Parks in Ketchikan, Alaska

In 1938 the U.S. Forest Services began a project to salvage, reconstruct, and create totem poles, a traditi... More on PlanetWare

Totem Bight State Park is on Revillagegedo Island (pronounced reh-VEE-yah-guh-HAY-doe, or Revilla as the lo... More on Epinions.com

The Tongass National Forest, the largest national forest in the United States, covers almost 17 million acr... More on LLBean.com

Another plus was the 6 mile trail from the Naha Bay right up to the first cabin on Heckman Lake--it's quite... More on TripAdvisor

The Medicine Bow/Routt National Forests and Thunder Basin National Grasslands (TBNG) encompasses nearly 3 million acres from the north and eastern borders ... More on recreation.gov

The town of Loring and Naha Bay are located in the heart of the Tongass Rainforest. The Tongass Rainforest spans 17 million acres along the glacially carved coast of southeast Alaska and consists of an amazing abundance and variation ... More on AnglerWeb.com

Most people go to Deep Creek for the clamming, but the bluffs above the beach provide a lot a frozen waterfalls for the ice climber in the winter. West facing, it has consistent ice from late November to early March. NOTE TO BELAYERS: ... More on RockClimbing

A lifetimes worth of glacial travel and peaks to climb. Familiarity with glacier travel and rescue is a must, and storms sweep the icefield quite regularly. Expect whiteout conditions a few times every month of the year. A spectacular ... More on RockClimbing

This area is not very well known, and is rarely climbed. There are no published names for the routes. These WI3 to WI4, one-pitch icicles are great to climb, but the approach is known to be scary. Please check the local avalanche ... More on RockClimbing

Saxman's park has artifacts similar to those at Totem Bight park, but with an added attraction: You can see carvers at work in the building to the right of the park, including Nathan Jackson, perhaps Alaska's greatest contemporary ... More on Frommers