[RightWhale]

I'll attempt to spot Mars in about a month. There are no stars visible until after the first of August and you have to have excellent sky conditions and know where to look to see anything dimmer than Vega until after Aug 14 at local midnight.

[petuniasevan]

...Plus Mars will be very low in Alaskan skies. At its zenith it will be only about 13 degrees above the southern horizon.

If you were to look for it now, Mars at magnitude -1.33 rises out of the east-southeast at local 2 AM at a VERY shallow angle. It would be like hunting for Mercury in twilight at your latitude. Binoculars would be needed, IMHO.

In a month your prospects are a lot better. Then Mars at magnitude -2.20 rises out of the east-southeast at about 12:15 AM ADT. It will be at about 9 degrees above the southeastern horizon at 2:05 AM ADT which appears to be the darkest time of night on 27 July.

I got this information from my Starry Night software.