Photo references

Flying back from Hyder through Misty Fjords National Monument Wilderness.

• Ketchikan & Misty Fiords
• Misty Fiords sea kayaking

Misty Fjords from a floatplane between Hyder and Ketchikan, with glacial striations on the granite.

• Ketchikan & Misty Fiords

Backpackers reach Blue Lake on the Deer Mountain traverse.

• Deer Mountain–Silvis Lakes Traverse
• Ketchikan & Misty Fiords

A young black bear at Fish Creek, near Hyder.

• Fish Creek Wildlife Observation Site
• Ketchikan & Misty Fiords

Forest Road 8340 on Revillagigedo Island, Ketchikan-Misty Fjords Ranger District (drone view).

• Ketchikan & Misty Fiords
• Revilla Rd and Harriet Hunt Lake Rd

Mist on Ward Lake at twilight, six miles north of town.

• Ketchikan & Misty Fiords

Cloud and mist over the muskeg lakes of Misty Fjords.

• Ketchikan & Misty Fiords

A male brown bear with a chum salmon at Fish Creek Wildlife Observation Site near Hyder.

• Fish Creek Wildlife Observation Site
• Ketchikan & Misty Fiords

Ketchikan, Tongass Narrows and Gravina Island from the ridge between Deer Mountain and Blue Lake.

• Deer Mountain
• Deer Mountain Trail
• Ketchikan & Misty Fiords

A Forest Service tour inside El Capitan Cave

• El Capitan Cave

Black Bear Lake

• Black Bear Lake Cabin

Klawock Airport from above

• Klawock Airport

A house and totem poles at Old Kasaan, late 1800s

• Kasaan

Hydaburg from the water, about 1915

• Hydaburg

El Capitan Cave, Alaska's longest mapped cave

• El Capitan Cave

Klawock from the water, about 1908

• Klawock

Pink and chum salmon in a restored pool on the Harris River, August

• Harris River
• Harris River Campground
• Harris River Trail

Lupine above Black Bear Lake from Patricia Peak

• Black Bear Lake Cabin
• Prince of Wales Island

Reflections on Sarkar Lake

• Sarkar Canoe Route
• Sarkar Lake and River
• Sarkar Lake Cabin

Fishing and floating the Thorne River in July

• Thorne River

Anan Wildlife Viewing Area

• Anan Bay Cabin
• Anan Observatory Access Trail
• Anan Wildlife Observatory

Shakes Island and Chief Shakes Tribal House, Wrangell

• Chief Shakes Tribal House

Anan Creek wildlife viewing

• Anan Wildlife Observatory

LeConte Glacier ice and water, June 2024

• LeConte Glacier

Wrangell Ranger District, Tongass National Forest

• Nemo Campground
• Raven's Roost Cabin

LeConte Glacier, Tongass National Forest

• LeConte Glacier

Totem Trail, Sitka National Historical Park

• Sitka National Historical Park
• Totem Trail and Russian Memorial Loop

View from Mount Verstovia

• Mount Verstovia Trail

Harbor Mountain alpine trail

• Gavan Hill–Harbor Mountain Trail

Indian River Falls, Sitka

• Indian River Falls
• Indian River Trail

Xunaa Shuká Hít (Huna Ancestors’ House), Bartlett Cove

• Xunaa Shuká Hít (Huna Tribal House)

Forest Trail boardwalk, Bartlett Cove

• Forest Trail (Bartlett Cove)

