National Forest · Alaska
Tongass National Forest
America’s largest forest — a temperate rainforest
TypeNational Forest
StateAlaska
Best seasonSummer
Don’t missMendenhall Glacier
Seventeen million acres of misty temperate rainforest across Southeast Alaska, threaded with fjords, glaciers, and more bald eagles than anywhere on earth. You explore it by boat and floatplane as much as by trail.
What to see
- Mendenhall Glacier
- Misty Fjords National Monument
- Anan bear observatory
- Glacier-fed inlets
- Old-growth spruce
On public wild lands, services are sparse and conditions change fast — check the managing agency (Forest Service / BLM / Park Service) for road and seasonal closures, fire restrictions, and any permits before you go, and pack out what you pack in.
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