Attractions

• Alpine Historical Park

  Sutton's coal history is well preserved at Alpine Historical Park, a museum complex on site of the Sutton Coal Washery. Among the buildings that can be viewed is a Chickaloon bunkhouse and the original Sutton Post Office from 1948 now a museum with displays on the coal industry and building the Glenn Highway.

• Mountain Biking

  Mountain bikers take to the two-tracks and old mining roads in the area for scenic and sometimes heart-pounding rides. One is King River Trail, a multi-use trail reached from Mile 66.3 of the Glenn Highway, just west of the King River Bridge.

• Rafting

  Excellent whitewater rafting lies near Sutton on the Matanuska River. Outfitters lead parties of rafters down the river on a variety of trips including the rivers's famous Lion Head, a stretch of Class III-IV whitewater, as well as milder sections.

• Sportfishing

  Good fishing opportunities abound at Moose Creek, Mile 54.6 of the Glenn Highway for rainbow trout and Dolly Varden during the summer and at Seventeen Mile Lake, accessed from Mile 58 of Glenn Highway, for grayling in early spring.