Dan Moller Cabin, Douglas Island

• Dan Moller Cabin

Mendenhall Glacier Visitor Center

• Mendenhall Glacier Visitor Center

Turner Lake East Cabin

• Turner Lake East Cabin

Treadwell mine from the water, Douglas Island, 1890s

• Treadwell Mine Ruins

Margerie Glacier

• Margerie Glacier

Mount Fairweather

• Mount Fairweather

Reid Glacier from the mouth of Reid Inlet

• Reid Glacier

Johns Hopkins Glacier from the head of Johns Hopkins Inlet

• Johns Hopkins Glacier

Nugget Falls Trail sign at the Mendenhall Glacier Visitor Center

• Mendenhall Glacier Visitor Center
• Nugget Falls Trail

Brown bear at Pack Creek, Admiralty Island

• Pack Creek

Cruise ship at Lamplugh Glacier, with landslide debris visible on the ice

• Lamplugh Glacier

Bartlett Cove Campground

• Bartlett Cove Campground

Windfall Lake Cabin

• Windfall Lake Cabin

Yakutat and Southern Railway locomotive at the Yakutat station, circa 1920

• Fish Train Trail
• Yakutat Southern Railroad Locomotive (Fish Train)

Flying over Yakutat Airport, July 2021

• Yakutat Airport (YAK)

Yakutat beach

• Cannon Beach
• Cannon Beach (Yakutat Beach Campsites)

Icy Bay and Mount Saint Elias

• Icy Bay

Disenchantment Bay

• Hubbard Glacier

Mount Saint Elias

• Mount Saint Elias

Italio River Cabin, Yakutat Ranger District

• Italio River Cabin

Hubbard Glacier, August 2012

• Hubbard Glacier
• Yakutat

Malaspina Glacier

• Malaspina Glacier

Eagle Beach in summer

• Eagle Beach State Recreation Area Campground

Sandy Beach, Prince of Wales Island

• Sandy Beach Picnic Site

Point Louisa near Auke Village

• Auk Village Campground

Harlequin Lake, Yakutat

• Harlequin Lake Trail

Peterson Lake Cabin

• Peterson Lake Cabin

Nugget Falls Trail project, Mendenhall Glacier

• Nugget Falls Trail

Cascade Creek rapids

• Cascade Creek Trail

Balls Lake near Eagles Nest Campground

• Eagles Nest Campground

East Fork Ohmer Creek, Petersburg area

• Ohmer Creek Campground

Baird Glacier

• Baird Glacier

Margerie and Grand Pacific Glaciers

• Grand Pacific Glacier

Balls Lake in September

• Eagles Nest Campground

Chief Shakes Hot Springs

• Chief Shakes Hot Springs

Beaver Lake Trail, Sitka

• Beaver Lake Trail

Blind Slough at sunset

• Blind Slough Picnic Area

Sarkar Lake area, Prince of Wales Island

• Sarkar Lake Cabin

Grand Pacific Glacier in 2013

• Grand Pacific Glacier

Canoe Point Falls, Prince of Wales Island

• Canoe Point Falls

Bench overlooking Starrigavan Bay

• Starrigavan Campground

Canoe Point Waterfall

• Canoe Point Falls

Anan Cabin, Wrangell Ranger District

• Anan Bay Cabin

Herbert Glacier area

• Herbert Glacier Trail

Sarkar Lake in spring

• Sarkar Lake Cabin

Mendenhall Glacier from West Glacier side

• Mendenhall Lake Campground
• West Glacier Trail

Harlequin Lake shoreline

• Harlequin Lake Shelter

East Glacier Trail stairs, Mendenhall

• East Glacier Trail

Auke Bay, Juneau area

• Auk Village Campground

Sandy Beach, Prince of Wales

• Sandy Beach Picnic Site

Totem in the Klukwan village long house

• Jilkaat Kwaan Heritage Center (Klukwan)
• Klukwan

Sheldon Museum, Haines

• Haines Sheldon Museum

Mount Emmerich and the Chilkat River from mile 8 of the Haines Highway

• Chilkat River

Council Grounds, Alaska Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve

• Council Grounds Eagle Viewing Area (Haines Highway miles 18 to 21)

The delta and braided stream of Davidson Glacier

• Davidson Glacier

Haines Airport

• Haines Airport (HNS)

