Where is the iditarod located

Construction at the community center in Willow forced the move. Other changes have been implemented because of the coronavirus pandemic. The Associated Press. No spectators admitted Yentna will not be an official checkpoint but the trail will go by that area Takonta will not be an official checkpoint but the trail will go by that area.

Loop from Iditarod around Flat and back to Iditarod. Flat is not a checkpoint. Three mandatory layovers: hour at any official checkpoint between the Skwentna to Iditarod stretch, including Skwentna or Iditarod. Must be taken before going on to Flat for the return. On a normal route, this would have been taken between the Shageluk to Kaltag stretch. On a normal route, this would have been taken in White Mountain.

Next Race. Anchorage to Campbell Airstrip. Willow to Yentna Station. Yentna Station to Skwentna. Skwentna to Finger Lake. Finger Lake to Rainy Pass. Rainy Pass to Rohn. Rohn to Nikolai. Supply towns and roadhouses such as Simels, Dikeman, Rennies Landing, and Schermeirs were abandoned and now only serve as historical and cultural resources on the refuge. This designated historic trail includes the main trail, which stretches for miles, hundreds of miles of subsidiary and branch trails and water routes ; and the routes currently used in the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race.

A major portion of the trail system, connecting Kaltag on the Yukon River with the mining towns of Flat and Iditarod by way of Dishkakat and Dikeman, passes through the Innoko Refuge. No one entity manages the entire historic trail - management is guided by a cooperative plan adopted in the mids.

The federal Bureau of Land Management coordinates cooperative management of the trail and is the primary point of contact for matters involving the entire trail. Each year local groups, community clubs and individuals contribute their personal time and money to maintain and improve the Iditarod Trail. The statewide, nonprofit Iditarod Historic Trail, Inc.

Who owns the trail? The Iditarod is a complex trail system, stretching from Seward in the south, to Nome on the Bering Sea.