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Established in 1980 by the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act, Kobuk Valley National Park is a United States National Park in northwestern Alaska north of the Arctic Circle. It is noted for the Great Kobuk Sand Dunes. The park offers backcountry camping, hiking, and backpacking, and dog mushing is popular.
No roads lead to the park. It is accessible by foot, dogsled, or snowmobile, and chartered air taxis from Nome and Kotzebue are available year-round. The park is one of the least visited in the entire National Park System.