Utqiaġvik
City Of UtqiaġVik, North Slope Borough (Formerly Barrow) · Utqiaġvik, Alaska
The northernmost city in the United States, on the Arctic Ocean coast about 320 miles north of the Arctic Circle, formerly known as Barrow and renamed with its Iñupiaq name in 2016. It is a largely Iñupiat community that still hunts bowhead whales in spring and autumn, celebrating successful spring hunts with the Nalukataq festival and its blanket toss. Visitors see a whalebone arch on the beach, the Iñupiat Heritage Center with exhibits on Arctic whaling and culture, and the memorial to Will Rogers and Wiley Post, who died in a 1935 plane crash nearby; tours continue toward Point Barrow, the northernmost point of the country. There are no roads to the rest of Alaska, so visitors fly in. The sun does not rise for about 65 days in winter — from 18 November 2025 to 22 January 2026 — and does not set for weeks in summer. Guided day and overnight tours from Anchorage and Fairbanks run mainly from mid-May to mid-September.
Ahkovak Street (Iñupiat Heritage Center area), Utqiaġvik, Alaska, 99723, United States
Guided tours run mainly 15 May-15 September. Iñupiat Heritage Center open Monday-Friday (check hours). Polar night 18 November 2025-22 January 2026.