The Hammer Museum, Haines

• Hammer Museum

Officers' Row, Fort William H. Seward National Historic Landmark

• Fort William H. Seward National Historic Landmark

Klehini River scenic viewing area, Haines Highway

• Haines Highway

Wild iris at Dyea

• Dyea Townsite

Artifact at the Canyon City townsite

• Canyon City Townsite (Chilkoot Trail)

Ranger briefing at Sheep Camp

• Sheep Camp Campground (Chilkoot Trail)

Lower Reid Falls

• Gold Rush Cemetery
• Gold Rush Cemetery and Lower Reid Falls Walk
• Lower Reid Falls

Lower Dewey Lake

• Lower Dewey Lake Trail

Yakutania Point

• Yakutania Point Trail

Mascot Saloon

• Mascot Saloon Museum

Slide Cemetery, Dyea

• Slide Cemetery (Dyea)

Downtown Skagway

• Skagway Historic District

Canyon City campground on the Chilkoot Trail

• Canyon City Campground (Chilkoot Trail)

Laughton Glacier

• Glacier Flag Stop (WP&YR mile 14)
• Laughton Glacier
• Laughton Glacier Cabin
• Laughton Glacier Trail

Train depot visitor center

• Klondike Gold Rush NHP Visitor Center (Train Depot)

Upper Dewey Lake cabin

• Upper Dewey Lake Cabin
• Upper Dewey Lake Trail

Jeff. Smiths Parlor

• Jeff. Smiths Parlor Museum

Pleasant Camp on the Chilkoot Trail

• Pleasant Camp Campground (Chilkoot Trail)

Finnegan's Point campground on the Chilkoot Trail

• Finnegan's Point Campground (Chilkoot Trail)

Backcountry rangers on the Golden Stairs

• Chilkoot Trail

Sturgill's Landing

• Sturgill's Landing Trail

Devil's Punchbowl

• Devil's Punchbowl Trail

Dyea Campground

• Dyea Campground

Lost Lake near Dyea

• Lost Lake Trail (Dyea)

Moore House

• Moore House and Cabin

Icy Lake

• Icy Lake and Upper Reid Falls Trail

Smuggler's Cove

• Smuggler's Cove Trail

Inside the Anchorage Museum

• Anchorage Museum

Eagle River valley

• Albert Loop Trail

Eklutna Glacier in 1964

• Eklutna Glacier

Skiing on Eklutna Lake in winter

• Eklutna Lake Campground

Eagle River Nature Center

• Eagle River Nature Center

Lake Hood Seaplane Base

• Lake Hood Seaplane Base (LHD)

Eklutna Lake (historic aerial view)

• Eklutna Lake

Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport

• Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport (ANC)

Campbell Creek Science Center

• BLM Campbell Creek Science Center

Tony Knowles Coastal Trail at Elderberry Park

• Tony Knowles Coastal Trail

Beluga whale

• Beluga Point

Historic trail between Indian and Rainbow, Turnagain Arm

• Turnagain Arm Trail

Raven Glacier at Crow Pass

• Raven Glacier

Hiking Flattop Mountain

• Flattop Mountain
• Flattop Mountain Trail

Spirit houses in the Eklutna cemetery

• Eklutna Historical Park

Thunderbird Falls in autumn

• Thunderbird Falls
• Thunderbird Falls Trail

King salmon in Ship Creek

• Ship Creek

Crow Pass Cabin

• Crow Pass Cabin

Green-winged teal at Westchester Lagoon

• Westchester Lagoon

Crow Pass Trail

• Crow Pass Trail (Historic Iditarod Trail)

Anchorage from Point Woronzof

• Anchorage & Chugach State Park
• Point Woronzof

Wolverine Peak

• Wolverine Peak
• Wolverine Peak Trail

Fat-bike riders on a snow-packed coastal trail beside a frozen inlet near Anchorage.

• Tony Knowles Coastal Trail

A forested Ketchikan shoreline and cloud-wrapped mountains seen across the water under a wide, streaked sky.

• Ketchikan & Misty Fjords

A tour boat among icebergs in a green, snow-capped fjord near Wrangell and Petersburg.

