Misty Fjords National Monument

Local nameMisty Fjords National Monument
LocationAlaska

Misty Fiords National Monument is a national monument and wilderness area administered by the U.S. Forest Service as part of the Tongass National Forest. Misty Fiords is about 40 miles east of Ketchikan, Alaska, along the Inside Passage coast in extreme southeastern Alaska, comprising 2,294,343 acres of Tongass National Forest in Alaska's Panhandle. All but 151,832 acres are designated as wilderness.

Congress reserved the remainder for the Quartz Hill molybdenum deposit, possibly the largest such mineral deposit in the world. The national monument was originally proclaimed by President Jimmy Carter in December 1978 as Misty Fiords National Monument, using the authorization of the Antiquities Act and became a part of an ongoing political struggle between the federal government and the State of Alaska over land use policy and authority that finally led to the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act in 1980.

Download Download See more
Misty Fjords Seaplane Tour from Ketchikan from 249 USD
Book ticket

More information and contact

Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misty_Fiords_National_Monument

Official Website http://www.mistyfiords.org/

Phone +1 907 225 2148

Address Ketchikan, AK 99901, USA

Coordinates 55°43'3.672" N -130°48'28.07" E

Tours and activities: Misty Fjords National Monument

Misty Fjords Seaplane Tour from Ketchikan

from 249 USD

Ketchikan Shore Excursion: Misty Fjords National Monument Floatplane Tour

from 249 USD

Misty Fjords Flightseeing Tour

from 239 USD

Sygic Travel - A Travel Guide in Your Pocket

Download for free and plan your trips with ease
Or just search for "Sygic Travel" in App Store or Google Play.
Sygic Travel Maps The world's first map app tailored for travelers
Use the app Not now