How Many Days in Sitka?

Minimum Stay

1 full day in Sitka

Guided Tours

• Many of these tours provide transportation from downtown, but plan ahead.
• Wildlife boat cruise (1 hour to full-day excursions)
• Fishing charters (half- to full-day)
• Flightseeing (about 1 hour)
• Sheet’ka Kwaan Kahidi Community House to see a Tlingit native dance performance
• Harrigan Centennial Hall to watch the New Archangel Dancers

Self-Guided Recommendations

• St. Michael’s Cathedral
• Sitka National Historical Park to see temperate rainforest and Tlingit and Haidi totem poles.
• Sheldon Jackson Museum
• Sitka Historical Museum to see Russian, Tlingit, and American Artifacts.
• Alaska Raptor Center for bald eagles, owls, and more.

If You Have Extra Time

• Take a boat or floatplane to Goddard Hot Springs or Baranof Warm Springs.
• Take a water taxi and hike Mt. Edgecombe, a dormant volcano.
• Visit popular salmon spawning sites