Anchorage Memorial Park Cemetery

The feel

The cemetery sits between 6th and 9th Avenues and Fairbanks and Cordova Streets in downtown Anchorage. Seventh and Eighth Avenues are closed to through traffic and are the main east and west routes through it. The first six burials were in 1915, and more than seven thousand people from all walks of life are buried here, among them settlers, merchants, miners, doctors, laborers and sailors.

Private tracts belong to groups such as the Elks, the Catholic Church, the Masonic Lodge and Pioneers of Alaska. Burials include Judge Leopold David, the first mayor of Anchorage, bush pilot Frank Dorbrandt, and Chief Ezi of the Eklutna people.

What to expect

What it is

A downtown cemetery founded in 1915, with free public burial land and tracts owned by religious and fraternal groups. It is one of the most unusual cemeteries in the nation.

Season and access

Memorial ceremonies have been held here since as early as 1917.

Mingo says

Head for the Masonic tract to find Judge David. Anchorage elected him mayor in 1921 and again in 1922.

Before you go

• Call the cemetery at (907) 343-6814 to ask about hours.
• Allow time for the tracts, which are owned by groups such as the Elks and the Pioneers of Alaska.
• Seventh and Eighth Avenues are closed to through traffic, so plan to walk them.

Written October 2026. Sources are listed at the end of this page.