Best trails in Kenai Fjords National Park
Near Seward on the Kenai Peninsula, this park protects the Harding Icefield and at least 38 glaciers and fjords stemming from it. The only area accessible by road is Exit Glacier, while the rest is viewed by boat tours.
Commercial boat tours are used to access the park. Please contact those services directly to ask about accessibility.
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Visitor info
There are no passes for Kenai Fjords National Park.
Join millions of people who enjoy our National Parks with the "America the Beautiful" National Park & Federal Recreational Lands Pass, otherwise known as the Interagency Annual Pass. The pass is valid for a year's worth of visits from the month of purchase at more than 2,000 federal recreation sites across the country.
Kenai Fjords National Park does not charge an entrance fee, but the Interagency Access Pass allows pass holders to receive a 50% discount on other park amenities, such as camping.
The Kenai Fjords National Park Visitor Center and the Exit Glacier Nature Center are accessible to visitors using mobility equipment or strollers and have wheelchair accessible restrooms.
Additional information about accessibility at Kenai Fjords National Park can be found on their website: https://www.nps.gov/kefj/planyourvisit/accessibility.htm.
The Kenai Fjords National Park Visitor Center and the Exit Glacier Nature Center are accessible to visitors using mobility equipment or strollers and have wheelchair accessible restrooms.
The Exit Glacier Campground has 2 individual wheelchair accessible camping sites and accessible vault toilets.
The coastal public-use cabins (Alialik and Holgate) and winter public-use cabin (Willow) have wheelchair accessible features, but assistance may be needed to get from the beach to the cabin.
Service animals must be on-leash throughout the park.
Trail reviews for Kenai Fjords National Park
This hike is so beautiful, I could overlook the crowded trails. What can I say - when there’s only 1 place in Kenai Fjords NP accessible by road, everyone is gonna crowd there. Once you break the treeline, the views are panoramic. Wildflowers popping off in marmot meadows. Steep ascent the whole way up, followed by snow near the top which is slushy though not enough to break out spikes. Stay close to the orange flag trailmarkers. Too many knuckleheads straying off trail despite signage. Harding Icefield is vast beyond comprehension. Also - marmots galore! Enjoy the critters from a respectable distance.