Northern lights in Alaska in June?

I know the best times is from August till April, but can you still see them in June in Alaska?  

The challenge is that Alaska has very long days, you need nice pitch black skies for Northern lights.  You might luck out, but I don't think that's the best time to head there.  

We're thinking of going to Alaska on New Years Eve..... Thanks for the tip!

How accessible is northern Alaska?  I've watched those Ice Trucker shows and that looks pretty REMOTE up there.  But isn't northern Alaska going to be the best spot?  Some day.  But OP, I have no clue on time frame.  Just know I would totally jump on a trip to Alaska.  

No Show wrote: can you still see them in June in Alaska?  

The northern lights in June in Alaska are a 'no show'.

Prago wrote: Alaska has very long days.  You might luck out.  

The days are very long.... you won't luck out.  I spent one summer working up there and was just amazed (I was in the Yukon at about the same latitude as Anchorage).  In June (when a sunny day is almost 20 hours long), you could sit outside all night, and still read a book comfortably.  The sun follows a path slightly less parallel than the horizon, so when it finally dips below it, the path becomes literally parallel, then sunrise begins.  If you love golden hour and blue hour, you'll have it for hours here.  When you get farther north another few hundred miles (approximately half way up the main body of the state), the sun travels along the horizon all day long, never rising, never setting. The farther north you go, the longer the 24 hour-a-day sun lasts. It is something that really needs to be experienced.

WCaswell93 wrote: We're thinking of going to Alaska on New Years Eve.

If you are seeking the northern lights, you picked a great time to go.  If you are also planning to see all the mountain scenery, you will have very short days. The complete reverse applies for winter.  In the south half of Alaska, the sun just peeks over the horizon.... you'll have your sunrise and sunset together and back into the dark for another 20 hours.

Randy Shaw wrote: How accessible is northern Alaska? 
I've watched Ice Trucker shows, looks pretty REMOTE. 
Isn't northern Alaska the best spot? 
I would totally jump on a trip to Alaska.  

It's pretty accessible.... if you have a plane and lots of fuel.  As far as I recall, there's only one road to the Arctic Ocean in Alaska to Prudhoe Bay, and one other in the Yukon to Tuktoyaktuk.  I was part way up that road from Dawson City one Saturday and only saw one vehicle.  There's another road from Dawson into Alaska (Top of the World Highway)(summer only back then)  and it was also very sparse.  If you like remote, Alaska and northern Canada are very remote.   I don't know the really best spot for viewing, but Fairbanks Alaska, claims to be "world renowned for aurora viewing". I was never there in winter, but I'll bet it's a fabulous spot for this.
You said you would "totally jump" at a chance to see Alaska.... GO!  It will be a trip you will never forget.  Tallest mountains in North America, glaciers everywhere along all the coast mountains, wildlife, lakes, nature.... if that's what you like, you will LOVE the Yukon and Alaska.  If you go there once, you'll go back to see more.... it happened to me.

Don't forget to bring your camera.

Can't these be seen from lower part of Canada? 

Carry wrote: Can't these be seen from lower part of Canada? 

Yes, they are also visible lower down, but not a well as up north. They can be very mesmerizing to watch dancing in the night sky.

I was only in Alaska once, on a service call back when I was a factory service rep for a printing press manufacturer. It was in mid January back in 1999. I was in Anchorage for 2 nights and one day. I landed in the dark, spent the night in the hotel, and went to work the next morning, still in the dark. At noon there was a slight glow on the horizon, but that was it for the Sunshine. I flew out the next morning, still in the dark. If I remember correctly, the temperature never went above minus 10 F in the afternoon and it was way colder at night. Whenever there was no Sunlight at all, the Northern lights could be seen in the absolutely clear sky above, and they were quite impressive. I wish I had been able to take a camera with me, but already had too much to carry and I never got the chance to go back there.

Charley

Alaska has some of the most impressive landscapes to photograph, but northern lights are light sensitive, with brighter summer months, this will cut down what you can see.  

Might be tough to photograph with all the ambient light