Ketchikan Parks and Outdoors Travel Guide

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View from the bay of Ketchikan, Alaska
View of Ketchikan from water, Alaska (Brian Adams/courtesy, Alaska Travel Industry Association)
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Ketchikan Parks and Outdoors Travel Tips

By Jeremy Pataky
  • Explore Misty Fiords National Monument aboard Classic Alaska Charter’s well-appointed 40-foot Bayliner on a multi-day trip. Enjoy some world-class saltwater fishing in a true wilderness setting.
  • Captain Todd Wicks of Auke Bay Sportfishing and Sightseeing Charters knows southeast Alaska and Alaskan fish well and does a great job of sharing his knowledge and skills with guests; he goes to great lengths to provide clients with good fish stories.
  • Catch a float plane from town to the floating Rocky Bay Lodge for a truly Alaskan fishing and kayaking adventure. Go on guided or unguided fishing boat trips, or try your skills fishing for halibut or salmon from a sea kayak.
  • Ketchikan is nestled in the Tongass National Forest and is a prime base for accessing the spectacular Misty Fiords National Monument. Ketchikan is renowned for its excellent salmon and halibut fishing, but top-notch freshwater options abound as well.
  • Bring your rain gear—Ketchikan gets measurable precipitation 224 days of the year.

Ketchikan Travel Guide

Had they known about it, the film noir directors of the 1950s would have chosen the Ketchikan (ketch-e-kan) waterfront for Humphrey Bogart to sleuth. The black-and-white montage: A pelting rain drains from the brim of his hat, suspicious figures dart through saloon doors and into the lobbies of concrete-faced hotels, a forest of workboat masts fades into the midsummer twilight along a shore where the sea and land seem to merge in miles of floating docks. Along Creek Street, salmon on their way to spawn swim under houses chaotically perched on pilings beside a narrow boardwalk; inside, men are spawning, too, in the arms of legal prostitutes. Meanwhile, the faces of totem poles gaze down on the scene disapprovingly, mute holders of their own ancient secrets. Read More

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Hotels

from: $99

Cape Fox Lodge

800 Venetia Way
Ketchikan, AK 99901 Map

Distance: 1.0 mi.
(from destination center)

Hotel Class: 3 class stars

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5.0
from: $109

The Narrows Inn Restaurant And Marina

4871 N Tongass Hwy Po Box 8296
Ketchikan, AK 99901-3269 Map

Distance: 4.3 mi.
(from destination center)

Hotel Class: 2 class stars

Expert Rated & Recommended
4.0
from: $124

Best Western Landing Hotel

3434 Tongass Avenue
Ketchikan, AK 99901-5633 Map

Distance: 2.7 mi.
(from destination center)

Hotel Class: 2 class stars

Expert Rated & Recommended
3.0
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Attractions

Misty Fjords Scenic Flightseeing

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Ketchikan , Alaska

Distance: 16.0 mi. (from destination center)

Description: Southeast Alaska is home to some of the most breathtaking scenery on earth, including the majestic... Read More
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5_0

Tongass Historical Museum

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629 Dock St
Ketchikan, Alaska

Distance: 0.7 mi. (from destination center)

Description:

This one-room museum is where Ketchikan talks back to itself, with well-executed revolving... Read More

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4_0

Saxman Native Village Totem Pole Park

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In Saxman, 2 1/2 miles south of Ketchikan on the S. Tongass Hwy
Saxman, Alaska

Distance: 0.8 mi. (from destination center)

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Saxman's park has artifacts similar to those at... Read More

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Ketchikan International Airport 0.7 map
Metlakatla SPB 14.0 map
Meyers Chuck SPB 35.4 map

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