Potato Field

Potato Field is a grassland in Fairbanks North Star Borough, Interior Alaska. Potato Field is situated nearby to Smith Lake, as well as near UAF Gold Disc Golf Course.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Smith Lake and University of Alaska Museum of the North.

Smith Lake

Smith Lake is a lake in Fairbanks, Alaska on the property of the University of Alaska Fairbanks. It is triangular in shape, roughly 980 ft × 980 ft × 1,250 ft. The university maintains ecological and hydrological monitoring sites at the lake.

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. University of Alaska Museum of the North is situated 3,400 feet southeast of Potato Field.

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. Georgeson Botanical Garden is situated 2,500 feet south of Potato Field.

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. College is situated 2 miles east of Potato Field.

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 south of Potato Field.

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.

Potato Field

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

64.86325° or 64° 51′ 48″ north

Longitude

-147.86136° or 147° 51′ 41″ west

Open location code

93PJV47Q+8F

OpenStreetMap ID

way 921089952

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=grass

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