Footnotes & discrepancies

Southeast / Inside Passage

• Deer Mountain · Ketchikan & Misty Fjords · Elevation

  We use: 3,001 ft (USGS-derived references)

  Also reported: 3,350 ft (USFS Deer Mountain Trailhead page)

  USGS survey data is the standard source for summit elevations, so we use 3,001 ft.

• Deer Mountain Trail · Ketchikan & Misty Fjords · Elevation gain

  We use: ~2,600 ft (USFS Ketchikan trail guide (older PDF))

  Also reported: 2,000 ft in the first 2 mi (USFS Deer Mountain Trailhead page (partial figure))

  The only whole-trail figure available; the USFS page gives gain for the first 2 miles only.

• Deer Mountain Trail · Ketchikan & Misty Fjords · Distance

  We use: ~2.75 mi one way (USFS Ketchikan Area Trails Guide (2024))

  Also reported: ~5 mi round trip (Southeast regional overview)

  The trail-specific USFS guide is more detailed than the regional overview figure.

• Signal Creek Campground · Ketchikan & Misty Fjords · Fee

  We use: $20 per night (USFS Ketchikan Area Trails Guide (2024))

  Also reported: $10 per night (Some USFS web pages)

  Fees: we list the higher value.

• Last Chance Campground · Ketchikan & Misty Fjords · Fee

  We use: $20 per night (USFS Ketchikan Area Trails Guide (2024))

  Also reported: $10 per night (Some USFS web pages)

  Fees: we list the higher value.

• Totem Bight State Historical Park · Ketchikan & Misty Fjords · Acreage

  We use: 33 acres (Alaska DNR (State Parks))

  Also reported: 11 acres (Travel Alaska)

  DNR manages the park and is the authoritative source.

• Ketchikan ferry terminal · Ketchikan & Misty Fjords · Crossing time

  We use: Bellingham about 38 h (AMHS route guide)

  Also reported: about 36 h (Travel Alaska)

  The ferry operator's own route guide is the authoritative source.

• Misty Fiords National Monument · Public-use cabins

  We use: 13 cabins (USFS Misty Fiords web page)

  Also reported: 12 cabins (USFS Misty Fiords brochure (2010))

  The current USFS web page is more recent than the 2010 brochure.

• Misty Fiords National Monument · Trail miles

  We use: 10 trails, about 20 mi (USFS Misty Fiords web page)

  Also reported: about 17.6 mi (USFS Misty Fiords brochure (2010))

  The current USFS web page is more recent than the 2010 brochure.

• Section overview · Ketchikan & Misty Fjords · Deer Mountain gain

  We use: ~2,600 ft (USFS Ketchikan trail guide (older PDF))

  Also reported: 2,000 ft in the first 2 mi (USFS Deer Mountain Trailhead page)

  The only whole-trail figure available.

• Section overview · Ketchikan & Misty Fjords · Misty Fiords cabin count

  We use: about a dozen (13 per USFS) (USFS Misty Fiords web page)

  Also reported: 12 cabins (USFS brochure (2010))

  The current USFS web page is more recent.

• Section overview · Ketchikan & Misty Fjords · Signal Creek and Last Chance fee

  We use: $20 per night (USFS Ketchikan Area Trails Guide (2024))

  Also reported: $10 per night (Some USFS web pages)

  Fees: we list the higher value.