Alaska trails · Viewpoint hikes

Viewpoint hikes in Alaska

122 trails in Alaska reach a named viewpoint. Ranked by our data-richness score; every link opens the full stats or the live map.

Trail	Length	Gain	Reaches
Crow Pass	22.6 mi	3,204 ft	Crow Pass, The Perch
Harbor Mt./gavan Hill	5.9 mi	2,510 ft	Gavan Hill, Gavan Viewpoint
Iditarod National Historic Trail	29.4 mi	1,020 ft	Johnson Lake, Johnson Creek Summit
Rendezvous Peak	2.4 mi	1,424 ft	Rendezvous Peak, Little Teton Mountain
Turnagain Arm	9.4 mi	849 ft	Patricks Beach (not official)
Heitman Mountain Trail	2.3 mi	930 ft	Heitman Mountain, Raymond Peak
Forest Trail	0.1 mi	28 ft	Campbell Reservoir, Beluga Overlook
Dew Mound	3.1 mi	382 ft	Dew Lake Overlook, Eagle River Valley scenic viewpoint
Emerald Lake	5.7 mi	1,870 ft
Mile Hi-Mount Magnificent Trail	2.3 mi	1,900 ft	Mount Magnificent, Tucker Point
Knik Glacier Trail (RST 17)	24.7 mi	235 ft	Knik Glacier Overlook, Knik Moraine Viewpoint
Heitman Mountain Trail East	1.6 mi	2,162 ft	Heitman Mountain, Heitman Mountain
Thunder Bird Falls	0.9 mi	149 ft	Thunder Bird Falls, Thunder Bird Scenic Viewpoint
Mt. Gordon Lyon Trail	1.8 mi	1,258 ft	Mount Gordon Lyon, View of Eagle River
Girdwood To Indian Bike Path	13.2 mi	285 ft	Bore Tide Viewpoint #2
Bird Ridge Trail	4.4 mi	3,651 ft
Meadow Loop Trail	0.4 mi	31 ft	Campbell Reservoir, Beluga Overlook
Beluga Overlook	0.0 mi	6 ft	Campbell Reservoir, Beluga Overlook
Dumpling Mountain Trail	3.5 mi	1,872 ft	Dumpling Mountain
South Fork Valley Trail	1.0 mi	870 ft	Symphony Lake, Lookout Point
Campbell Creek Trail	4.9 mi	138 ft	Waldron Lake, Taku Lake
Battery Point Trail	2.0 mi	170 ft	Battery point, Kelgaya point
Lionshead Trail	0.6 mi	908 ft	Lion Head, Matanuska Glacier Viewpoint
Denver Trail	3.0 mi	1,202 ft	Denver glacier viewpoint
Lower Dewey Lake Loop	1.7 mi	58 ft	Lower Dewey Lake, Lower Dewey Reservoir
Anan Creek Trail	0.8 mi	111 ft	Anan Lagoon, Anan viewing deck
Institute Creek Trail	2.4 mi	1,270 ft	Rainbow Falls
Rodak Nature	0.5 mi	38 ft	The Beaver Deck, The Salmon Deck
Rodak Nature Loop	0.4 mi	78 ft	The Beaver Deck, The Salmon Deck
High Cross Trail	1.0 mi	629 ft	Viewpoint
Bird Ridge	2.4 mi	3,301 ft
Bluff Trail	0.1 mi	16 ft	Beluga Overlook, Ecotone Platform
Sandhill Blind	0.0 mi	2 ft	Campbell Reservoir, Sandhill Blind
Ecotone Platform	0.0 mi	0 ft	Beluga Overlook, Ecotone Platform
East Glacier Trail	2.6 mi	615 ft	(overgrown viewpoint)
Savage Alpine Trail	4.3 mi	1,551 ft
Fresno Creek Trail	1.7 mi	805 ft	Lower Summit Lake Viewpoint
West Butte Trail	1.1 mi	732 ft	Bodenburg Butte
Byron Glacier Trail	1.5 mi	336 ft	Byron Glacier
Horseshoe Lake Trail	1.7 mi	141 ft	Horseshoe Lake
Winter Snnowmachine	3.3 mi	717 ft
Tonsina River Trail	1.2 mi	294 ft	Tonsina River Overlook
Battery Point	1.3 mi	170 ft	Kelgaya point
Rainbow Falls Trail	0.6 mi	390 ft	Rainbow Falls
Crow Pass Trail	0.9 mi	164 ft	The Perch
Mount Dewey Spur Trail (Shachk Kinaa Deiyi Trail)	0.8 mi	212 ft	Dewey Hill
South Fork Falls Trail	0.6 mi	103 ft	South Fork Falls Overlook
Mile 16 Ski Run	1.0 mi	979 ft
Mount Dewey Trail	0.3 mi	199 ft	Dewey Hill
Albert Loop	2.0 mi	31 ft	The Beaver Deck
Erie Mine Trail	2.8 mi	771 ft
Lower Reid Falls Trail	0.2 mi	203 ft	Reid Falls
Lutz-Fireweed Loop	0.8 mi	21 ft	Elliot Fischer Memorial Platform
Anchorage Overlook	0.3 mi	39 ft	Glen Alps Lookout
Polychrome Trail	0.3 mi	30 ft	Polychrome Overlook
Ship Creek Trail connector	0.4 mi	40 ft	Ship Creek Overlook
Tucker Point Lookout Trail	0.1 mi	119 ft	Tucker Point
Dog Salmon	0.2 mi	44 ft	Dog Salmon Fish Pass Wildlife Viewing Site
Birthday Trail Update	0.2 mi	38 ft	High Ridge Lake
Gary Williams Moraine Trail	0.1 mi	23 ft	Begich/Boggs Visitor Center Portage Lake View