Really nice place to go fishing or rent a canoe or other boat for a reasonable cost and go relax on…read morethe water. Lots of free parking and lots of nice places to just get out and explore nature.

We had a great time. We rented some kayaks and a canoe the woman who rented to us was super…read moreknowledgeable about the area and told me where the best fishing spots were. Clean crystal clear water and mostly shallow.

My husband and I had the best time ice fishing with our guide, Tyson!…read more He picked us up right on time from our hotel in Fairbanks and got everything set up for fishing. The equipment was easy to use and everyone caught plenty of fish. I thought it was a really cool experience that we were able to eat the fish we caught right after it came out of the water. Tyson made a delicious meal for everyone and we all had some great conversations too! We will be talking about this one for years!

Greg was our guide down the Chena River. He was knowledgeable, professional and personable. We saw…read morebeaver homes, moose scat and footprints, an Eagle, and a momma Merganser with her babies. The water was crystal clear. Greg provided us with several opportunities to get out on small islands and study prints in the mud as well as talk about plant life. It was a wonderful day and we appreciate Greg's gentle manner and willingness to share local information.

Have been going to Hamme pool since around 1980 and over the last 35+ years have been part of a…read moreswim team, (B.E.S.T-Blue Eels), that called Hamme home, used the pool for PE classes in high school, and so did my sons, who prior to that also both learned how to swim there and who every year begged to have their birthday parties there! Now my youngest is getting to experience those same things and I'm so happy for her to be able to do so!! The lifeguards and other staff are great people and very good at their jobs! That's not always easy to do with a huge pool full of energy filled kids!! From beginners that may just be learning to swim or hold their breath, to the advaced athlete doing complex dives off the high board... each person must be kept safe and the lifeguards at Hamme take that very seriously! The facility is almost always clean with maybe an occasional, (untidy, uncaring, customer made), mess in the locker rooms! It's a great place for 'drowning' those winter time blues, (sorry, terrible play on words there!) and I'd recommend it for all your personal and/or family time aquatic exercise and fun!! Do wish they had slides like Wescott Pool in North Pole does!!

The Hamme pool is apart of Lathrup high school. It is generally used for recreational swimming. On…read moreMondays the pool is open to boaters to bring their kayaks in for a small fee. It is the only place in town where boaters can go in the dead of the winter to freshen up on their roles, flat-water tricks, or even just basic paddle strokes. When you walk inside through the two doors you come to a large lobby where the boaters sit. The floors are fairly dirty but that is understandable given the immense amount of foot traffic they have going in and out. After you pay your fee you go into the showers where there is a big room for you to change. The men's is on the left and the women on the right as you walk inside. Lockers are provided on the walls but you need to bring you own locks. If there are locks left on after closing time they are cut off so they are useable the next day. After you are all changed you go through another day where you enter the showers. They are poorly placed because to get to the next door you must walk through everyone's water stream and risk getting dry items wet. Another down side to the showers is that they are normally out of soap so you must bring your own if you intend on showering at the pool. After you are all rinsed off you can go outside the next door into the pool area. If you are there on a Monday night you are greeted with an arsenal of kayaks that people have brought to test their skills. Now is the time where everyone kayaks around, socializing, and testing their boating skills for the water polo game to come. One of the regular lifeguards on Monday is a middle-aged male that is extremely friendly to whoever talks to him. He enjoys telling stories about his own life as well as listening to your own. Even though he sees many people throughout the day he remembers what you talked about in previous conversations the time before. Not all of the employees are as nice as this particular man though. Some of the women that work at the pool tend to have a unhappy attitude and very strict when it come to following the rules of the pool. Overall the Hamme pool is a fun environment with kind people and that make it a nice place to spend a Monday night. Although if I were running the facilities I may hire a better cleaning facility because when I am there I feel like it could be much cleaner, especially the main lobby floors. Or at least take a small amount out of the budget to replace the old flooring that has probably been there for many years. Or even better yet, leave it a concrete floor and paint something inviting on it to give it a pool feel.

Being from Tucson Arizona this was an amazing experience! The trail rested on a wooden walkway so…read morehiking was relatively easy. This area was recommended to us for wild blueberry picking and it didn't disappoint. The trails were packed with blueberries as far as the eye could see. The views were spectacular and I even caught a salmon in the Chena River with a small telescopic fishing pole I bought from Amazon.

The cabin was very dirty. The lady at the front desk was…read morevery rude. We checked out earlier than we planned.

Pretty cool place to go check out especially if you're into Christmas and Santa Claus…read more Even in the middle of the summer if they have all of the Christmas presents and Christmas decorations and Santa Claus things that you can see. There's free parking all over the place fun places to take pictures and you can even buy fudge in the summer.

There really is a place called the north pole and it's in Alaska. Like 30 minutes away from…read moreFairbanks you can find your way at the Santa Claus house, a 365 day a year gift shop/Santa house where you can send letters to Santa at North Pole or even buy a piece of a deed of the north pole, you can't miss it because the town has poles dressed in Candy Cane poles definitely worth a trip if you're out here great place to see the northern lights