Misty Fjords National Monument
Sea cliffs, lakes, waterfalls, estuaries, forest, and long inlets create a landscape understood through boat or floatplane movement.
Artwork inspired by Rockwell Kent
Glacial fjords cut deep into granite wilderness east of Ketchikan. Sea cliffs, lakes, waterfalls, estuaries, forest, and long inlets create a landscape understood through boat or floatplane movement. New Eddystone Rock supplies a memorable landmark but not the whole monument.
Choose water for patient shoreline scale or flight for watershed geometry, then verify exactly which inlets the operator expects to reach. Weather cancels flights and changes boat routes; remote cabins and paddling require permits, tides, bear planning, and self-rescue competence. Give granite fjords and New Eddystone Rock equal attention: together they explain far more than a quick viewpoint or checklist can.
- Designated
- 1978
- Area
- 2.3 million acres
- Forest
- Tongass
Quick guide
- Start with
- Choose water for patient shoreline scale or flight for watershed geometry, then verify exactly which inlets the operator expects to reach.
- Look closely at
- Trace how granite fjords directs attention toward New Eddystone Rock instead of studying either in isolation.
Know before you go
- Start with
- Choose water for patient shoreline scale or flight for watershed geometry, then verify exactly which inlets the operator expects to reach.
- Look closely at
- Trace how granite fjords directs attention toward New Eddystone Rock instead of studying either in isolation.
- Connect the story
- Sea cliffs, lakes, waterfalls, estuaries, forest, and long inlets create a landscape understood through boat or floatplane movement. New Eddystone Rock supplies a memorable landmark but not the whole monument.
- Plan around
- Allow 1½ hours–full day. Weather cancels flights and changes boat routes; remote cabins and paddling require permits, tides, bear planning, and self-rescue competence.
Good to know
Weather cancels flights and changes boat routes; remote cabins and paddling require permits, tides, bear planning, and self-rescue competence.
Notice these
- granite fjords
- New Eddystone Rock
- coastal rainforest