Alaska Walking Tours
A quick stroll with a lot of depth: A walking tour is the perfect way to fill the space between larger adventures, and an even greater way to stretch your legs after the long flight to Alaska. Whether you're exploring a section of downtown, a park, or a monument, these tours help you acquaint yourself with the area—and collect tips for other museums, restaurants, and local shops you’ll want to visit.
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Anchorage
Ghost Tours of Anchorage
Step into the underworld of Anchorage—a hidden gathering of ghosts and spirits—on this walking tour through some of the city’s most haunted sites. It’s the most unsual perspective you can get of Alaska’s largest metropolis.
Anchorage “Mayor’s Walk” Audio Guide
The City of Anchorage may be relatively young, but it has a storied history that is rich enough to keep you captivated for hours. And who better to recount some of the highlights than four former mayors who were there when they happened?
Alaska Farm Tours
Tour working farms in Palmer, Anchorage, and Talkeetna. You’ll take guided walks around the farms, touching plants, breathing in the air and sometimes even tasting something freshly picked. But there is also a lot of storytelling, learning about the unique challenges that Alaska farmers face. Some tours offer option to sample other local products like Alaska beer and birch syrup.
Lake Hood Floatplane Base Walking Tour
Lake Hood is the busiest seaplane base in the world with 200 daily operations (takeoffs and landings). If you're staying at a hotel near the Anchorage airport, this is the best place for a nearby walk. Our walking tour highlights the most interesting viewpoints, historical features, and insights into the aviation activities going on around the lake.
Historic Downtown Anchorage Walking Tour (With Video)
Anchorage is Alaska’s most important city—the epicenter of commerce, a font of history, and the perfect base for exploring the state. So don’t just stroll through town—take the official tour, brought to you by longtime resident experts: Alaska.org and the Anchorage Convention & Visit Anchorage (Anchorage Convention & Visitors Bureau.) On this tour, More...
McCarthy-Kennicott
St. Elias Alpine Guides
St. Elias Alpine Guides have a long history of sharing the wilderness with travelers—whether the activity involves hiking a glacier, backpacking, rafting, skiing, or even doing some extreme mountaineering—there’s something for everyone! You can also take advantage of the option to customize your trip.
Kennicott Mine & Ghost Town Walking Tour
This abandoned copper mining camp is a National Historic Landmark District. Established in 1903, Kennecott Mining Corporation operated 5 mines in the area. Kennecott became a bustling mining camp filled with miners and their families. In 1925, a geologist predicted that the area would soon be mined out. By 1938, Kennecott was a ghost town.
Kennecott Ghost Town Walking Tour
This abandoned copper mining camp is a National Historic Landmark District. Established in 1903, Kennecott Mining Corporation operated 5 mines in the area. Kennecott became a bustling mining camp filled with miners and their families. In 1925, a geologist predicted that the area would soon be mined out. By 1938, Kennecott was a ghost town. Today, Kennecott is a popular tourist attraction and the National Park Service is currently stabilizing and rehabilitating many of the mill and town buildings.
Juneau
Juneau-Douglas City Museum
Museum: Year-Round, Walking Tours: May - September
This museum sits on the site where Alaska officially became a state. View the exhibits and watch an award-winning documentary about the city. Plus, the City Museum doesn’t end at the building’s walls. From May to September, you can take walking tours of historic downtown Juneau and the Alaska State Capitol.
Juneau Tree Walk: Guide to Selected Trees Downtown
The Juneau Tree Walk is a project of the Juneau Urban Forestry Partnership. It includes 21 different trees that can be found in downtown Juneau. The Juneau Urban Forestry Partnership has produced a pamphlet that includes each tree's common and scientific names, it's location in Downtown Juneau, and it's distinguishing physical traits.
Treadwell Mine Historic Trail Walking Tour
This was once the site of the most productive gold mines in the United States—$70 million in gold was removed by 2,000 workers. Of the 144 structures that stood in Treadwell in 1910, only a few foundations still exist, and the New Office Building is the only remaining structure. The trail starts from the south end of St. Ann’s Avenue in Douglas. Keep right on the trail and More...
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Seward
Walk the Mural Capital of Alaska
The beautiful seaside town of Seward was officially designated, “Mural Capital of Alaska” in 2008 at the completion of the town’s 12th colorful mural. This achievement resulted from the enthusiasm and energy of a group of local artists and art lovers who began volunteering their talents in 1999 to paint the town!
Historic Seward Audio Guide
Take a walk through Seward’s rich history with Seward historian Doug Capra. From the little-known Russian colony, to Seward’s boom as the southern terminus of the Alaska Railroad, this audio guide will inform and entertain you with stories of Seward’s colorful characters.
Seward Walking Tour
Welcome to Seward. Here is a walking tour created by the Seward Chamber of Commerce.
Barrow
Inupiat Heritage Center
Houses exhibits, artifact collections, library, gift shop, and a traditional room where people can demonstrate and teach traditional crafts in Elders-in-Residence and Artists-in-Residence programs. As an affliated National Park, the North Slope Borough owns and manages the Inupiat Heritage Center.
Barrow Walking Tour
Barrow's Walking Tour was created by touchalaska. Barrow is located 330 mi (531 km) above the Arctic Circle, where subsistence bowhead whaling and other ancient traditions remain at the center of theirr culture, shared with Iñupiat achievements in the modern world.
The first 28 points are among the bus tour route.
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Ketchikan
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Rainforest Sanctuary, Totem Park, & Eagles
Just outside Ketchikan, the Alaska Rainforest Sanctuary promises a close-up view of old-growth forest, salmon habitat, an historic lumber mill, totem carving, raptor exhibits, and chances to see black bear and other wildlife – all in under 3 hours! There’s no better introduction to Alaska’s Southeast than this showcase of ecology, wildlife, history and Native culture.
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Downtown Ketchikan Walking Tour
Welcome to Ketchikan. Here is a walking tour created by experienceketchikan.
Fairbanks
Fairbanks Downtown Art Tour
In recent years, public art has exploded within the urban heart of Alaska. On this tour, you’ll visit thirteen vent pipes that stand adjacent to the streets and sidewalks of downtown and provide fresh air intake for the underground utilidor.
Fairbanks Pioneer Neighborhoods Walking Tour
These narrow curving streets were laid out in the days of horse and foot traffic. The side-by-side homes in this area are good examples of typical pioneer neighborhoods.
Skagway
The Famous Buckwheat’s Skagway Audio Guide
Bring the spirit of the Gold Rush to life with Alaska.org's exclusive Skagway Audio Guide, narrated by one of Skagways' favorite sons, Buckwheat Donahue, a captivating storyteller, entertainer, historian, and adventurer.
Dyea Walking Tour
This Dyea Townsite Self-Guided Walking Tour was put together by Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park. Take the Klondike Highway out of town until you see the sign for Dyea. Take a left onto the Dyea road and travel 9 miles to the Dyea area. Drive over the bridge and take your first left, following signs to Dyea Historic Site. Take two left turns to arrive More...