Kodiak Alaska

"Alaska's Emerald Island"

"75 things to do on Kodiak" List made courtesy of Kodiak.Org

1. Walk St. Paul Harbor and look at the boats
2. Visit St. Herman Orthodox Seminary and Museum
3. Go whale watching
4. Visit the Russian Cemetery
5. Get a book, go tide pooling and identify creatures
6. Visit the Alutiiq Museum
7. Go salmon fishing
8. Shop till you drop in downtown Kodiak
9. Golf at Bear Valley Golf Course
10. Go ice skating
11. Walk the trails at Ft. Abercrombie State Historical Park
12. Drive to the end of the Monashka Bay Road
13. Watch the float planes take off and land at Trident Basin (Near Island)
14. Charter a boat
15. Visit North End Park (Near Island)
16. Visit the Baranov Museum
17. Explore shops on Mill Bay Road
18. Walk across the Near Island Bridge
19. Visit the ferry dock when the ferry is in
20. Visit the Holy Resurrection Russian Orthodox Church
21. Go biking
22. See every species of crab at Alaska Department of Fish & Game
23. Watch the big boats come and go from St. Herman Harbor
24. Visit the Coast Guard base
25. Have a picnic on the Buskin River
26. Go kayaking
27. Drive to the top of Pillar Mountain
28. Go bear viewing
29. Visit Jewel Beach on the Coast Guard base
30. Visit the Military History Museum at Ft. Abercrombie State Historical Park
31. Go birding and fill out your life time bird list
32. Climb Barometer Mountain
33. Visit the Kodiak Wildlife Refuge Visitor Center
34. Learn to fly fish
35. Go on an Audubon Society hike on the weekends
36. Look for puffins
37. Build a sand castle
38. Catch a halibut
39. Visit Rotary Park on Near Island
40. Drive to Anton Larsen Bay
41. Learn bird calls at the Kodiak Refuge Visitor Center
42. Go wading
43. Jog or bike the path to Ft. Abercrombie State Historical Park
44. Go sledding
45. See a whale skeleton at the Kodiak Refuge Visitor Center
46. Go on an ATV excursion
47. Walk the docks at the end of St. Herman Harbor and find the sea lions
48. Go see the big Kodiak bears at Mack's Sport Shop and Best Western
49. Try some local smoked salmon
50. Find the Old Russian Well
51. Find the Tsunami High Water Marker for the 1964 earthquake and tsunami
52. Visit the Fisherman’s Memorial at the Harbormaster building
53. Visit the spot where the F/V Selief came to rest in the 1964 tsunami
54. Learn and identify the different kinds of fishing vessels (trawler, setnetter, purse seiner, crabber and longliner)
55. Visit Fossil Beach in Pasagshak
56. See the Buffalo herd on the way to Pasagshak
57. Drive to the end of the road in Chiniak and Pasagshak
58. Fish for Dolly Varden in one of the many lakes
59. Take a zillion photographs
60. Visit the Maritime Museum
61. Have a picnic at Miller Point
62. Walk beaches looking for bear tracks
63. Count eagles
64. Listen to a baby bear heartbeat
65. Learn bird calls
66. Visit Surfer Beach in Pasagshak
67. Watch for killer whales in the spring
68. Eat the fresh catch of the day
69. Visit the A. Holmes Johnson Memorial Library
70. Discover Kodiak’s art galleries
71. Watch the surf at Mill Bay
72. Look out for surfers
73. Hike to the top of Pillar Mountain
74. Look for spawning salmon in the rivers
75. Go see the Kodiak (rocket) Launch Complex in Pasagshak

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