Kenai Fjords National Park
Kenai Fjords National Park is one of the most popular of Alaska’s national parks and provides both leisurely and adventurous activities for visitors, including boat tours, kayaking, camping, public use cabins, fishing, beach combing, biking, hiking, cross-country skiing, dog sledding, ranger programs, flightseeing, and mountaineering.
To see tidewater glaciers and the park's abundant marine wildlife up-close, join a full-day or half-day boat tour departing from Seward that explores the areas, rugged coastline, islands, towering mountains, and stunning fjords, including Aialik Bay and Northwestern Fjord. For the truly adventurous, the coastal fjords are a kayaker's dream, and many visitors utilize drop-off services from water taxis or join guided tours to spend days paddling among icebergs in protected fjords.
The park is home to only a few trails found at the end of Exit Glacier Road, which spurs off the Seward Highway just outside of Seward. At the end of this 8 mile-long road is the impressive Exit Glacier, along with the Exit Glacier Nature Center and trails that offer views of the glacier and the impressive Harding Icefield. Hikers can ascend 1,000 feet over 4 miles along the Harding Icefield Trail for breathtaking views alongside and above the icefield. Experienced mountaineers equipped with skis, ice axes, and crampons can continue on to explore the icefield. For an easier, more accessible hike, take the one-mile Glacier View Loop Trail from the Exit Glacier Nature Center to view Exit Glacier from the valley floor.
Also along the road is Exit Glacier Campground, the only formal campground in the park, and the southern trailhead for the Resurrection River Trail that heads 16 miles north into Chugach National Forest. For those interested an overnight wilderness adventure, Kenai Fjords National Park is home to several public use cabins and lodges accessible by boat during the summer months.
- Tripadvisor Rating: 5.0/5
- Website: https://www.nps.gov/kefj/index.htm
- Admission Fee: Free
- Opening Hours: Daily 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM
- Address: Seward, AK 99664
