This tiny downtown park surrounds a life-sized statue of James Cook, who sailed into Cook Inlet in 1778 in search of the Northwest Passage. A wooden viewing platform and telescopes allow good views of Mount McKinley and the Alaska Range when the skies are clear, along with several semiactive volcanoes and the low summit of Mount Susitna, also known as the Sleeping Lady (see if you can spot how she got her name). Open year-round. Free. At Third Avenue and L Street, Anchorage.
