Alaska Native ... time immemorial." Denali, which means "the High One" in Koyukon Athabascan, is indeed the traditional name for the 20,310-foot peak in Denali National Park and Preserve, covered ...
is in Denali National Park and Preserve. A prospector in 1896 dubbed the peak “Mount McKinley” after President William McKinley, who had never been to Alaska. The name was formally recognized ...