Skagway

Six blocks of downtown Skagway along Broadway, lined with buildings from the late 1890s Gold Rush. You walk the boardwalks past saloons, shops and old offices.

The park visitor center sits in the former Broadway Depot on Broadway in downtown Skagway. Inside, interactive exhibits tell the story of the 1897-98 gold rush to the Klondike.

Jeff. Smith's Parlor Museum is a small Skagway museum in the former headquarters of the outlaw Soapy Smith. Its rooms are restored to the 1960s look, with gold rush artifacts and Skagway curiosities.

The Chilkoot Trail is a historic route through the Coast Mountains, from the Dyea trailhead out toward Bennett in British Columbia. Most people here walk a short section or a day hike.

The Dyea townsite is the remains of a gold rush boomtown at the head of the Taiya River Valley. Today it is a lush natural area where you walk among old ruins and wild plants.

Lower Dewey Lake is a moderate loop trail just outside Skagway's town center, leading through spruce and hemlock forest to a mountain lake. Most people walk it as a half day in the hills above town.

A short forest walk behind Skagway's old cemetery, ending at a view of Lower Reid Falls. It is an easy round trip that most people finish in about two hours.

A small downtown museum of Skagway's gold rush past and the Tlingit people who lived here first. Its collection holds a Tlingit canoe, Bering Sea kayaks and beadwork.

The White Pass and Yukon Route is a narrow-gauge railway that climbs out of Skagway toward the White Pass. Riders get long views of the train winding along the mountainside above the river.

A scenic highway drive climbing from Skagway to the Klondike Highway Pass summit, with waterfalls, glaciers and mountain views along the way.

A helicopter flight over the glaciers that ring Skagway, seen from the air across ice fields and peaks. It is booked as a tour rather than arranged on your own.

Upper Lynn Canal is the water route north of Skagway where boat trips look for whales, bald eagles, mountain goats and sea mammals. Most people see it from a wildlife cruise run out of the small boat harbor.

Taiya Inlet is the saltwater channel that runs past Skagway, and it is where local anglers go for king salmon. Charter boats and shore anglers both fish its waters from late spring into early autumn.

Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve is a stretch of the Chilkat River where bald eagles gather in large numbers. You see it from the water, on a guided raft trip down the river.

A short walk from town to a point on Taiya Inlet, with a view down Lynn Canal toward the Chilkat Mountains. Trails, a footbridge and a picnic shelter make it an easy stop.