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mile 78.8/km 126.8 Portage Glacier Recreation Area. Access via 5 mile/8
km paved highway. Three U.S. Forest Service campgrounds with more than 64 camping spaces are located approximately a mile apart on the Portage Glacier Road: Beaver Pond Campground, Black Bear Campground, and Williwaw Campground. The road ends at a large parking lot overlook at the western end of Portage Lake with excellent view of the huge icebergs floating in the lake.
The Begich Boggs Visitor Center, near the parking area, is open daily in summer 9 to 6, weekends in winter 10-4. Call for information 907-783-2326. Forest Service Naturalists describe the many phenomena associated with the glacier. A self-guided trail begins south of the visitor center. During July and August you can see spawning salmon in nearby Portage Creek.
Portage Glacier is one of Alaska's most accessible and frequently photographed
glaciers. Icebergs, weighing many tons, are blown about on Portage Lake (600 ft. deep), creating an ever-changing panorama of weather-sculptured blue ice. In 1913 the glacier's face ended at the parking area. In less than 70 years the glacier has receded over 2 miles.
The M.V. Ptarmigan offers a one hour tour on Portage Lake to the face of Portage Glacier. This tour will give you an up close look at one of the most visited glaciers in Alaska. Daily departures mid-May to mid-September.
www.graylineofalaska.com
Portage Glacier Lodge is privately operated facility near the Glacier.
mile 78.4/km 126.2 Placer River, large parking area with boat launch.
mile 77.9/km 125.4 Placer River overflow.
mile 75.5/km 121.5 Scenic view, parking.
mile 75.2/km 121 Ingram Creek.
mile 75/km 120.7 Parking.
mile 74.5/km 119.9 Large parking area.
mile 72.5/km 116.7 Parking.
mile 71.4/km 114.9 Parking.
mile 71.2/km 114.6 Parking.
mile 71/km 114.3 Parking.
mile 69.9/km 112.5 Scenic viewpoint.
mile 68.1/km 109.6 Turnagain Pass Recreation Area (elev. 988 feet). Parking with view of Turnagain Pass. Restrooms and emergency phone.
mile 66.8/km 107.5 Parking.
mile 66/km 106.2 Parking.
mile 65.5/km 105.4 Bertha Creek.
mile 65.4/km 105.2 Bertha Creek Forest Service
Campground. 12 camp sites, water, overlook benches, toilets, firepits. Fee area.
mile 64.8/km 104.3 Spokane Creek.
mile 63.7/km 102.58 Johnson Pass Trail.
mile 63.5/km 102.2 Granite Creek.
mile 62.9/km 101.2 Granite Creek Forest Service Campground. 19 camp sites, water, toilets, and tables. Fee area.
mile 61.5/km 99 East Fork Sixmile Creek.
mile 61.1/km 98.3 Silvertip Creek.
mile 59/km 95 Parking.
mile 58.4/km 94 Parking.
mile 57.7/km 92.9 Dry Gulch Creek, parking.
mile 56.7/km 90.9 Canyon Creek, wayside both sides of highway at north end of bridge tables, toilets and hiking trails.
mile 56.4/km 90.7 Hope Junction. Hope is reached by a 16-mile paved
road.
mile 56/km 90 There are many large parking areas between mile 56 and mile 62.
mile 55.2/km 88.8 Parking.
mile 54.8/km 88 Parking.
mile 53.5/km 86 Parking.
mile 52.1/km 83.8 Parking.
mile 51.2/km 82.4 Parking.
mile 50.3/km 81 Parking if headed to Seward.
mile 48/km 77.2 Fresno Creek, parking area.
mile 47.6/km 76.6 Lower Summit Lake.
mile 47.2/km 76 Parking, good photo spot.
mile 46.1/km 74.2 Colorado Creek.
mile 46/km 74 Tenderfoot Creek Forest Service
Campground, 28 campsites, water, toilets, tables and firepits, on east shore of Upper Summit Lake-good spring and fall fishing for small, Dolly Varden. Fee area.
mile 45.8/km 73.7 Summit Lake Lodge, services.
mile 45.4/km 73.5 Scenic view with parking on the shores of Summit Lake.
mile 44.7/km 71.9 Parking at end of lake.
mile 42.2/km 67.9 Quartz Creek.
mile 39.5/km 39.5 Devil's Pass Trail. Part of Resurrection Pass Trail System. 10 miles to Forest Service recreational
cabin and main trail between Hope and Cooper Landing (mile 56.4).
mile 38.6/km 62.1 Scenic view.
mile 37.2/km 59 Junction. Seward Highway and Sterling
Highway. See Sterling Highway in the Index.
