BEAR VIEWING SITES
Indexed by REGION and by
GATEWAY COMMUNITIES TO EACH SITE
Communities near bear viewing sites.
Major regions of the Pacific Northwest and Arctic coast where bear viewing occurs.
To access information for a region, click on the corresponding brown button.
The information given here, coupled with information in the book Bear Viewing in Alaska 
and its companion website 
, can guide you through each stage of planning and enjoying your adventure among Alaska’s wild bruins, as well as for “shoulder” activities such as whale watching or salmon fishing.
and its companion website , can guide you through each stage of planning and enjoying your adventure among Alaska’s wild bruins, as well as for “shoulder” activities such as whale watching or salmon fishing. Once you have picked a region where you might like to view bears, you can click on the link provided in the above map or in the following list to obtain localized information on
o viewing sites
o communities from which you might launch your adventure
o vendors that might serve you.
Viewing Sites & Vendors Indexed by Region & by Gateway Communities
Arctic Coast
Spitzbergen
Churchill
Beaufort Sea Coast
Siberia
Kamchatka Peninsula
Interior Alaska 
Fairbanks
Healy, Cantwell, & Kantishna
Anchorage
Glenallen
Cooper Center & Chitna
McCarthy
Whitehorse
Haines Junction & Destruction Bay
Bristol Bay 
Alaska Peninsula 
King Salmon & western Katmai National Park
Northern Katmai Coast
Central Katmai Coast
Southern Katmai Coast
Egegik & Lake Beharof
Chignik
Ivanof
Cold Bay & False Pass
Kodiak Island 
Kodiak
Larsen Bay
Kenai Peninsula 
Western Kenai Peninsula & Cook Inlet 
Western Side of Cook Inlet
Soldotna & Sterling 
Kenai & Nikiski 
Homer 
Eastern Kenai Peninsula, Prince William Sound & Resurrection Bay
Portage, Whittier & Prince William Sound
Seward (Resurrection Bay) & Moose Pass
Cooper Landing, Upper Kenai River, & Russian River
Southeast Alaska
Yakutat
Gustavus
Juneau & Admiralty Island
Chichagof Island
Haines & Skagway
Sitka & Baranof Island
Kake & Kupreanof – Kuiu Island
Petersburg
Wrangell
Ketchikan
Hyder & Stewart
Coastal British Columbia
Prince Rupert & Khutzemateen
Bella Coola & Princess Royal Island
Northern Vancouver Island
Whistler & Garabaldi Park
Interior of Western North America
Sierra Mountains . Rocky Mountains
BC-Alberta border
Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park
Yellowstone & Grand Tetons National Parks
Rocky Mountains National Park
Riding Mountain National Park
Interior of Central and Eastern North America
Minnesota
Ontario
Adirondack Mountains
Appalachian Mountains For your convenience, the next page lists viewing sites in alphabetical order, along with gateway communities for each.
Bear Viewing Association Websites (c) 2006 WildWatch
Below, regions are mapped, then listed individually.
