Why can I see the Mt. McKinley for Denalis main visitor center?
The main visitor Center is located in a valley and the Jenny Ridge blocks your view of “the high one.” Of interest, that ridge blocks the sun for two months for the employees that work year-round at the park headquarters. If you look up that ridge, you will see two huge glacially-deposited rocks. And, if you hike there (cross-country, there is no trail) you will see that they are the size of a three-story building! Where you first see Mt. McKinley from along the park road is near mile 10. Take the Savage Shuttle or drive your car there for a first view (you may have seen the high one driving in from Anchorage or Fairbanks, if it is clear, you will have had a view already).
