Kenai Fjords national Park is a dramatic glacial landscape of ice, tidewater glaciers, deeply chiseled fjords and jagged peninsulas - 607,805 acres of unspoiled wilderness on the southeast coast of Alaska's Kenai Peninsula. The park is capped by the Harding Icefield, a relic from past ice-ages and the largest icefield entirely within U.S. borders. At Kenai, visitors can witness a landscape continuously shaped by glaciers, earthquakes and storms.

Park Open Info: 

Year-round; Kenai Fjords Information Center opens May 21; Exit Glacier Nature Center opens May 21

Park Closed Info: 

Year-round; Kenai Fjords Information Center closes September 29; Exit Glacier Nature Center closes September 29

Park Acreage: 

669541

Highest Point: 

McCarty Peak

Highest Point Elevation: 

6450 feet

Visitor Count: 

251630

Visitor Count Year Recorded: 

2006

Has Volunteer Program: 

Yes

Has Recycling: 

Yes

Has Shuttle System: 

No

Park Sights: 

Harding Icefield; Kenai Lake Road; Moose Pass; Exit Glacier; Chiswell Islands

Endangered Species: 

Bald Eagle (threatened); Grizzly Bear; Humpback Whale

Entrance Fees: 

Free

Nearest Major City: 

Seward, AK

Gateway Communities: 

Seward, AK; Moose Pass, AK; Cooper Landing, AK

Nearby Airports: 

Kenai Municipal Airport (ENA); Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport (ANC)