center: http://www.muni.org/parks/parkdistrictsw.cfm pro
Direction to the Kincaid
Park
Take
Minnesota and at Raspberry Rd. Drive toward the
direction of the Airport. Keep driving until the end.
Park Entrance
Kincaid
Park has 4 main parking area: 1)
Little Capmbell Lake, 2) Raspberry, 3) Stadium / Chalet, and 4) Jodhpur. While the
first 3 entrances are located on Raspberry Road, Jodphur entrance is
located on Jodhpur road.
Little Campbell Lake
To reach the parking lot, take the
first road on right immediately after the main park entrance. This is
a nice place for picnic by the water. Lake trails go through woods
and circle around the lake and reaches to Raspberry parking lot. The
trails tend to be hilly with big dipping slope named "Big Niagara"!!
Raspberry
This is the first parking lot on
Raspberry road before a bridge. This parking lot is the only parking lot
accessible after park is closed.
Stadium / Chalet
All easy trails are starts from
this area. Stop by Chalet for a map.
Jodhpur
Jodhpur parking lot is located on
Jodphur street. To reach the Jodhpur entrance, take Minnesota, off at
Dimond Bulverd. Take Dimond Bulverd to west (toward ocean/airport). When
the road vend to right, the road becomes Jodhpur Road. From this point.
look for an entrance road on left (Western/ocean side). The parking lot is located first right, further down is a parking lot for
Motocross.
Kincaid Park Map: created by
the Nordic
Skiing Association of Anchorage
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