Kachemak Bay State Park

Kachemak Bay State Park

Kachemak Bay State Park
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This enormous state park, largely unexplored wilderness, includes glaciers, rivers and waterfalls and offers a 10-mile coastline strip that is excellent for fishing and kayaking. Wildlife sightings include puffins, eagles, sea otters, seals, porpoises and whales.
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Dale
3 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Jul 2020
Our family had a wonderful afternoon with Garret and Douglas with Bay Excursion water taxi. They customized a trip for us that included a wildlife tour and taxi to the trailhead for the lake below Grewingk Glacier. Beautiful scenery and abundant wildlife
Written July 19, 2020
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Katy T
Minneapolis, MN20 contributions
4.0 of 5 bubbles
Jul 2021
The water taxi takes you out here to the trailhead of the Glacier Lake Trail. Easy, mostly flat hike, with a 2 mile (out and back) detour to the Grewingk Hand Tram, which was really cool. Glacier Lake is beautiful! Make sure you have at least 4 hours to do all of it, which is usually the amount of time between your drop off and pickup times from the water taxi.
Written July 23, 2021
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Pam R
Mound, MN104 contributions
4.0 of 5 bubbles
May 2021 • Couples
Took Mako taxi to the Park. Trail to the lake was very flat and easy...saddle trail was much prettier and had a lot of switchbacks ( and mud)! The most challenging part was the rocky beach at the pick-up point. No wildlife sightings.
Written May 17, 2021
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Karen K
Scarsdale, NY9 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Aug 2021
We loved this day trip. We took a water taxi from homer spit to kachemak bay state park. We got dropped off at grewink glacier and hiked to grewing lake (gorgeous lake with icebergs). The hike was so amazing that we continued up alpine ridge... we ended up at saddle cove at the end of a tiring but amazing hiking day!!
Written August 29, 2021
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Donna
Columbus, OH15 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Jul 2020
We LOVED. Kachemak Bay State Park! We can't suggest it highly enough.

The water taxi dropped us off at Glacier Lake Trail. It was a pretty easy and flat hike to the lake. We saw one bear on the path.

The lake itself was AWESOME!! The glacier is so beautiful as it seems to be between two mountains.

Just be aware that some people are going to swim to the icebergs and some of them might be naked. If you want to get a great picture, bring a swimsuit and a towel with you. Or something to warm you up once you're out of the water I wish I had done this! How many times in your life can you get a picture standing on an iceberg???

On the way back, we had to take Saddle Trail back to meet our water taxi. This is a shorter hike but much has more elevation. You will see A LOT of bear poop on the trail, and will probably see several bears! Just be prepared for this! We saw two bears at various points and had to get very close to one of them.

We didn't love our trip to Alaska to be honest. But if I were to go back there, I would for sure visit this again, or better yet get a cabin there.
Written August 16, 2020
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Alaskan Glamping
Homer, AK19 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Feb 2021
Hiking here takes you into the wild at the first step off the water taxi. Make sure you are prepared for any outcome. The trails are maintained by a small trail crew in the summer and by volunteers in the winter and saddle seasons. Your water taxi service may have the latest up to date information on trail conditions.

There are cabins and yurts that can be booked ahead of time online with the state parks. You are likely to get wet feet so extra socks are advisable.

Along these trails you can get unforgettable views of glaciers, lakes, bays, islands and mountain valleys. Be aware of wildlife using the trails too. You will encounter bear scat along the trail... so don't step in it and keep an eye out for bears.

Happy travels!
Written February 9, 2021
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zĂĽmi
Houston, TX347 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Sep 2022
I spent about 5 hours in the park, hiked to the glacier lake and up the Alpine trail, both nice hikes, the latter one goes steeply up through overgrown trail and nice views. I took the 10am ride, so not too many people on the trails, but when we were leaving, the glacier lake was quite busy. I definitely want to come back and do more hikes.
Written September 14, 2022
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Holly V
Fennville14 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Jul 2022
We took a water taxi fro K2 Kayaks to the state park and saw an eagle first thing on the beach. The hike is beautiful and a manageable hike for someone like me who doesn't have great knees. The hike at the end is very steep and I recommend a walking stick for that; but the tree roots make steps for most of this end.
Written July 18, 2022
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Bob C
Alachua, FL92 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Jul 2020
We only had time for a day hike our first trip here, but we got almost everything we were looking for in an Alaskan outdoors experience. We got dropped off at Humpy Creek and took the Grewingk Tram Spur to end up at the preferred pickup point at Saddle Trail. Check the DNR website for trail status, as trails are maintained by volunteers and are not always passable. The Humpy Creek section got a bit spotty at points, but trail markers are prevalent enough that you can quickly find the right path.

We saw many signs of large wildlife (spoor, tracks and evidence of foraging) but did not encounter any. For some this might be ideal, but we would not have minded catching a glimpse of a black bear or moose. Seeing we were there in peek summer and the foliage was so thick, it is possible that animals could have been just meters off the trail and we would not have seen them.
Written August 8, 2020
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Jennifer C
6 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Jul 2021
We took a water taxi ( arranged by True North Kayak) from Homer and hiked an approx. 5 mile loop trail to the Grewingk Glacier. We were dropped off and picked up 4 hours later and this was plenty of time. The trail back to our pickup site (Saddle Trail) was quite a steep downhill so arrange to be dropped off at the glacier spit trailhead (Grewingk Glacier Lake Trail) to avoid a steep uphill climb. There were 6 of us in our mid 60's with various knee & hip issues but we could easily do this hike. The glacier lake was stunning. Grizzlies have been spotted so be bear aware and smart about hiking.
Written July 26, 2021
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