mile 37/km 59.5 Tern Lake Forest Service Picnic area. Toilets, water, tables, viewing platform. Trout fishing in Daves Creek.
mile 33.2/km 53.4 Carter Lake Trail, parking and
toilets. Well-defined but steep trail leading into alpine country where sheep and goats are hunted. An excellent trail for almost everyone. Good trout fishing in Carter Lake and grayling fishing in east end of Crescent Lake. Trail is sometimes quite wet.
mile 32.6/km 52.5 Johnson Pass Trail, parking.
mile 32.5/km 52-.3 Parking.
mile 32.4/km 52.1 The Trail Lakes Fish Hatchery is operated by the Cook Inlet Aquaculture Association. There are informational displays outside the facility and displays inside the facility which are open for viewing during the summer from 8 - 5 daily. Tours available at 10am and 2pm year round.
mile 31.7/km 51 Upper Trail Lake wayside; water, toilets, and picnic tables.
mile 30/km 48.3 Scenic view.
mile 29.5/km 47.5 Moose Pass.
mile 25.6/km 41.2 Lower Trail Lake, parking.
mile 25.3/km 40.7 Trail River.
mile 25.1/km 40.4 Parking.
mile 25/km 40 Falls Creek.
mile 24.2/km 38.9 Trail River Forest Service Campground. 63 camp sites, water, toilets, tables, and playground. Fee area. Access
via 2-mile side road. Lake trout fishing in Kenai Lake; rainbow and Dolly Varden all summer in river. Kenai Lake extends 24 miles from mouth of Snow River to head of Kenai River to west.
mile 23.3/km 37.5 Ptarmigan Creek Forest Service Campground. 16 camp sites, picnic area, water, toilets. Good family trail follows creek to Ptarmigan Lake-7 miles, round trip. There is a good chance of spotting
sheep and goats. You will find fair grayling fishing in outlet of lake, good rainbow and Dolly Varden in stream about one mile below the outlet. Fee area.
mile 23.2/km 37.3 Ptarmigan Creek.
mile 22.9/km 36.9 Parking area; scenic view.
mile 22.6/km 36.4 View of Kenai Lake, 24 miles long, elev. 436 feet.
A sign explains how this lake gets its color from the glacial melt. There are several parking areas along Kenai Lake.
mile 21.8/km 35 Parking.
mile 19.5/km 31.4 Victor Creek Bridge and Trail; parking.
mile 17.8/km 28.6 Snow River. Glacial stream crossed by three consecutive bridges.
mile 17.1/km 27.5 Primrose Landing Forest Service Campground. 10 camp sites at upper end of Kenai Lake, water, tables, and boat ramp. One mile side road. Fee area. Primrose Trailhead.
mile 14.7/km 23.7 Parking.
mile 13.2/km 21.2 Parking, 1 mile trail to Grayling Lake- fishing.
mile 11.6/km 18.7 Parking.
mile 11.5/km 18.5 Parking, access to hiking trail to Golden Fin Lake. There is good Dolly Varden fishingin Ski Lake
mile 8.3/km 13.4 Chugach National Forest, East Boundary.
mile 8/km 12.9 Grouse Creek, fishing.
mile 6.6/km 10.6 Bear Lake Road.
mile 6.5/km 10.5 Bear Creek.
mile 5.9/km 9.5 Salmon Creek, good fishing for sea-run Dolly Varden beginning in August.
mile 5.2/km 8.4 Lost Lake Trail (7 miles one-way), on left leaving
Seward, can be reached from a gravel road in Meridian Park Subdivision. This is a scenic trail with spectacular views of surrounding mountains and high alpine terrain. The trail gains 1,820 feet in elevation.
mile 3.6/km 5.8 Clear Creek.
mile 3.5/km 5.6 Road to Exit Glacier in Kenai Fjords National Park
approximately nine miles on good road. You can drive within 1/2 mile of the face of the glacier. Please use caution near the glacier as ice falls can be deadly.
mile 3.2/km 5.1 Nash Road.
mile 2.9/km 4.6 Resurrection River, 3 bridges.
mile 2.6/km 4.2 Seward Airport.
mile 2.4/km 3.8 Municipal campground.
mile 2.2/km 3.5 U.S. Army and Air Force Recreation Resorts. RV parking and tent sites, cabins. For retired or active
military only.
mile 2/km 3.2 Seward Chamber of Commerce - Convention & Visitors Bureau. Restooms, pay phone, and visitor information.
mile 1.3/km 2 Parking, memorial to Benny Benson, who designed the Alaska State flag.
mile 1/km 1.6 Small boat harbor.
0 Resurrection Bay.
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