Bear Viewing Sites - Indexed Alphabetically

VIEWING SITES
Indexed Alphabetically
and
GATEWAY COMMUNITIES TO EACH SITE

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They are listed by the names given below.

Below is an alphabetical list of over 110 viewing sites and the gateway communities for each. To see a map of each site, click on the blue or yellow rectangle at the center of the row. These same sites and communities are listed by geographic region at the “Regions & Gateway Communities” webpage

. For a map of each viewing site, look under one of its gateway communities. For tips on how to select sites best-suited to your needs, and to avoid picking duds, click here

Bear Viewing Sites in N. America	Gateway Communities
Alaska viewing sites in black print. MAPS	Other regions in blue.

Adirondack State Park	Long Lake & Newcomb, New York
Aialik Bay (Kenai Fiords National Park)	Seward, Moose Pass
Alaska National Wildlife Refuge - Arctic coast	Kaktovik, Alaska
Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center	Anchorage and Portage
Algonquin Provincial Park	Ottawa and Pembroke, Ontario
Amalik Bay (Katmai)	Homer, Kodiak
Anan Creek	Petersburg
Aniakshak (Volcanic Crater) National Monument	King Salmon
Barrow (Point Barrow)	Barrow, Alaska
Banff National Park	Banff and Calgary, Alberta
Blackcomb Ski Area (at Garabaldi Provincial Park)	Whistler
Brooks River, Brooks Falls, Brooks Camp	King Salmon, Soldotna, Homer, Anchorage
Bruin Bay	Homer
Cape Douglas (Douglas Cape)	Homer
Cathedral Creek and Falls	Kake (Kupreanof Island)
Chenik Creek	Homer
Chignik-Black Lakes drainage	Chignik Lake
Chinitna Bay	Soldotna or Homer
Cape Churchill	Churchill, Manitoba
Clearwater Creek, at Chinitna Bay	Soldotna or Homer
Crescent Lake & River	Soldotna or Homer
Denali National Park	Cantwell and Healy, Anchorage and Fairbanks
Douglas River mouth	Homer
Douglas Cape (Cape Douglas)	Homer
Fish Creek	Hyder, Alaska and Stewart, British Columbia
Fish Creek (Frazer River)	Kodiak, Larsen Bay
Frazer River (Fish Creek)	Kodiak, Larsen Bay
Funnel Creek (Katmai National Preserve)	Homer
Garabaldi Provincial Park	Whistler
Geographic Harbor (Katmai)	Homer, Kodiak
Glacier Bay National Park - Northwest coast	Yakutat
Glacier Meadows at Chinitna Bay	Soldotna, Homer
Glacier National Park (Canada)	Revelstoke & Golden, British Columbia
Glacier National Park (USA)	West Glacier, East Glacier and Browning, MT
Grand Tetons National Park	Jackson Hole, Wyoming
Great Smoky Mountains National Park	Gatlinberg, Townsend, Maryville, Knoxville, TN
Gunnuk Creek	Kake (Kupreanof Island)
Haines Eagle Sanctuary	Haines
Hallo Bay (Katmai)	Homer, Kodiak
Hidden Lake	Cooper Landing, Soldotna, Sterling
High Kenai mountains - western slope	Cooper Landing, Soldotna
Iniskin Bay	Homer
Interior Alaska	Fairbanks, Anchorage
Ivanof Valley	Ivanof
Jasper National Park	Banff and Calgary, Alberta
Juneau Falls	Cooper Landing, Soldotna, Moose Pass
Kaflia Lagoon, Creek & Bay (Katmai)	Homer, Kodiak
Kamchatka Peninsula - Lake Kurilskoy	Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskly, Magadan
Karluk River	Kodiak, Larsen Bay
