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Juneau & the Southeast
Southern Panhandle
Ketchikan
Misty Fiords National Monument
Prince of Wales Island
Wrangell
Petersburg
Hyder
Northern Panhandle
Sitka
Juneau
Admiralty Island & Pack Creek
Glacier Bay National Park & Preserve
Haines
Skagway
Yakutat
Juneau & the Southeast
Why Go?
Southeast Alaska is so un-Alaska. While much of the state is a treeless expanse of land with a layer of permafrost, the Panhandle is a slender, long rainforest that stretches 540 miles from Icy Bay, near Yakutat, south to Portland Canal and is filled with ice-blue glaciers, rugged snowcapped mountains, towering Sitka spruce and a thousand islands known as the Alexander Archipelago.
Before WWII, the Southeast was Alaska’s heart and soul, and Juneau was not only the capital but the state’s largest city. Today the region is characterized by big trees and small towns. Each community here has its own history and character: from Norwegian-influenced Petersburg to Russian-tinted Sitka. You can feel the gold fever in Skagway and see a dozen glaciers near Juneau. Each town is unique and none of them is connected to another by road. Jump on the state ferry or book a cruise and discover the idiosyncrasies.
When to Go
- May The sunniest month in this rainy region, with better prices than the following month.
- Aug Alpine trails are snow-free; bears are at salmon streams everywhere.
- Sep A bit rainy, but the crowds and high prices are gone.
Best Places to Eat
A Ludvig’s Bistro
A Rookery
A Grandma Tillie’s Bakery
A Salty Pantry
A Saffron
Best Places to Sleep
A Gustavus Inn
A Alaska’s Capital Inn
A Inn at Creek Street – New York Hotel
A Silverbow Inn
A Stikine Inn
Juneau & the Southeast Highlights
1 Misty Fiords National Monument Gliding quietly in a kayak through the steep-sided fjords of this majestic wilderness area.
2 Chilkoot Trail Following this historic trail across two countries, spectacular landscapes and scattered remnants of the Klondike gold rush.
3 Glacier Bay National Park Watching out for whales, bears and floating icebergs the size of houses in the Southeast’s largest national park.
4 Haines Enjoying a craft beer or whiskey after a day of hiking in one of Alaska’s most authentic small towns.
5 Sitka National Historical Park Going back to where Alaska’s colonial history began in Russian- and Tlingit-flavored Sitka.
6 Mendenhall Glacier Hiking near, paddling up to, walking on, or flying over this immense ice floe not a dozen miles outside...
Table of contents
- Table of Contents
- Welcome to Alaska
- Alaskas Top 21
- Need to Know
- First Time Alaska
- Whats New
- If You Like
- Month by Month
- Itineraries
- Outdoor Activities & Adventures
- Cruising in Alaska
- Travel with Children
- Regions at a Glance
- Juneau & the Southeast
- Anchorage & Around
- Prince William Sound
- Kenai Peninsula
- Denali & the Interior
- Kodiak, Katmai & Southwest Alaska
- The Bush
- Understand Alaska
- Alaska Today
- History
- Way of Life
- Alaska Natives
- Landscapes
- Wildlife
- Directory A-Z
- Transportation
- Glossary
- Behind the Scenes
- Our Writers