Balto Seppala Park

3360 Wisconsit St or 3451 Milky Way Drive

Park History

This parkland was purchased in 1978, and the Turnagain Community council held a contest to name the park. It was named Balto, or "overcoat", after Leonard Seppala’s dog Balto, who was a sled dog in the teams who ran diptheria serum to Nome in the run that inspired the Iditarod Race.

In 1982, the Parks & Recreation Department worked with the community to develop a master plan for this site. In 1986, the bog area of the park was filled in by a contractor. In 1995, the Kiwanis Club of Anchorage raised money to build a playground.

Features & Amenities

• Picnic tables
  
• Play equipment for 2-5 year olds
  
• Sledding hill
  
• Two soccer fields
  
• Portable restrooms available from May through
  August
  
• The Forestry Council placed a tree demonstration project in the park to test what trees would be appropriate to plant near right-of-ways
  
• Wisconsin parking lot with 58 spaces
  
• Milky Way Drive parking lot with 43 spaces