Hikes and walks (1)
| Hike | What it is | Time, season, pets |
|---|---|---|
| Hike up Tanalian Mountain | Epic elevation, heart-pumping exercise and stellar views. Discover the wild from Port Alsworth as you hike the trail to the top of Tanalian Mountain. | 1 to 12 Hours · Spring, Summer, Fall · Pets with limits |
Other things to do (12)
| Activity | What it is | Time, season, pets |
|---|---|---|
| Flight Seeing at Lake Clark | Discover safely from a bird’s eye view. Volcanoes, coastline, mountain ranges, tundra, lakes, rivers, wildlife, and more! What will you see on your flight seeing trip? | 1 to 6 Hours · All year · No pets · Reservation needed · Fee |
| Remote Base Camping | A camping trip into Lake Clark's trail-less wilderness can be a spectacular and rewarding experience. Thorough preparation and careful trip planning will help ensure you have a safe and meaningful trip. Here you will experience undeveloped wilderness, self-reliance, and solitude to an extent seldom found elsewhere. | 2 to 14 Days · Summer · Pets with limits · Reservation needed |
| Camp at Kontrashibuna Lake | Pack up and journey out to the wilderness. Lay in your tent listening to a lone wolf's howl. Stand in awe as mountains reflect across still waters in the early morning light. | 2 to 7 Days · All year · Pets with limits |
| Fly-In Bear Viewing Along the West Cook Inlet Coast | Learn where to go to see bears and become familiar with bear viewing best practices. Then watch the park's beautiful new 11 minute-long film, A Day on the Lake Clark National Park Coastline to get a feel for experience of being on the coast with bears. | 1 to 14 Days · Summer · Pets with limits · Reservation needed |
| Spend the Night in a Rustic Cabin | Experience the simplicity and beauty of a public use cabin. Enjoy world class fishing and kayaking right outside the front door of a beautiful cabin in remote Alaska. | 1 to 5 Days · Spring, Summer, Fall · Pets with limits · Reservation needed · Fee |
| Go Fishing on Lake Clark | Lake Clark provides excellent fishing opportunities for adventurous anglers. The park and preserve includes some of the most pristine fishery habitats in the National Park system. Fly or boat out from Port Alsworth onto Lake Clark, where incredible fishing awaits. | 2 to 8 Hours · All year · Pets OK |
| Go Fly Fishing at Tanalian Falls | Want to try fishing in Alaska? This scenic spot offers both the lure of possible grayling catches and opportunities to take stunning pictures | 2 to 5 Hours · Spring, Summer, Fall · Pets with limits |
| Explore How Salmon Are Sustaining Southwest Alaska Communities | The Kvichak watershed which is fed by Lake Clark and runs into Bristol Bay, is one of the world's most productive spawning and rearing habitats for sockeye salmon. Lake Clark protects clean cold water within these spawning grounds. The NPS works alongside subsistence users, councils, and the State of Alaska to steward | 5 to 45 Minutes · Summer · No pets |
| See the Wassillie Trefon Dena'ina Fish Cache | The Wassillie Trefon Fish Cache is the last best example of the traditional Dena'ina Athabascan fish cache in the Lake Clark-Iliamna area. It is also very likely to be the best example of a southwestern Alaska Native log cache in the entire Bristol Bay region. | 5 to 45 Minutes · All year · Pets OK |
| Discover Bristol Bay Fishing History | Explore a sailboat that spent more than 60 years on Bristol Bay waters during the heyday of Alaska's commercial salmon fishery. | 5 to 45 Minutes · Spring, Summer, Fall · Pets OK |
| Visit the Denison Sawmill Exhibit | Learn about early infrastructure of the Lake Clark region. The Denison steam powered sawmill led waves of change to the Lake Clark region. | 5 to 30 Minutes · Spring, Summer, Fall · Pets OK |
| Kayak from Port Alsworth to Tommy Island | Get acquainted with the beauty and vastness of Lake Clark firsthand. Spend a day on the water watching birds and jumping fish while paddling out to Tommy Island | 2 to 7 Hours · Spring, Summer, Fall · Pets with limits |
Before you set out
Trail conditions change with snow, fire and storms. Check the park’s current alerts, carry the ten essentials and read know before you go.
Sources
- National Park Service: things to do in Lake Clark National Park & Preserve (Data API, public domain)
Last checked 1 November 2026.