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Outdoors in Glacier View

More than half of Glacier View’s land is conserved: 72%

72% of Glacier View’s land is conserved, about 106,660 acres. The biggest trail networks: Nelchina Public Use Area (18.8 mi). 54,930 acres are parks and preserves, 178,343 per 1,000 residents.

Conserved land
72%
106,660 acres · of 232.3 sq mi of land
Trails
66 mi
0.3 per sq mi of land
Park land
54,930 ac
178,343 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
62%
of residents within ½ mile
Highest peak
7,064 ft
Mount Monarch
Lakes & rivers
13
1 beach · 3 boat launches
The map

Conserved land, trails & bike routes

Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it.

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

Pick a walk

The longest trail network is Nelchina Public Use Area, with 18.8 miles. Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.

Nelchina Public Use Area

Managed by Alaska Department of Natural Resources
55,012 acres18.8 mi of trail
Pinochle-Hicks Creek TrailBoulder Creek TrailSquaw Creek TrailCaribou Creek-Alfred Creek Trail+1
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet

Matanuska Glacier State Recreation Site

Park
37 acres0.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot
Who protects it

106,660 conserved acres

72% of Glacier View’s land. Who manages Glacier View’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

State natural resources105,615 ac
Bureau of Land Management1,046 ac
State Recreation Area · 54,620 acState Other or Unknown · 50,995 acNational Public Lands · 1,046 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 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
Nelchina Public Use Area
State Recreation Area
State natural resources54,603Open
State Patented
State Other or Unknown
State natural resources28,224Unknown
State Tentatively Approved (tad)
State Other or Unknown
State natural resources17,648Unknown
State Land Disposals - Other Than Municipal
State Other or Unknown
State natural resources2,627Unknown
State Land Disposals - Municipal Purposes
State Other or Unknown
State natural resources2,495Unknown
Glennallen Field Office
National Public Lands
Bureau of Land Management1,046Open
Caribou Creek Recreational Mining Area
State Recreation Area
State natural resources17Open
Things to do

36 places to go in Glacier View

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

Peaks in Glacier View
Mount Monarch7,064 ft elevation · In Nelchina Public Use Area
Directions
Gunsight Mountain6,440 ft elevation
Directions
Strelshla Mountain5,351 ft elevation
Directions
Lion Head3,186 ft elevation
Directions
Trails & water

18 named trails and 13 lakes & rivers

Named trails
Open to bikes · 3.8 miHorses · 0.6 miUnpaved · 43.7 mi
Pinochle-Hicks Creek Trail12.6 mi
Boulder Creek Trail6.0 mi
Squaw Creek Trail5.7 mi
Purinton Creek Trail3.3 mi
Old Glenn Highway3.2 mi
Pinochle Circle1.8 mi
Roller Coaster1.0 mi
Serpentine0.8 mi
Thriller0.8 mi
Cruiser0.7 mi
8 more trails
Lakeside Trail
0.7 mi
Corkscrew
0.7 mi
Lionshead Trail
0.6 mi
Logging Road Trail
0.5 mi
Caribou Creek-Alfred Creek Trail
0.4 mi
Squirrel
0.2 mi
Alpine Fireside Trail
0.1 mi
Caribou Creek Trail
0.1 mi
Lakes & rivers tap for directions
Bench LakelakeBug LakepondHicks LakelakeHidden LakelakeHundred Mile LakelakeIndex LakelakePerl PondpondShallow LakepondSpring Creek PondpondTatondan LakelakeWater Lily LakelakeCaribou CreekMatanuska River
Biking & sports

0.0 miles of bike routes

Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.

Courts & fields
1Multi-sport
1Volleyball
1Beach volleyball

Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.

Next door

Glacier View and its neighbors

Glacier View has the second most mapped trails of the 3 towns around it. Tap a town to see its outdoors.

Eureka Roadhouse71 miGlacier View66 miChickaloon6.8 mi
TownConserved
of land		Trail mi
per sq mi		Park acres
per 1,000		Near a park
½ mile		Outdoors
Glacier View— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Chickaloon— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Eureka Roadhouse— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.

Questions about parks and trails in Glacier View

Where can I hike in Glacier View?

The longest trail networks: Nelchina Public Use Area, 18.8 miles; Matanuska Glacier State Recreation Site, 0.4 miles. Each one is on the map above, with directions to the nearest trailhead or parking.

Are dogs allowed on Glacier View’s trails?

Nelchina Public Use Area and Matanuska Glacier State Recreation Site don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.

Is there public land near Glacier View?

327,978 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Glacier View or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 55,982 of them inside the town line.

Trail talk

Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Glacier View 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 →