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Address: 301 Railway Ave, Seward, AK 99664
Settlement money from the Exxon Valdez spill funded more than half of this center, located on a seven-acre waterfront site donated by the town of Seward. This research center and aquarium offers a tidewater touch pool and small viewing tanks where you can watch crabs, fish, and octopus. A puffin viewing tank allows visitors to watch the graceful...
Category: Best Attractions & Activities - Seward Attractions & Activities
Address: 334 Fourth Ave, Seward, AK 99664
The Seward Ranger District of the nation's second largest national forest encompasses the westernmost 890,000 acres. Within this wilderness you can spend the night at primitive campsites or maintained camping areas. Some of the world's best fishing is on the Russian River, where the red salmon run each July. Humans aren't the only ones that...
Category: Best Attractions & Activities - Seward Attractions & Activities
Address: Seward Airport, Seward, AK 99664
While several dogsled companies can take you mushing in a wheeled vehicle during the summer, only one runs on snow year round. Godwin's transports you by helicopter from the Seward Airport to a camp on Godwin Glacier. There, you, your experienced mushe, and an enthusiastic team of Alaskan huskies will explore the glacier and the Iditarod Dog Sled...
Category: Best Attractions & Activities - Seward Attractions & Activities
Address: Hope Hwy, Hope, AK 99605
Before the 1897 Klondike Gold Rush, there was the little boomtown of Hope. Founded after a gold strike in 1894, the town quickly grew as word of its riches spread. Today, the town's year-round population is a modest 137, but it remains the best-preserved Gold Rush town in south-central Alaska. Many of the original mining buildings are still...
Category: Best Attractions & Activities - Seward Attractions & Activities
Address: 1212 Fourth Ave, Seward, AK 99664
Exit Glacier, the most popular part of this 580,000-acre park, is one of the only glaciers accessible by road. Venture up the Seward Highway to mile three, and then turn down the Exit Glacier Road. A ranger station provides a viewing platform, a small exhibit, and ranger-led hikes around the ice mass. From June to October more ambitious hikers can...
Category: Best Attractions & Activities - Seward Attractions & Activities
Address: 1304 4th Ave, Seward, AK 99664
This Native-owned company offers more than 12 different cruises and tours. Float through Resurrection Bay or Kenai Fjords National Park viewing "calving" glaciers, sea lions, porpoises, mountain goats, and black bear. Daylong cruises include breakfast and lunch aboard a ship, and some tours feature a stop at a lodge on Fox Island for a salmon...
Kenai National Wildlife Refuge
Category: Best Attractions & Activities - Seward Attractions & Activities
Address: Ski Hil Rd, Soldotna, AK 99669
The U.S Fish and Wildlife Service manages this vast refuge, originally created by President Franklin D. Roosevelt as a moose preserve. Before venturing to the million+-acre site—the refuge is almost as large as Yellowstone National Park—be sure to stop at the visitor center in Soldotna. In addition to a nature trail and information films, they...
Category: Best Attractions & Activities - Seward Attractions & Activities
Address: 13890 Beach Dr, Seward, AK 99664
Miller's Landing offers one-stop shopping for outdoorsmen and families seeking an active vacation. In addition to RV parking and campsites, the helpful folks at the Landing rent kayaks and motorized fishing boats. They offer water taxi services and will provide drop-offs and pick-ups for people staying in the state park cabins or doing extended...
Category: Best Attractions & Activities - Seward Attractions & Activities
Address: 3779 Bartlett St, Homer, AK 99603
The Homer Society of Natural History runs the Pratt Museum, the only natural history museum on the Kenai Peninsula. Outside, visitors can stroll through the botanical garden and view more than 150 species of local flora. You can also tour an authentic homestead cabin with period furnishings and walk the nature trail that is decorated with 3-D...
Category: Best Attractions & Activities - Seward Attractions & Activities
Address: 336 3rd Ave, Seward, AK 99664
Thank the Resurrection Bay Historical Society for this terrific museum, highlighting Seward's history. Over 3,000 artifacts, including photos, Native baskets, and ivory carvings, tell Seward's tale from its founding in 1903 through World War II and the 1964 earthquake. In the summer, visit in the evening to watch a video about the Iditarod Trail....
