Visitors' guide: 2019-2020 tours and attractions
Where do you go from here? Take a hike, or a tour or a class. You have 2,250 acres to explore on our Fairbanks campus, so there’s always something going on. So find an activity that suits you. The highlights below are a good place to start, and you’ll find lots of other events on our calendars.
It’s your life, your adventure, and it’s your university. Happy trails!
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.
- Web: Admissions' Visit Campus webpage
- 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.
- Price: Free
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.
- Web: UA Museum of the North website
- 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.
- Price: Entry fee
Geophysical Institute
Visit this world-renowned institute, where scientists study everything from the center of the Earth to the center of the sun.
- Email: UAF-GI-Public-info@alaska.edu
- Phone: 907-474-7558
- Days & times:
- Guided tour: June 5-Aug. 28, Wednesdays, 1 p.m., Elvey Bldg. lobby
- Self-guided tour: all year, weekdays, 8 a.m.-4 p.m.
- Closed for major holidays
- Price: Free
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.
- Web: Georgeson Botanical Garden website
- Phone: 907-474-7222
- Days & times:
- Memorial Day through Labor Day: Daily, 8 a.m.-8 p.m.
- Self-guided tour: daily
- Free walking tour, Fridays, 2 p.m.
- Price: Suggested donation $5
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.
- Email: UAF-IARC@alaska.edu
- Phone: 907-474-1544
- Days & times:
- All year, weekdays, 8 a.m.-4 p.m.
- Closed for major holidays.
- Price: Free
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.
- Email: UAF-GI-Public-info@alaska.edu
- Phone: 907-474-7558
- Days & times:
- May 2-Sept. 5*, first and third Thursdays of each month, 2 p.m., Mile 30 Steese Hwy
- *Closed July 4
- Price: Free
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.
- Web: Large Animal Research Station website
- Phone: 907-474-5724
- Days & times:
- May 28-Sept. 1, Daily, 9:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
- Price: Entry fee
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 907-474-7021 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.