Between March 19 and September 23, Anchorage gets more hours of daily sunlight than anywhere in the other 49 states. Alaska adventures fill all those daylight hours.
Hiking,
biking,
flightseeing and
dog sledding continue well past 8 p.m.
Restaurants make use of decks or set out bistro tables on the side walk. The long summer holds a special treat for golfers. Tee times can be as late as 10 p.m. for each of Anchorage's three 18-hole
golf courses.
On June 21, Anchorage gets 22 hours of functional daylight. But the midnight sun still hangs in the sky a long time even after sundown, the sun merely dips under the horizon. The streetlights don’t even flicker on.