Guest, Sign inJoin

Post to Womens Bay

We’ll email a one-tap link to publish your post. No password, and nothing is public until you click it.
Already a member? Sign in
–Not graded
Outdoors in Womens Bay

More than half of Womens Bay’s land is conserved: 54%

54% of Womens Bay’s land is conserved, about 15,272 acres. 25 acres are parks and preserves, 32 per 1,000 residents. 25 miles of mapped trail cross Womens Bay, 0.6 per square mile of land.

Conserved land
54%
15,272 acres · of 43.9 sq mi of land
Trails
25 mi
0.6 per sq mi of land
Park land
25 ac
32 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
34%
of residents within ½ mile
Highest peak
2,283 ft
Kashevaroff Mountain
Lakes & rivers
9
1 boat launch
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

Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.

Sargent Creek

Managed by Kodiak Island Borough
21 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet

Panamaroff Park

Managed by Kodiak Island Borough
4 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Who protects it

15,272 conserved acres

54% of Womens Bay’s land. Who manages Womens Bay’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

State natural resources12,869 ac
Bureau of Land Management3,190 ac
State Other or Unknown · 12,869 acNational Public Lands · 3,190 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. Public access isn’t recorded for 2 of 3 parcels. The walks above are places people visit.

The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
State Patented
State Other or Unknown
State natural resources7,723Unknown
State Land Disposals - Municipal Purposes
State Other or Unknown
State natural resources5,146Unknown
Anchorage Field Office
National Public Lands
Bureau of Land Management3,190Open
Things to do

8 places to go in Womens Bay

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

Peaks in Womens Bay
Kashevaroff Mountain2,283 ft elevation
Directions
Mount Joan174 ft elevation
Directions
Cope Mountain
Directions
Old Womens Mountain
Directions
Trails & water

7 named trails and 9 lakes & rivers

Named trails
Unpaved · 2.2 mi
Heitman Mountain Trail3.3 mi
Old Womens Mountain Trail2.5 mi
Kashevaroff Mountain Trail1.6 mi
Horse Trail1.6 mi
Heitman Mountain Trail East0.8 mi
Sargent Creek Trail0.6 mi
Panamaroff Creek Circle0.2 mi
Lakes & rivers tap for directions
When to get out

The best walking months in Womens Bay: July and 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)7.29.311.614.216.618.017.415.312.710.17.86.6
High (°F)363839455257626357484137
Rain (in)8.46.34.86.15.95.24.54.97.68.97.18.8

July is the driest month (4.5 in) and August the warmest (highs of 63 °F). 8.9 inches fall in October, the wettest month. The climate in Womens Bay →

Next door

Womens Bay and its neighbors

Womens Bay 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
Womens Bay— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Kodiak Station13%0.78727%A−

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

Questions about parks and trails in Womens Bay

Are dogs allowed on Womens Bay’s trails?

Sargent Creek and Panamaroff Park don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.

Is there public land near Womens Bay?

3,717 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Womens Bay or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 3,245 of them inside the town line.

Trail talk

Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Womens Bay neighbors.

Town Square →
Share a tip
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 →