Glacier Bay National Park Parks and Outdoors Travel Guide

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Panoramic of mountains in Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska
Mountain reflections at Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska (Rosemarie Salazar/courtesy, National Park Service)
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By Jeremy Pataky

  • Glacier Bay stands at farthest possible remove from the tiresome clamor of the modern world. So, at least for a little while, trade in your cell phone's jangle for the pop, crackle, and finally thunderous boom of a building-size berg calving into the sea from a vast river of ice.
  • Join Spirit Walker Expeditions for a multi-day sea kayaking trip into Glacier Bay to see whales and other marine animals, not to mention amazing terrain viewable from both the water and the shore.
  • Most of the fishing in Glacier Bay is saltwater; the park's water has excellent runs of silver, king, and pink salmon as well as Pacific halibut, the largest sport fish in Alaska.
  • Watch for the Steller sea lion as well as whales. With a lion-like roar, bulls weigh in at 1,800 pounds, are up to 11 feet long, and are plump from a diet of pollock, cod, herring, salmon, squid, and octopus.

Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve

In the watery wilderness of Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, you can witness a landscape at its literal moment of creation. When George Vancouver and his H.M.S. Discovery explored Southeast Alaska's coastline in 1794, Glacier Bay lay buried beneath a mile-thick sheet of ice extending all the way to its mouth at Icy Strait. But the ice has beaten a remarkably hasty retreat over the last two centuries, exhuming a raw, misty realm of steep-sided fjords and tidewater glaciers. Read More

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  • hi, when is the best time of year (month!)to see the orcas....its all about the whales!! thank you, helen, liverpool, uk
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Glacier Bay Lodge

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179 Bartlett Cove Road
Gustavus, AK 99826 Map

Distance: 46.1 mi.
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Hotel Class: 3 class stars

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Annie Mae Lodge

2 Grandpa's Farm Road
Gustavus, AK 99826 Map

Distance: 44.9 mi.
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Glacier Bay Country Inn

35 Tong Rd
Gustavus, AK 99826 Map

Distance: 45.2 mi.
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Alaska Discovery

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Juneau, Alaska

Distance: 88.4 mi. (from destination center)

Description: Alaska Discovery offers overnight sea kayaking expeditions in Glacier Bay National Park and leads... Read More
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Woodwind Adventures

Glacier Bay
PO Box 47
Gustavus, Alaska 99826

Distance: 44.5 mi. (from destination center)

Description: Woodwind Adventures offers whale-watching tours in Icy Strait and Glacier Bay. Humpback whales are... Read More
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Bartlett River Trail

Bartlett Cove
Bartlett Cove , Alaska

Distance: 40.2 mi. (from destination center)

Description: This lovely and easy walk, relatively level, leads directly from Bartlett Cove to Bartlett River through lush forests. More ambitious hikers can extend the walk into a longer, more challenging hike. ... Read More
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