Places to Explore In Juneau, the Inside Passage, and Southeast Alaska

Glacier Bay

The tiny town of Gustavus, adjacent to Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, can be accessed from Juneau by fast ferry, floatplane, or jet. Once...

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• 4 Hotels
• 7 Things To Do

Haines

Haines encompasses an area that has been occupied by Tlingit peoples for centuries on the collar of the Chilkat Peninsula, a narrow strip of land...

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• 5 Hotels
• 15 Things To Do

Juneau

Juneau, Alaska's capital and third-largest city, is on the North American mainland but can't be reached by road. Bounded by steep mountains and water, the...

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• 11 Hotels
• 35 Things To Do

Ketchikan

Ketchikan is famous for its colorful totem poles, rainy skies, steep–as–San Francisco streets, and lush island setting. Some 13,500 people call the town home, and...

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• 6 Hotels
• 19 Things To Do

Petersburg

Getting to Petersburg is an experience, whether you take the "high road" by air or the "low road" by sea. Alaska Airlines claims one of...

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• 3 Hotels
• 12 Things To Do

Side Trips from Juneau

About an hour outside this ever-expanding city are some great day trips. Tracy Arm requires a daylong boat trip to visit but is well worth...

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Side Trips From Ketchikan

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• 12 Things To Do

Sitka

It's hard not to like Sitka, with its eclectic blend of Alaska Native, Russian, and American history and its dramatic and beautiful open-ocean setting. This...

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• 5 Hotels
• 24 Things To Do

Skagway

Located at the northern terminus of the Inside Passage, Skagway is a one-hour ferry ride from Haines. By road, however, the distance is 359 miles...

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• 5 Hotels
• 12 Things To Do

Wrangell

An unassuming timber and fishing community, Wrangell sits on the northern tip of Wrangell Island, near the mouth of the fast-flowing Stikine River—North America's largest...

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• 4 Hotels
• 10 Things To Do