Museums
Totem Heritage Center
Under $25Ketchikan museum with original 19th-century totem poles and hands-on Native arts programs.
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Sports & OutdoorsOutdoor Adventure
Misty Fjords National Monument
Tour a wilderness of sea cliffs, fjords and rainforest east of Ketchikan by floatplane, boat or kayak.
Behm Canal, about 40 miles east of Ketchikan · Ketchikan, AK
About Misty Fjords National Monument
Misty Fjords is a wilderness monument in Tongass National Forest, about 40 miles east of Ketchikan. Most visitors arrive by floatplane or boat along Behm Canal, the main waterway, where glacier-carved cliffs rise thousands of feet from the water. Look for New Eddystone Rock, a 237-foot basalt column, and watch for killer whales, porpoises, mountain goats and bears. The Forest Service keeps thirteen public cabins and about twenty miles of trail.
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What's around here?
The closest stops to Misty Fjords National Monument, ordered by straight-line distance.
45 mi awaySwitch it up: Museums
- SightseeingHistory Buff
Creek Street
No admission feeWalk a wooden boardwalk on pilings over Ketchikan Creek, lined with shops, museums and houses from the town's red-light era.
Transit: reachable by public transit
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Totem Bight State Historical Park
Check pricesA small Alaska state park north of Ketchikan with a rebuilt clan house and carved totem poles.
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