Bering Land Bridge National Preserve
Bering Land Bridge National Preserve lies at the continental crossroad that greatly influenced the distribution of life in the Western Hemisphere during the Pleistocene Epoch. It is a vital landscape for Indigenous communities who depend on the land just as their ancestors did for many generations. It is a wild and ecologically healthy landscape unlike any other.
Nome, AK is not on the road system and may be reached via a commercial flight. Directions from the Park Service ↗
Alerts
- CautionBroken Windsock at Serpentine Hot Springs
The windsock at the Serpentine Hot Springs airstrip is broken, and the National Park Service is in the process of ordering a replacement. At this time, we do not have an estimated date for when it will be reinstalled. Please use caution when utilizing the airstrip.
- InformationPhone lines working intermittently
Our phone lines are working intermittently. If you are not able to reach us by phone, please email us at [email protected].
Fees & passes
Free. No entrance fee here.
Hours
| Bering Land Bridge National Preserve | Daily · All Day |
When to go
July draws the most visits here and September the fewest, averaged over 2021 to 2025.
Visitor centers
- Bering Land Bridge Heritage Center ↗Passport stamp
Nome, AK is not on the road system and may be reached by commercial flights. From Nome, you may visit Bering Land Bridge Heritage Center, which located is about 1 mile away from the Nome airport on Front Street. Keep in mind that Nome, AK is 100 miles (160 km) from the preserve's boundaries.
Explore
Things to do
- Passport Stamps at Bering Land Bridge
Stamp your park passport at the Bering Land Bridge Heritage Center!
Opens on the Park Service site
Films
National Park Service productions, public domain.
Events
- Junior Ranger Workbook Workshop: Become a Junior Angler!10/1403:30 PM · freePrograms are free and will take place at the Bering Land Bridge Heritage Center in the Sitnasuak Building, 214 Front Street.
- Junior Ranger Workbook Workshop: Become a Junior Paleontologist!10/2103:30 PM · freePrograms are free and will take place at the Bering Land Bridge Heritage Center in the Sitnasuak Building, 214 Front Street.
- Junior Ranger Workbook Workshop: Become a Junior Ranger Night Explorer!10/2803:30 PM · freePrograms are free and will take place at the Bering Land Bridge Heritage Center in the Sitnasuak Building, 214 Front Street.
Map
Interactive map by the National Park Service
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Reference
Wildlife
Full checklist: 150 birds, 37 mammalsHide
Raptors & owlsBald eagle · Golden eagle · Merlin · Northern harrier · Osprey · Peregrin falcon · Rough-legged hawk · Sharp-shinned hawk · Short-eared owl · Snowy owl
Waterfowl & wadersAmerican wigeon · Bufflehead · Canada goose · Common goldeneye · Common loon · Common merganser · Emperor goose · Eurasian wigeon · Greater scaup · Green-winged teal · Harlequin duck · Horned grebe · Lesser scaup · Northern pintail · Pacific loon · Pelagic cormorant · Red-breasted merganser · Red-necked grebe · Red-throated loon · Sandhill crane · Snow goose · Tundra swan · White-fronted goose · Yellow-billed loon
Shorebirds & seabirdsAleutian tern · American golden-plover · Arctic tern · Baird's sandpiper · Bar-tailed godwit · Black turnstone · Black-bellied plover · Bristle-thighed curlew · Common murre · Common snipe · Crested auklet · Dunlin · Glaucous gull · Glaucous-winged gull · Herring gull · Horned puffin · Hudsonian godwit · Ivory gull · Least auklet · Least sandpiper · Long-billed dowitcher · Long-tailed jaeger · Mew gull · Pacific golden-plover · Parakeet auklet · Parasitic jaeger · Pectoral sandpiper · Pomarine jaeger · Red phalarope · Red-necked phalarope · Rock sandpiper · Ross' gull · Ruddy turnstone · Sabine's gull · Sanderling · Semipalmated plover · Semipalmated sandpiper · Sharp-tailed sandpiper · Short-tailed shearwater · Spotted sandpiper · Thick-billed murre · Tufted puffin · Western sandpiper
Gamebirds & dovesPigeon guillemot · Rock ptarmigan · Willow ptarmigan
WoodpeckersDowny woodpecker · Northern flicker
Also on the checklistAlder flycatcher · American dipper · American pipit · American robin · American tree sparrow · Arctic warbler · Bank swallow · Barn swallow · Black guillemot · Black scoter · Black-capped chickadee · Black-legged kittiwake · Blackpoll warbler · Bluethroat · Boreal chickadee · Brant · Camp robber · Canvasback · Cliff swallow · Common eider · Common raven · Common redpoll · Dark-eyed junco · Dotterel · Fox sparrow · Fulmar · Golden-crowned sparrow · Gray-cheeked thrush · Gyrfalcon · Hoary redpoll · Horned lark · King eider · Kittlitz's murrelet · Lapland longspur · Larus philadelphia · Lincoln's sparrow · Mallard · Northern goshawk · Northern shoveler · Northern shrike · Northern waterthrush · Oldsquaw · Orange-crowned warbler · Red knot · Red-throated pipit · Redhead · Rosy finch · Ruby-crowned kinglet · Rusty blackbird · Savannah sparrow · Say's phoebe · Snow bunting · Spectacled eider · Steller's eider · Surf scoter · Surfbird · Tree swallow · Varied thrush · Wandering tattler · Wheatear · Whimbrel · White wagtail · White-crowned sparrow · White-winged crossbill · White-winged scoter · Wilson's warbler · Yellow wagtail · Yellow warbler
Small mammalsAlaska hare · Arctic ground squirrel · Barren ground shrew · Brown lemming · Cinereus shrew · Collared lemming · Dusky shrew · Muskrat · Northern red-backed vole · Porcupine · Singing vole · Snowshoe hare · Tiny shrew · Tundra shrew · Tundra vole
Marine mammalsBearded seal · Black right whale · Gray whale · Killer whale · Minke whale · Ribbon seal · Ringed seal · Spotted seal
PredatorsArctic fox · Brown bear · Ermine · Gray wolf · Land otter · Least weasel · Lynx · Mink · Polar bear · Red fox · Wolverine
Hoofed mammalsCaribou · Moose
Also on the checklistMuskox
Activities
Activity guides for this park Birdwatching in the national parks · Camping in the national parks · Hiking in the national parks · Wildlife watching in the national parks
Weather & climate
Weather in the Seward Peninsula is generally characterized by long freezing winters and short, cool summers. Coastal areas typically have mild weather, while the interior has greater seasonal variation in temperature and precipitation.
Questions people ask
Does Bering Land Bridge charge an entrance fee?
No. Bering Land Bridge is free to enter.
Source: National Park Service
Is Bering Land Bridge open year-round?
Yes. The grounds are open 24 hours a day, year-round.
Source: National Park Service
Can I camp in Bering Land Bridge?
The Park Service lists no campgrounds inside Bering Land Bridge.
Source: National Park Service
Is anything closed at Bering Land Bridge right now?
2 active alerts as of October 14, 2026: Phone lines working intermittently; Broken Windsock at Serpentine Hot Springs.
Source: Alerts
How busy is Bering Land Bridge?
2,674 recreation visits in 2025, number 379 of 387 units that report visitation.
Source: Most visited parks
When was Bering Land Bridge established?
1978. It covers about 4,219 square miles.
Source: Wikipedia
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