Palmer Historic Downtown
Palmer
Today
Getting there
- Website
- palmerchamber.org
- Phone
- (907) 745-2880
- Season
- year-round
- Drive from Anchorage
- 50 min to Palmer
- Drive from Fairbanks
- Full day, 5h58 to Palmer
- Elevation
- 240 ft
- Type
- Downtown
Part of Mat-Su Valley.
What it is like
Palmer Historic Downtown is a colony-era town center in Palmer, with murals and a visitor-center garden. Mountains frame nearly every block. The storefronts and murals fill the core of town, and the downtown is open year-round. It is a town-center stop rather than a trail, so it fits easily into a day in Palmer.
The evening options in Palmer are close: Moosehead Saloon, 0.1 miles away, has live music and a small-town welcome. Bleeding Heart Brewery, 0.3 miles away, has a taproom and kitchen with beer and biscuits. Klondike Mike's, a Main Street watering hole with a grill, has live bands.
1930s Colony town with murals, a visitor-center garden, and mountains photobombing every block.