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Aerial photo of Hoonah, AlaskaPhoto: Joseph · CC BY-SA 2.0
–Not graded
Outdoors in Hoonah

Few parks or trails are on the map in Hoonah

4 acres are parks and preserves, 5.0 per 1,000 residents. 1.9 miles of mapped trail cross Hoonah, 0.3 per square mile of land. 73% of residents live within a half mile of a park.

Conserved land
under 1%
6 acres · of 5.9 sq mi of land
Trails
1.9 mi
0.3 per sq mi of land
Park land
4 ac
5.0 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
73%
of residents within ½ mile
Lakes & rivers
1
The map

Conserved land, trails & bike routes

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

1
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 K'EIDLADEE PARK, with 0.1 miles. Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.

K'EIDLADEE PARK

Park
4 acres0.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Who protects it

6 conserved acres

under 1% of Hoonah’s land. Water is left out: Hoonah has 5.9 square miles of land and 1.3 of water, so the share counts land only. Who manages Hoonah’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

U.S. Forest Service6 ac
National Forest · 6 ac
The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Tongass National Forest
National Forest
U.S. Forest Service6Open
Things to do

1 places to go in Hoonah

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

Playgrounds in Hoonah

1 playground without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.

Trails & water

1 named trail and 1 lakes & rivers

Named trails
Spasski Trail1.0 mi
Lakes & rivers tap for directions
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
1Basketball
1Baseball

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

When to get out

The best walking months in Hoonah: June to August

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)7.19.311.614.316.718.217.515.312.710.17.76.5
High (°F)343740495862656458483936
Rain (in)6.85.04.43.12.52.73.34.97.39.28.87.9

May is the driest month (2.5 in) and July the warmest (highs of 65 °F). 9.2 inches fall in October, the wettest month. The climate in Hoonah →

Next door

Hoonah and its neighbors

Hoonah has the most mapped trails of the 2 towns around it. Tap a town to see its outdoors.

TownConserved
of land
Trail mi
per sq mi
Park acres
per 1,000
Near a park
½ mile
Outdoors
Hoonah— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Whitestone Logging Camp— 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 Hoonah

Where can I hike in Hoonah?

The longest trail networks: K'EIDLADEE PARK, 0.1 miles. Each one is on the map above, with directions to the nearest trailhead or parking.

Are dogs allowed on Hoonah’s trails?

K'EIDLADEE PARK doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.

Is there public land near Hoonah?

28,024 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Hoonah or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 10 of them inside the city line.

Trail talk

Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Hoonah 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 →