Kenai Fjords National Park is open year-round; however, the Exit Glacier road is closed to cars for the winter months and much of the spring. The Park's coastal backcountry is also inaccessible late fall through early spring due to rough seas.
Start your visit to Exit Glacier with a stop at the Nature Center - open daily in the summer months.
Visitor Centers: The Kenai Fjords Information Center in Seward's small boat harbor is open daily during the summer season:
May 3 - May 16
9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
May 17 - September 1
8:30 a.m. - 7:00 p.m.
September 2 - September 25
9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
The Exit Glacier Nature Center is also open daily in the summer months:
May 17 - September 1
9:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m.
September 2 - September 25
9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Did You Know?
“Killer Whales” or Orcas are actually quite friendly and often inquisitive about humans. In fact the group of “resident killer whales” pictured here feeds entirely on fish. Only “Transient Killer Whales” eat marine mammals. No wild killer whale has ever hurt a human being.