Wrangell, Alaska, United States

Travel to Wrangell, Alaska and have an Alaska vacation that you will never forget. Wrangell is Alaska's last great place, and offers a variety of activities: adventure tours; salmon, halibut and freshwater fishing; fantastic bear viewing and other birding and wildlife viewing opportunities; Tlingit Native culture; USGA rated golf course; sightseeing, and much more.

Wrangell, Alaska, is on an island nestled at the mouth of the mighty Stikine River. Our small town offers visitors a friendly taste of an authentic island community in the midst of a unique and pristine wilderness in Alaska. Wrangell is known as the "Gateway to the Stikine River", where friendly people look you in the eye and are happy to help.

There is much to immerse yourself in: Walk amongst petroglyphs and imagine the people who carved them thousands of years ago. Visit Chief Shakes Island and Tribal House, Kik-setti Totem Park and Wrangell Museum for a glimpse into Tlingit Natives way of life. Take in a round of golf at Muskeg Meadows Golf Course. Hike up to Rainbow Falls or stop and pick the abundant wild blueberries, huckleberries and salmonberries. A jetboat tour of the Stikine River offers beautiful clear water tributaries, Shakes Glacier with its free-floating icebergs and a history rich with tales of gold rush miners, not to mention a soak in the natural hot springs surrounded by the unmatched beauty of the wild. Anan Bear and Wildlife Observatory, is THE place to see brown and black bear during July and August. Explore untouched corners of the Tongass National Forest.

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