Valley of the Moon Park

Valley of the Moon Park is a regional park conveniently located between downtown and midtown Anchorage, Alaska. It is on the Lanie Fleischer Chester Creek Trail and is one of the most heavily used parks in our city. The Municipality of Anchorage purchased the first section of this parkland in 1955, and an additional portion was purchased from Grace Gay in 1960. The park was named Valley of the Moon after the Indian name for Sonoma Valley in California, where Jack London lived in later years.This park is known in the Anchorage community for the rocketship play equipment, which was originally installed in the 1960s and replaced in 1998.