Jack Townshend Point

Jack Townshend Point is a locality in Fairbanks North Star Borough, Interior Alaska. Jack Townshend Point is situated nearby to the town College, as well as near the locality Large Animal Research Station.

Places of Interest

Highlights include University of Alaska Museum of the North and Georgeson Botanical Garden.

University of Alaska Museum of the North

Museum

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The University of Alaska Museum of the North is a multidisciplinary museum of natural, cultural, and art history located on the campus of the University of Alaska Fairbanks.

Georgeson Botanical Garden

Garden

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The Georgeson Botanical Garden is located at 117 West Tanana Drive on the University of Alaska Fairbanks campus in Fairbanks, Alaska, United States. The five-acre garden hosts a variety of research and educational programs in subarctic horticulture.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include College and Chena Ridge.

College

Town

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College is a census-designated place in Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska, United States. It is part of the Fairbanks, Alaska Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Chena Ridge

Village

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Chena Ridge is a census-designated place in Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska, United States. It is the location of the former city of Chena, now a ghost town that once rivaled nearby Fairbanks in importance. Chena Ridge is situated 3 miles southwest of Jack Townshend Point.

Fairbanks

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Fairbanks is a town in interior Alaska. With 31,000 inhabitants, and 98,000 in Fairbanks North Star Borough, it is Alaska's second-largest city. A junction of several major highways, will be a likely stop of most visitors to the state.

Jack Townshend Point

Type: Locality
Location: Fairbanks North Star Borough, Interior Alaska, Alaska, United States, North America
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Latitude

64.86043° or 64° 51′ 38″ north

Longitude

-147.8393° or 147° 50′ 22″ west

Open location code

93PJV566+57

OpenStreetMap ID

node 8555218487

OpenStreetMap feature

place=locality

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Localities in the Area

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