Nome

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Nome

Three roads into the tundra with Siberian strays and Arctic breeders.

Photo: Sir Mildred Pierce, from North Augusta, South Carolina, USA · CC BY 2.0
Best months
Jun
Days needed
4–6
Difficulty
Strenuous
Nearest airport
Nome (OME)

When to go

  1. JanJanuary: Poor or no data
  2. FebFebruary: Poor or no data
  3. MarMarch: Poor or no data
  4. AprApril: Poor or no data
  5. MayMay: Good
  6. JunJune: Best
  7. JulJuly: Poor or no data
  8. AugAugust: Poor or no data
  9. SepSeptember: Poor or no data
  10. OctOctober: Poor or no data
  11. NovNovember: Poor or no data
  12. DecDecember: Poor or no data

BestGoodFair

Roads open from late May; very limited services.

Why go

Nome (; Inupiaq: Sitŋasuaq, pronounced [sitŋɐsuɑq], also Sitŋazuaq, Siqnazuaq) is a city in the Nome Census Area in the Unorganized Borough of the US state of Alaska. The city is located on the southern Seward Peninsula coast on the Norton Sound of the Bering Sea. It had a population of 3,699 in 2020, up from 3,598 in 2010. Nome was incorporated on April 9, 1901. It was once the most populous city in Alaska.

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