• Wrangell & Petersburg

Sitka Harbor at sunset, with fishing boats and masts reflected under a vivid red-orange sky.

• Sitka

Downtown Juneau and cruise ships on Gastineau Channel, seen from a wooded hillside overlook.

• Juneau & Glacier Bay

Snow-covered peaks above a dark forested ridge near Haines.

• Haines

Snowy mountains and a hanging glacier seen from the deck of a boat approaching Skagway.

• Skagway

Inside a traditional house at the Alaska Native Heritage Center, with a carved house post and a visitor in the doorway.

• Alaska Native Heritage Center

Wildlife exhibits at the American Bald Eagle Foundation in Haines, with visitors viewing eagles, bears and a moose.

• American Bald Eagle Foundation

Creek Street in Ketchikan, with Dolly's House and the New York Hotel on a boardwalk above the creek.

• Creek Street

The Icy Strait Point cannery waterfront in Hoonah, with kayaks on the beach and a cruise ship in the harbor.

• Hoonah

A visitor stands among blue ice at Mendenhall Glacier in Juneau.

• Mendenhall Glacier

The Russian Bishop's House at Sitka National Historical Park.

• Russian Bishop’s House

Sawyer Glacier at the head of Tracy Arm, with icebergs in the silty fjord.

• Sawyer Glacier

Totem poles among the spruce at Totem Bight State Historical Park in Ketchikan.

• Totem Bight State Historical Park

A White Pass & Yukon Route train in Skagway, with locomotive 91 and its thunderbird emblem.

• White Pass & Yukon Route Railway

Anglers line the bridge over Ketchikan Creek, fishing for salmon in downtown Ketchikan.

• Ketchikan Creek

A salmon is netted from Ketchikan Creek, in the clear water along the rocky bank.

• Ketchikan Creek

Taku Glacier filling the valley above Taku Inlet, with deep crevasses running toward the ice front.

• Taku Glacier

An orca surfaces and exhales in Icy Strait, near Hoonah.

• Icy Strait and Cross Sound

A guide talks beside an interpretive sign on the Rodak Nature Trail at the Eagle River Nature Center.

• Rodak Nature Trail

A fishing boat crosses Sitka Sound among forested islands and mountains.

• Sitka Sound

A spiral petroglyph on the rocks at Petroglyph Beach in Wrangell.

• Petroglyph Beach State Historic Site

Penguin Peak and Turnagain Arm from the Bird Ridge lookout, Chugach National Forest.

• Bird Ridge Trail

New Eddystone Rock, a tree-topped basalt pillar in Behm Canal, in the Misty Fjords Wilderness.

• New Eddystone Rock

Snow-covered Mount Edgecumbe across the water from Sitka, May 2013.

• Mount Edgecumbe

Steller sea lions hauled out on the rocks at South Marble Island in Glacier Bay.

• South Marble Island

A black bear in Steep Creek under the Meadow Viewing Platform at the Mendenhall Glacier Visitor Center.

• Steep Creek

A brown bear and her cubs wading the Chilkoot River.

• Chilkoot River Bear Viewing

A totem pole and clan house at Saxman Totem Park in Ketchikan.

• Saxman Totem Park

The braided channels of the Stikine River Flats, Tongass National Forest.

• Stikine River

The Tatshenshini River flowing into ice-filled Alsek Lake, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

• Alsek and Tatshenshini Rivers

Hikers on the Mount Roberts Trail above Juneau and Gastineau Channel.

• Mount Roberts Trail

A canoe waits at the dock on a misty morning at Windfall Lake, Tongass National Forest.

• Windfall Lake

Alpine muskeg and distant snow peaks from the top of One Duck Trail, Prince of Wales Island.

• One Duck Trail

A black bear in the creek at the Dog Salmon Fish Pass on Prince of Wales Island.

• Dog Salmon Fish Pass

Sunset over the Blind River Rapids near Petersburg, Tongass National Forest.

