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Below is an alphabetical list of over 110 viewing sites and the gateway communities for each. 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 
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. 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. | 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) Natiional Monument | King Salmon |
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 (eastern slope, Glacier NP, USA) | East Glacier, Browning MT |
Lake Eva | Sitka (Baranof Island) |
Margaret Cove and Margaret 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 (Kermode ) 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 |
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 
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. 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 .
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