Exit Glacier Road
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Exit Glacier Road Points
You can hike right up to Seward’s Exit Glacier and feel the dense blue ice while listening to it crackle. Walk the lower trail to get a good photo in front of the glacier face. Or, choose the more challenging 7‑mile round-trip Harding Icefield Trail. There is a short ranger-led walk daily at 11am and 3pm, from Memorial Day through Labor Day.
Exit Glacier Tent Campground, at Mile 8.2 of Herman Leirer Road near Seward, offers 12 tent-only sites with views of Exit Glacier in Kenai Fjords National Park. Managed by the National Park Service, it’s surrounded by spruce, featuring fire rings and easy trail access for a primitive, peaceful stay. Ideal for hiking to the glacier, exploring Harding Icefield Trail, and enjoying coastal wilderness, with Seward close by.
If you want a taste of dim spruce forest along a wild river bottom, try the first few miles of this mostly level route into the Resurrection River Valley. From the trailhead Mile 7 of Exit Glacier Road, the trail runs 4.5 miles to Martin Creek and is suitable for mountain biking or skiing after snowfall. It features two primitive campsites and occasional access or views of to the river.