• Blind River Rapids

The boardwalk of Blind River Rapids Trail leads through mossy forest toward the rapids at sundown.

• Blind River Rapids Trail

The braided Taku River winds through a snowy mountain valley, seen from a ridge.

• Taku River

Mount La Perouse in the Fairweather Range, Glacier Bay National Park.

• Mount La Perouse

Mount Crillon (right) and Mount Klooch above La Perouse Glacier in the Fairweather Range, Glacier Bay National Park.

• Mount Crillon

Lupine and paintbrush on the ridgeline near the top of Dude Mountain, Ketchikan.

• Dude Mountain

A swimmer jumps from the bridge into Blind Slough Recreation Area near Petersburg.

• Blind Slough

Canoe packs and paddles at Hasselborg Cabin on the Cross Admiralty Canoe Route.

• Admiralty Island Canoe Route (Cross-Admiralty)

Driftwood and a backpack at the beach reached by Point Bridget Trail, with mountains across the water.

• Point Bridget Trail

Brown bear cubs on rocks in the Chilkoot River at Chilkoot State Park near Haines.

• Chilkoot Lake and River Fishing

A dog looks out over Perseverance Lake from the swimming rock along Perseverance Trail near Ketchikan.

• Perseverance Trail (Ketchikan)

A floatplane taxis across Petersburg Lake after a morning drop-off, Tongass National Forest.

• Petersburg Lake Trail

Stairs and a graveled path on Rainbow Falls Trail in the forest near Wrangell.

• Rainbow Falls Trail

Mossy trees and autumn leaves along the Lower Situk River Trail near Yakutat.

• Situk River Trail

Evening light on the tidal flats at the mouth of the Italio River near Yakutat.

• Italio River

Visitors study the Alaska's Public Lands map exhibit at the Southeast Alaska Discovery Center in Ketchikan.

• Southeast Alaska Discovery Center

Sunset over Clarence Strait, seen from the Ketchikan Misty Fjords Ranger District.

• Clarence Strait

Denver Glacier at the end of the Denver Glacier Trail near Skagway, with fireweed in the foreground.

• Denver Glacier

The East Fork of the Skagway River along the Denver Glacier Trail near Skagway.

• Skagway River

Stand-up paddleboarding on a slough of the Stikine River Flats near Wrangell.

• Stikine River

Cottages on the north bank of the Wrangell Narrows at West Petersburg, Kupreanof Island.

• Wrangell Narrows

A graveled campsite pad with boulder bollards at Last Chance Campground in Ketchikan.

• Last Chance Campground

The One Duck Trail shelter on a ridgeline above the forest, Prince of Wales Island.

• One Duck Shelter

The finished Three Lakes Shelter on the Petersburg Ranger District, Tongass National Forest.

• Three Lakes Shelter

Breiland Slough Cabin at the end of a path through lush greenery, Petersburg Ranger District.

• Breiland Slough Cabin

Salt Chuck East Cabin in the Petersburg Creek-Duncan Salt Chuck Wilderness, Kupreanof Island.

• Salt Chuck East Cabin

Davidof Lake Cabin lit up on a summer evening, Sitka Ranger District.

• Davidof Lake Cabin

Starrigavan Creek Cabin in the Starrigavan Recreation Area near Sitka.

• Starrigavan Creek Cabin

Recreation crew maintaining Castle River Cabin on the Petersburg Ranger District.

• Castle River Cabin

John Muir Cabin in winter on the Tongass National Forest near Juneau.

• John Muir Cabin

Eagle Glacier Cabin in winter, Juneau Ranger District, Tongass National Forest.

• Eagle Glacier Cabin

Swan Lake Cabin on a boardwalk above the lake, Petersburg Ranger District.

• Swan Lake Cabin

A floatplane approaches the dock at Kah Sheets Lake Cabin, Petersburg Ranger District.

• Kah Sheets Lake Cabin

A fall evening at Cascade Creek Cabin on Thomas Bay, Petersburg Ranger District.

• Cascade Creek Cabin