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Kenai Fjords National ParkAerial view of Harding Icefield and Kenai Fjords.
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Kenai Fjords National Park
Operating Hours & Seasons

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.

 
Ranger helping a visitor at the Exit Glacier Nature Center
© Ron Niebrugge—www.wildnatureimages.com
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.


State of Alaska superimposed on the contiguous 48 states  

Did You Know?
With 570,374 square miles, Alaska is twice the size of Texas and 1/5 the size of the rest of the United States. It stretches 2,400 miles east-to-west and 1,420 miles north-to-south. Its 6,640-mile coastline is 50 percent longer than the combined east and west coasts of the United States.

Last Updated: November 21, 2008 at 15:03 EST