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Outdoors in Excursion Inlet

More than half of Excursion Inlet’s land is conserved: 97%

97% of Excursion Inlet’s land is conserved, about 34,914 acres. 5% of residents live within a half mile of a park.

Conserved land
97%
34,914 acres · of 56.4 sq mi of land
Trails
0.0 mi
0.0 per sq mi of land
Near a park
5%
of residents within ½ mile
Highest peak
3,766 ft
Shuk Da Doogu
Lakes & rivers
1
The map

Conserved land, trails & bike routes

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12
Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Places to walk

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Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.

Tongass National Forest

Managed by United States Forest Service
35,810 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet

Glacier Bay Wilderness

Nature preserve
10 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Who protects it

34,914 conserved acres

97% of Excursion Inlet’s land. Who manages Excursion Inlet’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

U.S. Forest Service32,979 ac
State natural resources1,875 ac
Land trusts & nonprofits85 ac
National Park Service1 ac
National Forest · 32,979 acState Other or Unknown · 1,875 acUnknown Easement · 85 acNational Park · 1 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 85 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. Public access isn’t recorded for 4 of 7 parcels. The walks above are places people visit.

The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Tongass National Forest
National Forest
U.S. Forest Service32,979Open
State Patented
State Other or Unknown
State natural resources1,228Unknown
State Land Disposals - Other Than Municipal
State Other or Unknown
State natural resources360Unknown
State Land Disposals - Municipal Entitlements, Mun
State Other or Unknown
State natural resources176Unknown
State Tentatively Approved (ta)
State Other or Unknown
State natural resources110Unknown
Glacier Bay National Park
National Park
National Park Service1Open
Things to do

1 places to go in Excursion Inlet

Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.

Peaks in Excursion Inlet
Shuk Da Doogu3,766 ft elevation · In Tongass National Forest
Directions
Trails & water

1 lakes & rivers

Lakes & rivers tap for directions
Neva Lakelake
When to get out

The best walking months in Excursion Inlet: June and July

NOAA’s 1991–2020 normals for the town and the daylight at its latitude. Outlined months have long days, highs of 59 to 86 °F and little rain for the place.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)7.19.211.614.316.718.317.615.412.710.17.76.4
High (°F)333740495762636356483935
Rain (in)4.93.63.52.82.82.54.25.77.68.36.36.5

June is the driest month (2.5 in) and July the warmest (highs of 63 °F). 8.3 inches fall in October, the wettest month. The climate in Excursion Inlet →

Questions about parks and trails in Excursion Inlet

Are dogs allowed on Excursion Inlet’s trails?

Tongass National Forest and Glacier Bay Wilderness don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.

Is there public land near Excursion Inlet?

29,512 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Excursion Inlet or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 1,587 of them inside the town line.

Trail talk

Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Excursion Inlet neighbors.

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Sources

Where this page comes from

Conserved and public land: USGS Protected Areas Database of the United States (PAD-US), service updated July 2026. Parks, trails, playgrounds, beaches and other places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL), map data as of 2026-10-28. Land and water area: Census 2025 Gazetteer. Residents near a park: 2020 Census blocks. National Register: National Park Service. How TownRatings grades the outdoors →