Susitna Flats State Game Refuge
Managed by Alaska Department of Fish and Game
38,561 acres2.9 mi of trail
My Creek TrailAlfred Creek Trail
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the trailheadWebsite ↗
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Outdoors in Point MacKenzie
More than half of Point MacKenzie’s land is conserved: 71%
71% of Point MacKenzie’s land is conserved, about 73,360 acres. The biggest trail networks: Susitna Flats State Game Refuge (2.9 mi). 20 miles of mapped trail cross Point MacKenzie, 0.1 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 26% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Conserved land
71%
73,360 acres · of 162.3 sq mi of land
Trails
20 mi
0.1 per sq mi of land
Near a park
under 1%
of residents within ½ mile
Lakes & rivers
11
1 boat launch
What kind of outdoors town is Point MacKenzie?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Point MacKenzie have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Point MacKenzie is ahead of 26% of U.S. towns. Conserved land holds the grade up; the share of residents near a park pulls it down.
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OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Point MacKenzie’s overall grade.
Conserved land71% of the land · typical AK town 15% · U.S. 4%A+Trails0.1 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (20 mi) · AK 0.5 · U.S. 0.4CPark land0.0 acres of park per 1,000 residents (0 acres) · AK 15 · U.S. 13DParks close to home0% of residents within a half mile of a park · AK 36% · U.S. 72%D−
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 26%
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Alaska towns conserve more land than most (a typical one, 15%; the U.S., 4%), so Point MacKenzie’s 71% is ahead of 88% of Alaska towns, while its trails per square mile lead 15% of them.
How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from D to C+. Trails and many small parks come from OpenStreetMap, mapped by volunteers, so coverage varies from town to town; the half mile is a straight line from each census block, so a river or highway in the way isn’t counted against it.
PAD-US, OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors), Census 2025 Gazetteer and 2020 blocks; details in Sources below. How TownRatings grades the outdoors →
The map
Conserved land, trails & bike routes
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it.
Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Places to walk
Pick a walk
The longest trail network is Susitna Flats State Game Refuge, with 2.9 miles. Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Goose Bay State Game Refuge
Managed by State of Alaska Dept. of Fish & Game
8,628 acres
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lotWebsite ↗
Who protects it
73,360 conserved acres
71% of Point MacKenzie’s land. Who manages Point MacKenzie’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
State natural resources73,237 ac
Bureau of Land Management123 ac
State Conservation Area · 40,503 acState Other or Unknown · 32,733 acNational Public Lands · 123 ac
Good to know
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. Public access isn’t recorded for 3 of 6 parcels. The walks above are places people visit.
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Susitna Flats State Game Refuge State Conservation Area | State natural resources | 38,573 | Restricted |
| State Land Disposals - Municipal Purposes State Other or Unknown | State natural resources | 17,229 | Unknown |
| State Land Disposals - Other Than Municipal State Other or Unknown | State natural resources | 12,842 | Unknown |
| State Patented State Other or Unknown | State natural resources | 2,663 | Unknown |
| Goose Bay State Game Refuge State Conservation Area | State natural resources | 1,930 | Restricted |
| Anchorage Field Office National Public Lands | Bureau of Land Management | 123 | Open |
Things to do
2 places to go in Point MacKenzie
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Boat launches in Point MacKenzie
1 boat launch without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.
Campgrounds in Point MacKenzie
1 campground without a name on the map.
Trails & water
3 named trails and 11 lakes & rivers
Named trails
Unpaved · 1.5 mi
Iditarod National Historic Trail0.6 mi
My Creek Trail0.3 mi
Alfred Creek Trail0.2 mi
Biking & sports
0.0 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
Courts & fields
5Basketball
2Baseball
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
When to get out
The best walking months in Point MacKenzie: June and July
NOAA’s 1991–2020 normals for the town and the daylight at its latitude. Outlined months have long days, highs of 59 to 86 °F and little rain for the place.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daylight (h) | 6.3 | 8.8 | 11.5 | 14.6 | 17.5 | 19.4 | 18.5 | 15.8 | 12.8 | 9.8 | 7.0 | 5.4 |
| High (°F) | 23 | 27 | 33 | 45 | 56 | 63 | 66 | 64 | 56 | 42 | 29 | 25 |
| Rain (in) | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 1.8 | 2.9 | 3.1 | 1.8 | 1.2 | 1.2 |
April is the driest month (0.4 in) and July the warmest (highs of 66 °F). 3.1 inches fall in September, the wettest month. The climate in Point MacKenzie →
Next door
Point MacKenzie and its neighbors
Point MacKenzie has the second most mapped trails of the 3 towns around it. Tap a town to see its outdoors.
| Town | Conserved of land | Trail mi per sq mi | Park acres per 1,000 | Near a park ½ mile | Outdoors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Point MacKenzie | 71% | 0.1 | under 1 | under 1% | C |
| Big Lake | 49% | 0.7 | 1,994 | 2% | A− |
| Knik-Fairview | 18% | 0.2 | 2 | 10% | C+ |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Point MacKenzie
Where can I hike in Point MacKenzie?
The longest trail networks: Susitna Flats State Game Refuge, 2.9 miles. Each one is on the map above, with directions to the nearest trailhead or parking.
How much of Point MacKenzie is conserved land?
71% of its land, against a typical 15% for an Alaska town and 4% nationally (PAD-US). Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors: easements are usually private land.
Are dogs allowed on Point MacKenzie’s trails?
Susitna Flats State Game Refuge and Goose Bay State Game Refuge don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Point MacKenzie?
18,721 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Point MacKenzie or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 103 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Point MacKenzie have?
Ahead of 26% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade. The grade combines the share of land that is conserved, miles of mapped trail per square mile of land, park acres per 1,000 residents and the share of residents within a half mile of a park. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.
Trail talk
Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Point MacKenzie neighbors.
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Sources
Where this page comes from
Conserved and public land: USGS Protected Areas Database of the United States (PAD-US), service updated July 2026. Parks, trails, playgrounds, beaches and other places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL), map data as of 2026-10-28. Land and water area: Census 2025 Gazetteer. Residents near a park: 2020 Census blocks. National Register: National Park Service. How TownRatings grades the outdoors →