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Fairbanks Alaska Temple

Preparing for groundbreaking ceremony; groundbreaking scheduled for Saturday, 27 September 2025
Fairbanks Alaska Temple

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Location

Geist Road
Fairbanks, Alaska
United States

Announcement: 

1 October 2023

Groundbreaking and Site Dedication: 

27 September 2025 by Peter M. Johnson

Site: 

7.59 acres  |  3.1 hectares

Architectural Features: 

Single attached central spire

Ordinance Rooms: 

One instruction room, one sealing room, and one baptistry

Total Floor Area: 

10,000 square feet  |  929 square meters

Elevation: 

445 feet  |  136 meters

Construction Status

The Fairbanks Alaska Temple is currently in the planning stages. No groundbreaking date has been announced.


Temple Rendering

On November 25, 2024, the official exterior rendering of the Fairbanks Alaska Temple was released to the public.


Temple Site

On November 25, 2024, the location of the Fairbanks Alaska Temple was announced as a 7.59-acre site located along Geist Road in Fairbanks. Plans call for a single-story temple of approximately 10,000 square feet, a meetinghouse, and an accompanying ancillary building.1


Temple Announcement

On October 1, 2023, President Russell M. Nelson announced plans to construct the Fairbanks Alaska Temple at the October 2023 General Conference. It will be the second temple in Alaska after the Anchorage Alaska Temple. The east-central city of Fairbanks has the second-largest population in the state. At the time of the announcement, Alaska was home to approximately 35,000 Latter-day Saints across more than 80 congregations. In January, the First Presidency of the Church had announced that the Anchorage Alaska Temple would be reconstructed beginning in early 2024. A significantly larger temple would be built on the same property where the adjacent meetinghouse stood. The existing temple would stay open during construction.2


Temple Facts

The Fairbanks Alaska Temple will be the second temple built in Alaska, following the Anchorage Alaska Temple (1999).

The Fairbanks Alaska Temple will be the northernmost temple of the Church.


  1. "News for Temples in the Philippines and Alaska," The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints News Release, 25 Nov. 2024.
  2. "The Church of Jesus Christ Will Build 20 New Temples," The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints News Release, 1 Oct. 2023.

Anchorage Alaska Temple
54th dedicated temple in operation; open during renovation; tower roof installed; sheathing and exterior cladding underway