Visitor Information
Drive around Tok and you'll see wild and domestic flower gardens, big vegetables, log homes with sod and wild flower roofs, old fish wheels, historic mining equipment, lots of airplanes, log caches. In late afternoon you may see the llamas strolling Tok. Smell the ribs BBQing and the salmon baking.
- Nature trails and paved bike paths.
- Visit Mainstreet Visitors Center with statewide trip planning, lots of information and Alaska video viewing.
- Pan for gold.
- Bird watching.
- Tetlin Wildlife Refuge Headquarters and Alaska Public Lands InformationCenter.
- Visit mini-museums on Alaska pioneer life,gold mining and Alaska wildlife.
- Play some Bush golf.
- Flightseeing.
- Relax for the day, prepare for your great Alaskan experience, or rest up for the trip home.
- Fish in our nearby streams and lakes.
- Check out the wolves!
- Boat rides on the scenic Tanana River.
- Go on a horse ride.
- Take a day trip up the Taylor Highway (an Alaska Scenic Byway) to historic Chicken. Talk to real miners. Dredge tours are available.
- Enjoy a great 4th of July with us. Parade, flag ceremony, picnic, craft fair, games. Volleyball, 3-legged race, greased pole, outhouse race, baking and photo contests, live music and tug of war.
- MOST businesses in Tok are open year-round. Reservations from May-Sept. are recommended.
- Tok's summer temperatures average 60-70 F (15 to 20 C). Bring a light jacket and good walking shoes.
- TOK's winter temperatures average -30/-70 F (-35 to -64C).
- All major roads are maintained year-round.
- TAYLOR/TOP OF THE WORLD HWYS. are good gravel roads, travelled at moderate speed. Please allow extra time on all roads due to added seasonal traffic and construction.
- MANY Alaskan attractions do not begin operations until mid- to late May because of weather restrictions.
- GAS prices in Tok are currently about $3.70 per gallon of regular unleaded. Lower in cities.
- GROCERY prices vary around the state.
- HOMESTEADING & FREE LAND are a thing of the past.
- U.S. CURRENCY, traveller's checks and credit cards are accepted at most Alaskan businesses.
- TOK has no car rental agencies.
- LIMITED bus service to Fairbanks, Anchorage, Whitehorse and Haines.
- SEAT BELTS are to be worn by state law, and while headlights on during daylight is not a requirement, it is good safety practice.
- NORTHERN LIGHTS are visible August through May.