Top Things to do in Alaska
Top Hotels in Alaska
- 1. Pike's Waterfront Lodge
- 2. The Hotel Captain Cook
- 3. Alyeska Resort
- 4. Hyatt Place Anchorage Midtown
- 5. The Lakefront Anchorage
- 6. La Quinta Inn & Suites by Wyndham Anchorage Airport
- 7. Land's End Resort
- 8. Driftwood Inn & Homer Seaside Lodges
- 9. La Quinta Inn & Suites by Wyndham Fairbanks Airport
- 10. Best Western Grandma'S Feather Bed
Top 10 Beaches in Alaska, United States
Alaska is divided into five regions: far north, interior, southwest, south central, and inside passage. Although it takes a long time to see the entire state, you can travel through the regions by boat, car, bus, or plane. Hike through the mountains, or venture out on a deep sea fishing or whale watching excursion. Get in touch with nature by camping in the wilderness, or experience your preferred degree of class and luxury in the beautiful, active cities of Anchorage and Fairbanks.
Restaurants in Alaska
1. Anchor River State Recreation Area
2. Memorial Beach Picnic Site
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 4 reviews
Reviewed By WYTraveler2 - Salt Lake City, United States
Breath taking scenery from the beach of the Sumner Strait. You also get to see majestic old growth forest with trees as big around as you car is wide. Has rest rooms, picnic area and lots of great scenery to see during your drive to the north end of the Island. Worth the drive.
3. Kenai Beach
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 71 reviews
This beach offers great views of people fishing and the Kenai River.
Reviewed By M5186YAdavidc
Spent the whole Summer May 26 - Sept 18 on the Kenai stay in Kalifornski Beach. This is a good jumping-off point for all areas on the Kenai Peninsula fishing and non-fishing. The City of Kenai is a short 10 min away, Soldotna 20 min, Kasilof River 25 min, Ninilchik 50 min, Homer 1hr 40min, Capitan Cook State Park 40 min, Bings Landing 40 min, Skilak Lake 50 min, Russian River 1hr and Seward 2 hours away. Kenai has an airport with 25min fights from Anchorage for $70 - $90 each way on Ravin Airlines or rent a car and drive the scenic Seward Hwy to the Sterling Hwy (3+ hrs depending on traffic and Summer construction) in the Winter I'm told around 5K to 8K reside in the area but at the height of the Summer Salmon run 40k - 50k visitor flock into the Kenai - Soldotna area. The Kenai Penisula is large compared to what you see on an Alaska map so a car is a must... and rental cars are not cheap, the best deals might be a local company, not a large rental car company like at most airports. The best trip (since I worked at a local lodge) seemed to be the Fly-in across the Cook Inlet. several local private small airlines book these trips. We used Alaska West Air out of Nikiski just north of Kenai on the Kenai Spur Hwy. This year the Kasilof River was a better producer of fish than the Kenai and the regulations changed less often too. July is the time of the year for locals (only) to use dip nets and it can be fun to watch for a brief period. The Commercial Fishermen are also out with their set-nets. Be sure to talk to the locals about where and how to fish for the different species of salmon in the rivers they are all different. The halibut season was awesome all year with a 145 lbs being the largest I saw, I got a 75lbs.
4. Homer Spit
5. Barrow Beach
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 93 reviews
Reviewed By johndB7533NS
This is a place one must visit, and preferably in the winter, to appreciate and be mesmerized by the beauty, grandeur and magnificence of the Arctic.
6. Eagle Beach
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 149 reviews
Reviewed By thealexgale - Dillingham, United States
Nice expanse of beach to explore during low tide. You can also see another glacier if you hike out during low tide and look back up the river! Just make sure you are heading back before the tide traps you out there! Muck boots recommended.
7. Rotary Beach
8. Chena Lake Recreation Area
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 30 reviews
Reviewed By shaeshaelafemme - Hillsboro, United States
Beautiful, just beautiful. Well maintained area for boating, swimming, fishing, hiking, whatever you want to do. Large area, so people are pretty spaced out, you can definitely find your little plot of serenity to just...zen. Weather didn't cooperate to see the Northern Lights, but I'm told it's possible in the right conditions.
9. Fossil Beach
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 19 reviews
Reviewed By TheMTAKHarrisFamily
I was expecting more and had my hopes up on the longer drive down there. The fossils here are as the photos show. More of a cemented fossil than ammonites and cephalopods typically seen in the lower 48. Keep your expectations in check on the fossil part and you will love the amazing whale and seal spotting from the beach. We were lucky? enough to be there on a 75 degree, full sun, low wind day. So it was amazing to relax on the beach with a lunch picnic and watch the occasional surfer and the 100's of whale spouts in the distance (grab good binoculars). The road is sketchy. But we did it in a midsize SUV without issue by going slow and driving around the road craters. There are no facilities at this beach. You need to go back to the Pasagshack area to use the facilities.
