The Alaska Department of Fish and Game developed wildlife viewing brochures for the Southeast Alaska communities of Gustavus, Haines, Juneau, Ketchikan, Petersburg, Prince of Wales Island, Sitka, Skagway, and Wrangell. These brochures are available in print form by contacting each community’s local visitor bureau or downloadable from this website. Click on each of the community names listed below to download a pdf version of the community's wildlife viewing guide.

Southeast Alaska Brochures

• Gustavus (PDF 757 kB) — Gateway to Glacier Bay
  Highlights include tour boat and kayak trips into Glacier Bay National Park; sandhill crane and moose viewing at the Dude Creek Wildlife Refuge
• Haines (PDF 668 kB) — The Northwest Passage to Southeast Alaska
  Highlights include the largest concentration of bald eagles in the world on the Chilkat River; brown bear viewing at the Chilkoot River
• Juneau (PDF 796 kB) — A "Capital" Wildlife Viewing Experience
  Highlights include migratory birds at the Mendenhall wetlands; bear viewing at nearby Admiralty Island
• Ketchikan (PDF 671 kB) — Gateway to Wildlife Viewing
  Highlights include brown bear viewing near Hyder; wildlife viewing and scenery in Misty Fjords National Monument
• Petersburg (PDF 733 kB) — A "Whale" of a Place for Wildlife Viewing
  Highlights include whale watching in Fredrick Sound; harbor seal and tidewater glacier viewing in Leconte Bay
• Prince of Wales Island (PDF 725 kB) — A Different Kind of Southeast Alaska
  Highlights include marine mammal viewing along Sandy Beach Road, on the waters near Craig or from Memorial beach; watching for black bears and Sitka black-tailed deer on Southeast Alaska's largest island
• Sitka (PDF 644 kB) — The Outside Edge of the Inside Passage
  Highlights include hundreds of thousands of nesting seabirds on St. Lazaria Island; marine mammal viewing in Sitka Sound
• Skagway (PDF 744 kB) — There's More Than Gold in Them Thar' Hills
  Highlights include bear viewing in Dyea, mountain goats along the Klondike Highway
• Wrangell (PDF 1,015 kB) — Bears, Birds and a Whole Lot More
  Highlights include brown and black bear viewing at Anan Wildlife Observatory; tens of thousands of eagles, snow geese, and shorebirds at the Stikine River each spring

Prince William Sound & Southwestern Alaska

The Prince William Sound and Southwestern segments of the Alaska Coastal Wildlife Viewing Trail will be launched in upcoming years.