The Best Things to Do in Sitka AK, Sitka, Alaska

The state is full of the most naturally beautiful places I have ever experienced, the wildlife is varied and plentiful, the hiking in Alaska is incredible and the people are quirky and awesome. What’s not to love?

But as much as I enjoyed everywhere that I visited in Alaska, I can still readily tell you my favorite place: it was Sitka, hands down. There are so many things to do in Sitka AK!

Leaving behind rainy Juneau, I took the ferry four and a half hours to Sitka past breaching whales and island coastline with log-strewn pebble beaches and heavily forested interiors. What a way to travel!

Low mist hovered a few meters above the water but the rain of the past few days had finally stopped. I would take what I could get.

As we pulled into the Sitka port I was excited. I had only heard good things about this town and I was looking forward to discovering if it lived up to the hype.

Sitka was first settled by the Tlingit people 10,000 years ago and their culture is still richly embedded in this place, along with the heavy Russian influence from when Sitka was known as New Archangel, the capital of Russian America. ...... (follow the instructions below for accessing the rest of this article).