Bettles, AK

Bettles is a small city in Alaska's Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, about 35 miles north of the Arctic Circle and near Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve. The original village grew in the late 1890s during the Alaska Gold Rush near the John and Koyukuk rivers. Today Bettles is known more for access, wilderness, and aviation than for size. Its setti...