"North 71 17.10 West 156 46.01" Top 5 Page for this destination Barrow by frankcanfly

Barrow Travel Guide: 93 reviews and 142 photos

It's a 'company town', with enough stores, restaurants and accomodations to satisfy the simple traveler.

You won't find the charm of Nome, Juneau or Homer... but you will be at the farthest North city in America!!

Last visit to Barrow: Aug 2003
Intro Updated Sep 4, 2003
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Reviews (10)

Tundra Things to Do (9)

This landscape goes on for hundreds of miles.... more travel advice

Airport Things to Do (9)

Here's the approach to Runway 6 at Barrow, on a clear day. (400 ft ceilings) FYI: Runways are numbered, based on the... more travel advice

Point Barrow Things to Do (9)

Point Barrow is about 6km north of town. It's the Northernmost point in the US. I now regret not going up there. more travel advice

A typical home Things to Do (9)

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Restaurants (1)
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gravy. Sep 29, 2005 at 10:02 AM

The Arctic Ocean looks a bit more yellow than I would have thought?
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Scandic Dec 7, 2004 at 3:52 AM

Hey, great Barrow pages. I never make it up there, but you did. I like all your Alaska pages. Any plans to go there again soon? Take care and fly! :)
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PA2AKgirl Jun 1, 2004 at 7:41 PM

hmm...I should have been in Alaska by now. I really want to get up to Barrow--I'm jealous you've been there. Good stuff.
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luna_tick May 11, 2004 at 6:17 PM

An interesting destination. I never knew that about airport runways.
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picklegirl Mar 10, 2004 at 8:20 AM

I'LL BE HERE NEXT MONTH!!!!! (only slightly excited, can you tell?!?) From sweating her a** off in P.R. to freezing every last blood cell in Barrow; this girl does it all! Best regards to you- Debbie (& Raoul) :-)
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call_me_rhia Feb 13, 2004 at 8:22 AM

i'm green with envy.... except for the sushi! great pics from the plane!
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mrclay2000 Sep 4, 2003 at 8:35 AM

Inhospitable looking and plain to the eye, but still I want to see this place.