Restaurants are really subjective, but this list looks in line with what you'll hear here.

When we have visitors, we typically check the calendar to see if any special events are going on, and then fill the time in Anchorage with some of these places, depending on convenience and their interests (I'm calling them what they're labeled in Google Maps).

DOWNTOWN *4th Ave Marketplace / Anchorage Saturday Market^shopping *Ship Creek Overlook Park (salmon viewing)^nature *Ulu Factory^shopping *Alaska Public Lands Information Center (they show some interesting free short movies too)^learning *Anchorage Museum ($)^learning *Alaska State Troopers Museum (small, but hey, it’s free)^learning *Resolution Park (more of an overlook)^nature *Coastal Trail - Elderberry Park (the coastal trail goes about 11 miles, but with visitors we normally start here and walk south until we decide to turn around)^nature

WEST OF SEWARD HWY *Alaska Heritage Museum (free, but limited hours)^learning *Alaska Wild Berry Products (fun touristy store, with a big chocolate fountain)^shopping *Alaska Aviation Museum ($)^learning *Campbell Creek Estuary Park^nature *Kincaid Park^nature *Downtown Anchorage Viewpoint (near Earthquake Park)^nature *Point Woronzof Park^nature

EAST OF SEWARD HWY *Potter Marsh^nature *Glen Alps Day Use Area ($5 parking – hopping off point for hikes, but we take non-hikers here too for the higher altitude view of Anchorage)^nature *Alaska Zoo ($)^{learning/nature} *Campbell Creek Science Center^{learning/nature} *Alaska Botanical Garden ($)^{learning/nature} *Alaska Native Heritage Center ($)^learning *William Jack Hernandez Sport Fish Hatchery (cool, free place to see how a hatchery works)^learning