Online Highways Home > Alaska > Wasilla Wasilla is in the Matanuska-Susitna Borough along the Parks Hwy in the Mat-Su Valley, 43 miles north of Anchorage. Wasilla was named after the respected local Dena'ina Indian, Chief Wasilla. Wasilla was a supply base for gold and coal mining in the region through WWII. Today Wasilla, population 5,100, is one of the fastest-growing cities in the country and the largest community between Anchorage and Fairbanks. Important to its economy are agriculture, building materials distribution, building truss manufacturing, concrete products millwork, steel fabrication and tourism. The town is the headquarters of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race between Anchorage and Nome, held annually in March. Lakes Lucille and Wasilla, located within city limits, are used year round. Nearby Knik is a point of interest for history buffs. The Wasilla Visitors Center is in the same building as the Dorothy Page Museum & Visitor Center. Plan your vacation to the Pacific Northwest with a packet of information in the mail and you may win a $200 gift certificate courtesy of our sponsors. Art Hotshots Photography | Seajay Alaska | Bed and Breakfasts and Country Inns Agate Inn | Alaska's Snowed Inn Bed & Breakfast | Alaskan Agate Inn | Anvil Creek Gold Mine B&B | Finger Lake Bed and Breakfast | North Star Adventures B & B Locations | Pioneer Ridge Bed and Breakfast | Shady Acres Bed & Breakfast | Yukon Dons B&B | Education A.N.R.O.E | Restaurants, Cafes, Delis, Bakeries Great Bear Brewing Company | Golf Sleepy Hollow Golf Course | History Dorothy Page Museum & Visitor Center | Knik Museum | Museum of Alaska Transportation & Indust | Public Libraries Wasilla Public Library | Lodges Crystal Creek Lodge | Motels, Hotels and Resorts Alaska's Lake Lucille Bed & Breakfast | Alaskan View Motel | Best Western Lake Lucille Inn | Harrington Gardens B&B | Kozey Cabins | Majestic Mountain Lodge | Mat-Su Resort | The Windbreak | Tollers' Timbers Chalets | City Parks Departments Wasilla Parks & Recreation | Residential and Commercial Real Estate Jerry Moses REALTOR | Jerry Schooner REALTOR | Kristan Cole Real Estate Agent | Paddy Coan, Realtor | Phyllis Shafer Real Estate Agent | Ray W Wood Real Estate Agent | RV campgrounds and dealers Best View RV Park | Iceworm RV Park and Country Store | Science CampAlaska Tours | Wasilla 3 S | Shopping Knik Knack Mud Shack | The Armoury | Wasilla Shopping Center | Sports and Sporting Events Acord Guide Service | Alaska Morgan Horse Association Inc. | Brett Memorial Ice Arena | Nancy Lake State Recreation Area | Transportation New Wasilla Airport | Philos Airport | Settlers Bay Airstrip Airport | Wasilla Lake Seaplane Base | Vacation Rentals Hillside Cabins | Tollers' Timbers Guest Chalets and Cottages | Wildlife Viewing Alaska Explorers & Fishermen | Alaska Good Time Charters | Alaska Hunting Safaris | Alaska Jetboat Charters | Arctic Sun Alpacas | Bucking Horse Ranch | Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race | Llama Buddies Expeditions of Alaska | Majestic Mountain Alaskan Adventures | Majestic Mountain Alaskan Adventures, In | Salmon Ready Outfitters and Guide Service | Wildstreams Alaska | See more Alaska Cities and Towns. Other upcoming events include: Perseverance Theatre`s "Boom" Juneau February 26 thru March 21 Tesoro Iron Dog Big Lake February 21 thru February 27 Arti Gras Sitka March 5 thru March 14 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race Ceremonial Start Anchorage March 6 Telepalooza & Alyeska World Comp Girdwood March 23 thru March 28

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SarahPalinsHand "When President build new, improved Mt. Rushmore in Wasilla featuring Jesus, Reagan, Snooki, & the Hillbilly from those old Mountain Dew cans"
smulhaney "Wasilla Lake Chalet: http://www.visualtour.com/showvt.asp?t=2102943"
TwitzNtwatz "@clairecmc @linny_buck Wasilla & KC are both 12u00b0F right now. Maybe someone's trying 2 tell U idiot Dems something, & I don't mean @ALGORE"
earlvalleysr "Valley crash closes Parks Highway, injures 3: WASILLA -- A stretch of the Parks Highway near Wasilla was close.. http://bit.ly/9gpmfl"
sosweho "Thats a teleprompter in Wasilla! RT @uscpsycho: WOW! Just saw Sarah Palin on CBS caught with crib notes written ON HER HAND!!!! LMAO!!!"
robertswright07 "back,4 car accident near wasilla,slow traffic. man fresh snow and overcast,didn't see the dam road berm,hit one really hard,fun though."
me2_4palin "Am glad to see on wires Fox will build video-studio in Wasilla! I can do without those horrid Alaska-Time delays. #Palin"
mfpdx "RT @peterflom: #IfIWerePalin I'd quit going on TV, just like I quit being Governor, quit college, quit a race ... the quitta from Wasilla"
noetical "RT @peterflom: #IfIWerePalin I'd quit going on TV, just like I quit being Governor, quit college, quit a race ... the quitta from Wasilla"
GregBarnes "@benhensley most 3rd graders know you can't see Russia from Wasilla, AK."
brooklandavenue "RT @LeavittDC: Another 15 inches of snow is on the way. Is this what Sarah Palin has in mind when she says D.C. needs to look more like Wasilla?"
joshacagan "@wedgex "It's the Thrilla in Wasilla!" #MrTParty"
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