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Coldfoot, Alaska
Coldfoot is a census-designated place (CDP) in Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area in the U.S. state of Alaska. The population was 34 at the 2020 census. It is said that the name was derived from travelers getting "cold feet" about making the 240-some-mile journey north to Deadhorse.
Coldfoot primarily serves as a truck stop on the Dalton Highway from Fairbanks to Prudhoe Bay.[citation needed] North of Coldfoot, there are no services for 240 miles (400 km), until Deadhorse. It has a restaurant and a small number of overnight accommodations (converted pipeline construction camp quarters).[citation needed] Bus tours along the highway typically take two days, with passengers spending the night in Coldfoot.[citation needed] The BLM, USFWS, and NPS jointly staff a small visitor center during the summer.[citation needed] The Coldfoot truck stop was founded by Iditarod champion Dick Mackey, who started his operation by selling hamburgers out of a converted school bus.[citation needed] Truckers helped build the existing truck stop and cafe.[citation needed] The Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities (DOT&PF) has a camp (maintenance station) in Coldfoot.
The town was originally a mining camp named Slate Creek, and around 1900 got its present name when prospectors going up the nearby Middle Fork Koyukuk River would get "cold feet" and turn around.[citation needed] In 1902, Coldfoot had two roadhouses, two stores, seven saloons, and a gambling house.[citation needed] A post office operated from 1902 to 1912, then reopened in 1984.[citation needed]
Coldfoot Airport, on the west side of the Dalton Highway, consists of a 4,000 foot (1,200 m) gravel strip, used for air taxi and general aviation.
Coldfoot has been featured on Ice Road Truckers, a Canadian reality television series airing on the History Channel. The truck stop was first seen during the show's third season.
According to the United States Census Bureau, Coldfoot has a total area of 37.0 square miles (96 km2), which is all land.
Coldfoot belongs to the typical subarctic climate type (Köppen Dfc), characterized by long and extremely cold winters and short, mild summers. Year-round temperature extremes range from −74 °F (−59 °C) to 88 °F (31 °C). A low temperature of −82 °F (−63 °C) has been measured at this place before but not officially recognized, otherwise making Coldfoot the coldest place in the United States, not Prospect Creek.
Coldfoot first appeared in the 2000 U.S. census as a census-designated place.
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Coldfoot, Alaska
Coldfoot is a census-designated place (CDP) in Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area in the U.S. state of Alaska. The population was 34 at the 2020 census. It is said that the name was derived from travelers getting "cold feet" about making the 240-some-mile journey north to Deadhorse.
Coldfoot primarily serves as a truck stop on the Dalton Highway from Fairbanks to Prudhoe Bay.[citation needed] North of Coldfoot, there are no services for 240 miles (400 km), until Deadhorse. It has a restaurant and a small number of overnight accommodations (converted pipeline construction camp quarters).[citation needed] Bus tours along the highway typically take two days, with passengers spending the night in Coldfoot.[citation needed] The BLM, USFWS, and NPS jointly staff a small visitor center during the summer.[citation needed] The Coldfoot truck stop was founded by Iditarod champion Dick Mackey, who started his operation by selling hamburgers out of a converted school bus.[citation needed] Truckers helped build the existing truck stop and cafe.[citation needed] The Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities (DOT&PF) has a camp (maintenance station) in Coldfoot.
The town was originally a mining camp named Slate Creek, and around 1900 got its present name when prospectors going up the nearby Middle Fork Koyukuk River would get "cold feet" and turn around.[citation needed] In 1902, Coldfoot had two roadhouses, two stores, seven saloons, and a gambling house.[citation needed] A post office operated from 1902 to 1912, then reopened in 1984.[citation needed]
Coldfoot Airport, on the west side of the Dalton Highway, consists of a 4,000 foot (1,200 m) gravel strip, used for air taxi and general aviation.
Coldfoot has been featured on Ice Road Truckers, a Canadian reality television series airing on the History Channel. The truck stop was first seen during the show's third season.
According to the United States Census Bureau, Coldfoot has a total area of 37.0 square miles (96 km2), which is all land.
Coldfoot belongs to the typical subarctic climate type (Köppen Dfc), characterized by long and extremely cold winters and short, mild summers. Year-round temperature extremes range from −74 °F (−59 °C) to 88 °F (31 °C). A low temperature of −82 °F (−63 °C) has been measured at this place before but not officially recognized, otherwise making Coldfoot the coldest place in the United States, not Prospect Creek.
Coldfoot first appeared in the 2000 U.S. census as a census-designated place.