About the Fairbanks campus and area

The 2,250-acre Fairbanks campus, located near the center of Alaska, offers limitless opportunities for activity and recreation. Fairbanks, Alaska's second largest city, sits on the banks of the Chena River in the heart of Alaska. Find out more...

Walking tour

Get to know UAF on student-led, 90-minute tours. Sign up early so we can plan the best experience, or take a virtual tour. Free.

• Web: www.uaf.edu/admissions/visit/
• Phone:
  • 907-474-7500
  • 800-478-1823
• Days & times: 
  • All year: Weekdays, 10 a.m., 2:30 p.m., Signers’ Hall lobby. 
  • Closed for major holidays.

UA Museum of the North

Discover millions of years of biodiversity and thousands of years of cultural traditions at one of Alaska’s premier visitor attractions. Entry fee.

• Web: www.uaf.edu/museum/
• Phone: 907-474-7505
• Days & times:
  • June 1-Aug. 31: Daily, 9 a.m.-7 p.m.
  • Sept. 1-May 31: Mon.-Sat., 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

Geophysical Institute

Visit this world-renowned institute, where scientists study everything from the center of the Earth to the center of the sun. Free.

• Email: UAF-GI-Public-Info@alaska.edu
• Phone: 907-474-7558
• Days & times:
  • Guided tour: June 6-Aug. 29 Wednesdays, 1 p.m., Elvey Bldg. lobby
  • Self-guided tour: all year, weekdays, 8 a.m.-4 p.m.
  • Closed for major holidays

Georgeson Botanical Garden

Enjoy extensive displays of flowers and vegetables. Don't miss the popular children's garden boasting the largest hedge maze in Alaska. Suggested donation $5.

• Web: www.georgesonbotanicalgarden.org
• Days & times: 
  • Memorial Day through Labor Day: Daily, 8 a.m.-8 p.m.
  • Free walking tour, Fridays, 2 p.m.

International Arctic Research Center

Explore our lobby displays and get a glimpse of the dynamic state of the Arctic and the abundance of Arctic and global climate change research conducted at IARC. Free

• Email: info@iarc.uaf.edu
• Phone: 907-474-1544
• Days & times: 
  • All year, weekdays, 8 a.m.-4 p.m.
  • Closed for major holidays.

Poker Flat Research Range

Tour the largest land-based rocket research range in the world and the only high-latitude rocket range in the U.S. Free.

• Email: UAF-GI-Public-Info@alaska.edu
• Phone: 907-474-7558
• Days & times: 
  • May 3-Sept. 6*, first and third Thursdays of each month, 2 p.m., 30 mile Steese Hwy
  • *Closed July 4-5

Robert G. White Large Animal Research Station

Get up close and personal with reindeer and muskoxen, survivors from the Ice Age. Gift shop on site with items by Alaska artists. Entry fee.

• Web: www.uaf.edu/lars/
• Phone: 907-474-5724
• Days & times: 
  • May 29-Sept. 2, Daily, 9:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.

Summer Sessions and Lifelong Learning events

Summer Sessions and Lifelong Learning offers courses and hosts many events throughout the summer, including special guest lectures and concerts. For more information call 474-7021 or visit the Summer Sessions and Lifelong Learning website.

More things to see and do

While you are at UAF, you may be interested in visiting the bookstore, walking through Signers' Hall where the Alaska Constitution was signed, eating lunch at Wood Center or just wandering around. Check out some other things to see and do throughout the year.