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Chief Son-I-Hat's Whale House and Totems Historic DistrictChief Son-I-Hat's Whale House and Totems Historic District · Public domain
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Outdoors in Kasaan

Few parks or trails are on the map in Kasaan

4% of Kasaan’s land is conserved, about 170 acres.

Conserved land
4%
170 acres · of 6.1 sq mi of land
Trails
0.0 mi
0.0 per sq mi of land
Near a park
under 1%
of residents within ½ mile
The map

Conserved land, trails & bike routes

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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
3,739 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Who protects it

170 conserved acres

4% of Kasaan’s land. Water is left out: Kasaan has 6.1 square miles of land and 0.7 of water, so the share counts land only. Who manages Kasaan’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

U.S. Forest Service170 ac
National Forest · 170 ac
The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Tongass National Forest
National Forest
U.S. Forest Service170Open
Things to do

1 places to go in Kasaan

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

Waterfalls in Kasaan

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

History along the way

1 place on the National Register

The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).

History →
Chief Son-I-Hat's Whale House and Totems Historic DistrictDistrict · listed 2002
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When to get out

The best walking months in Kasaan: 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)7.69.511.614.116.217.516.915.012.610.38.27.1
High (°F)384043505763666559514238
Rain (in)8.25.56.35.13.54.15.37.08.612.110.59.1

May is the driest month (3.5 in) and July the warmest (highs of 66 °F). 12.1 inches fall in October, the wettest month. The climate in Kasaan →

Questions about parks and trails in Kasaan

Are dogs allowed on Kasaan’s trails?

Tongass National Forest doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.

Is there public land near Kasaan?

22,278 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Kasaan or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 170 of them inside the city line.

Trail talk

Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Kasaan 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 →