Day Use Area

Day Use Area: crowds and conditions

Typical pattern: usually quiet; mostly local visitors. Been there recently? Post today’s status and it shows here for the next traveller.

Status options for this park: Open, good conditions · Very crowded · Approach road bad · Closed / not accessible.

Best time to visit Day Use Area

Season: Year-round, evenings.

Crowd: Usually quiet; mostly local visitors.

Typical week: Mon quiet · Tue quiet · Wed quiet · Thu quiet · Fri light · Sat light · Sun light.

How to reach Day Use Area — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 60.78017, -148.71785. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Day Use Area

• Maynard Mountain · viewpoint · Anchorage · ~4 km · Must-see
• Shakespeare Glacier · viewpoint · Anchorage · ~4 km · Must-see
• Portage Lake · lake · Anchorage · ~6 km · Must-see
• Portage Glacier Cruise · viewpoint · Anchorage · ~8 km · Must-see
• Boggs Peak · viewpoint · Anchorage · ~10 km · Must-see
• Byron Glacier · viewpoint · Anchorage · ~10 km · Must-see
• Byron Peak · viewpoint · Kenai Peninsula Borough · ~12 km · Must-see
• Portage Peak · viewpoint · Anchorage · ~13 km · Must-see
• Explorer Glacier · viewpoint · Anchorage · ~14 km · Must-see
• Decision Point State Marine Park · park · Anchorage · ~17 km · Must-see
• Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center · sanctuary · Anchorage · ~19 km · Must-see
• Surprise Cove State Marine Park · sanctuary · Unorganized Borough · ~22 km · Must-see
• Harriman Glacier · viewpoint · Anchorage · ~24 km · Must-see
• Highbush Peak · viewpoint · Anchorage · ~29 km · Must-see
• Lingon Mountain · viewpoint · Anchorage · ~30 km · Must-see
• Turnagain Pass · viewpoint · Anchorage · ~32 km · Must-see
• Bettles Bay State Marine Park · sanctuary · Unorganized Borough · ~36 km · Must-see
• Culross Island · river spot · Unorganized Borough · ~39 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Day Use Area

Other parks near Day Use Area

• Decision Point State Marine Park · park · Anchorage · ~17 km · Must-see
• Far North Bicentennial Park · park · Anchorage · ~88 km · Must-see
• H2Oasis · park · Anchorage · ~90 km · Must-see
• Russian Jack Springs Park · park · Anchorage · ~94 km · Must-see
• Kincaid Park · park · Anchorage · ~103 km · Must-see
• Point Woronzof Park · park · Anchorage · ~104 km · Must-see
• Hoben Park · park · Kenai Peninsula Borough · ~107 km · Must-see
• Alaska State Fairgrounds · park · Matanuska-Susitna Borough · ~115 km · Must-see
• Forsythe Park · park · Anchorage · ~85 km
• Nancy Park · park · Anchorage · ~88 km

All parks in Unorganized Borough

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