Katmai National Park & Preserve	King Salmon, Anchorage, Homer, Soldotna
Kenai Fiords National Park	Seward, Moose Pass
Kenai Fjords National Park	Seward, Moose Pass
Kenai River (upper)	Soldotna, Sterling, Cooper Landing,
Kiniak Bay (Katmai)	Homer, Kodiak
Kings Canyon National Park	Fresno, California
Kluane National Park & Wildlife Sanctuary	Whitehorse, Haines Junction, Destruction Bay
Knight Inlet	Port Hardy or Alert Bay on Vancouver Island
Kootenay National Park	Banff and Calgary, Alberta
Kuliak Bay (Katmai)	Homer, Kodiak
Kuiu Island	Kake (Kupreanof Island)
Kukak Bay (Katmai National Park)	Homer, Kodiak
Kutzeymateen	Bella Coola, Prince Rupert
Lake Becharof & Egegik River	King Salmon, Egegik
Looking Glass Valley (E slope, Glacier NP, USA)	East Glacier, Browning MT
Lake Eva	Sitka (Baranof Island)
Margaret Cove and Margaret Creek Margot Creek (Central Katmai National. Park)	Ketchikan, Wrangell King Salmon, Soldotna, Homer, Anchorage
Marx Creek	Hyder, Alaska and Stewart, British Columbia
McDonald Creek (west side Glacier NP, USA)	West Glacier, Kalispell, Whitefish
McNeil Falls (McNeil River SGS)	Homer
McNeil River State Game Sanctuary	Homer
Mikfik Creek (McNeil River SGS)	Homer
Misty Fiords National Monument	Ketchikan, Wrangell
Moraine Creek (Katmai National Preserve) Neets Bay	Homer Ketchikan, Wrangell
Nine Mile Bridge on Situk River	Yakutat
North American Bear Center	Ely, Minnesota
North Road Creek	Kake (Kupreanof Island)
O'Malley Creek	Kodiak, Larsen Bay
Pack Creek (Stan Price Wildlife Sanctuary)	Juneau-Douglas
Prince William Sound	Anchorage, Portage and Whittier
Princess Royal Island & Spirit Bear Sanctuary	Bella Coola, Prince Rupert
Resurrection Bay	Seward, Moose Pass
Riding Mountain National Park	Brandon and Winnipeg, Manitoba
Rocky Mountains National Park	Ft. Collins, Loveland and Denver, Colorado
Russian River	Soldotna, Sterling, Cooper Landing
Salmon River mouth	Hyder, Alaska and Stewart, British Columbia
Sequoia National Park	Fresno, California
Shelikof Strait's west coast (East coast Katmai)	Kodiak, Larsen Bay
Silver Salmon	Soldotna or Homer
Spirit Bear Sanctuary (Princess Royal Island)	Prince Rupert, Bella Coola
Stan Price Wildlife Sanctuary (Pack Creek)	Juneau-Douglas
Swanson River Canoe System	Soldotna, Sterling
Swiftcurrent Valley (Glacier NP, USA)	Browning, East Glacier
Swikshak Lagoon (Katmai)	Homer, Kodiak
Thumb Cove	Seward, Moose Pass
Thumb Creek	Kodiak, Larsen Bay
Traitor’s Cove, Margaret Creek and Neets Bay	Ketchikan, Wrangell
Tuxedni Bay	Soldotna or Homer
Unimak Island	Cold Bay & False Pass
Ursus Cove	Homer
Vince Shute Wildlife Sanctuary Voyageurs National Park	Orr, Minnesota Orr, Minnesota
Waterton Lakes National Park	Lethbridge and Calgary, Alberta
Wildlife Research Institute	Ely, Minnesota
Wolverine Creek	Soldotna, Kenai, Nikiski, Anchorage
Wood Tikchik State Park	Dillingham
Wrangel Island	Magadan - Siberia, Russia
Wrangle/St. Elias National Park	Glenallen, Chitna and McCarthy
Yellowstone National Park	Bozeman and Gardiner Montana
Yoho National Park	Banff and Calgary, Alberta
Yosemite National Park	Modesto and Merced, California