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Glacier Bay National Park & Preserve Campgrounds



Glacier Bay National Park & Preserve
P.O. Box 140
Gustavus AK 99826-0140, (907) 697-2230

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Special Topics: Glaciers · Mountains ·
Recreation Activities: Boating · Camping · Educational Programs ·
Fishing · Hiking · Hunting · Wilderness Area · Wildlife Viewing




Camping Areas

Bartlett Cove

Open From May to Sept
Phone 907-697-2627

Details

All campers are required to obtain a free permit and attend a camper orientation which is given on demand at the Visitor Information Station near the dock. Campers may check out a bear-resistant food canister at this time (free of charge and required for most backcountry camping). A free campground (14-day limit) with bear-resistant food caches, firewood, and a warming hut, is located at Bartlett Cove. No reservations are accepted, but a permit is required. Campground permits are issued at the Visitor Information Station on a first-come, first-served basis. If desired, campers may be dropped off in the backcountry by the Park’s concession-operated tour boat.

Lodging Options

Alsek River Lodge

Open Summer season
Phone (907) 784-3451

Details

Located 60 miles southeast of Yakutat, Alaska at Dry Bay in Glacier Bay National Preserve. The Alsek River Lodge is a small rustic lodge primarily focusing on guided hunting, photography & sport fishing activities and services. Access is by small plane.

Glacier Bay Lodge

Open Mid-May to mid-September
Phone (888) 229-8687

Details

The Glacier Bay Lodge offers overnight accommodations, a restaurant, gift shop and fuel sales (gasoline, #2 diesel, and white gas) as well as a daily vessel tour to the park's spectacular tide-water glaciers.

Johnny's East River Lodge

Open Summer season
Phone (907) 463-1288

Details

Located 60 miles southeast of Yakutat, Alaska at Dry Bay in Glacier Bay National Preserve. Johnny's East River Lodge is a small wilderness lodge focusing on sport fishing and wildlife viewing activities and services. Access is by small plane.

Northern Lights Haven

Open Summer season
Phone (253) 564-4583

Details

Located 60 miles southeast of Yakutat, Alaska at Dry Bay in Glacier Bay National Preserve, Northern Lights Haven is a small rustic lodge primarily focusing on sport fishing activities and services. Access is by small plane.

Additional Information

Getting There

Plane
Alaska Airlines provides daily jet service from Seattle via Juneau to Gustavus during the summer visitor season. The Gustavus airport is 10 miles by road from park headquarters at Bartlett Cove. Several air taxi companies provide daily small-plane flights year-round from Juneau to Gustavus as well. Air taxis also fly a network of routes that link Juneau and Gustavus to Haines, Skagway, and other southeast Alaska towns. Click on the Visitor Services Directory link above for a listing of these air services.

For those wishing to visit Glacier Bay National Preserve at Dry Bay, air transportation can be arranged from Yakutat, which has daily jet service from Seattle and Anchorage.

Car
There are no roads to Glacier Bay and no Alaska Marine Highway ferry service. The only road in the park runs ten miles between Bartlett Cove and the neighboring community of Gustavus. There is a rental car business in Gustavus. Most Gustavus lodging establishments provide transportation to Bartlett Cove for their guests.

Public Transportation
A passenger ferry operates between Juneau and Gustavus/Bartlett Cove on a limited schedule (Monday, Wednesday, Friday & Saturday trips).

Several cruise ship lines offer Alaska cruises from major west coast cities that include a Glacier Bay visit. Tour boats, which are generally smaller and carry fewer passengers, offer cruises to Glacier Bay that depart several times a week from Juneau and other southeast Alaska towns. Charter boat services originating in local communities are also available.

A taxi and a bus service run between Gustavus and Bartlett Cove.

Click on the Visitor Services Directory link above for a listing of companies that provide all of these services.

Getting Around
For those arriving at Bartlett Cove or Gustavus and desiring to travel into the park, Glacier Bay is best seen by boat. The distance to the tidewater glaciers is 50-60 miles. The Glacier Bay Lodge park concession runs a daily tour boat beginning in late May through mid-September. The journey takes about eight hours round trip. A National Park Service ranger-naturalist is on board to point out the bay's natural features and wildlife and to answer questions. For reservations and information, click on the Glacier Bay Lodge/Day Boat link above.

There are few trails in the park, and most campers journey through the bay by kayak, either on their own or as part of a guided trip. Kayaks may be rented, and a kayak drop-off vessel operates daily during the summer months. For more information, click on the "Kayaking" and "Camping" links on the Activities page of this website (see "more" below).

Limited hiking opportunities are available from Bartlett Cove, either along the beach or on one of the approximately seven miles of trails that wind through the rain forest. Click on the "Hiking" link on the Activities page for more information and a map showing trail locations.

In addition to traveling by tour boat or kayak, other options include seeing Glacier Bay by locally chartered vessel or viewing the park from a flightseeing aircraft. Click on the Visitor Services Directory link above for a listing of companies that provide those services.

Pleasure boats are welcome. A free permit is required, and there is a limit on the number of vessels allowed in the park at one time. For complete boater information, click on the "Boating" link on the Activities page.

The Tatsenshini/Alsek Rivers begin in Canada, run through the northern edge of the park, and empty into the Gulf of Alaska at Dry Bay in Glacier Bay National Preserve. Commercially guided trips are available, and a permit is required for private trips.



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