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Potter Marsh

Boardwalk through a coastal marsh 15 minutes south of downtown, with waterfowl, eagles, moose and spawning salmon.

· ADF&G

View of
Turnagain Arm · Chugach Mountains
Road accessible
Yes
Parking
Yes
Best time
Late April through September for birds; May and June for moose.
Interpretive signs
Yes
Accessibility
Boardwalk and accessible restrooms at the main entrance.

Potter Marsh, at the south end of the Anchorage Coastal Wildlife Refuge, has a 1,550-foot boardwalk from the parking area across the marsh. From late April through September look for Canada geese, pintails, canvasbacks, red-necked phalaropes, grebes and northern harriers, eagle nests in the bluff cottonwoods, muskrats and moose. Rabbit Creek, under the boardwalk, has spawning salmon from May to August. Fishing is prohibited. The entrance is on the New Seward Highway just past the Rabbit Creek exit.

  1. [1]Boardwalk length: 1,550-foot boardwalk (ADF&G Potter Marsh viewing page); also reported as about half a mile of boardwalk (ADF&G Anchorage Coastal Wildlife Refuge page). All footnotes

Location

Wildlife viewing · Birding · Photography

Sources

Last updated 2026-11-13

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