Make every hour in Ketchikan count.
Creek Street’s boardwalk over a salmon stream, 19th-century totem poles saved from abandoned villages, floatplanes to Misty Fjords and about 150 inches of rain a year.
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Creek Street Historic District
Ketchikan's old red-light boardwalk, built on pilings over Ketchikan Creek, now lined with shops and galleries.
Totem Heritage Center
A city museum holding weathered 19th-century totem poles brought in from abandoned Tlingit and Haida villages.
Saxman Totem Park
An outdoor park of carved poles in the Tlingit village of Saxman, a short ride south of downtown.
Dolly's House Museum
The small green house where Dolly Arthur lived and worked, kept with her own furniture and wallpaper.
Annabelle's Famous Keg and Chowder House
Wood-paneled, 1920s-style dining room and bar under the Gilmore Hotel, best known for its lineup of chowders.
Salmon Etc.
Family-run seafood shop on Mission Street selling smoked and canned wild salmon, with samples and shipping.
Southeast Alaska Discovery Center
A Forest Service center on the Tongass rainforest, Native cultures and local industries, a block from the docks.
Star Gallery
Evon Zerbetz's gallery in the old Star dance hall on Creek Street, and the shop where you'll find Ray Troll's fish art.
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Weather for your dates
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Forecast: National Weather Service. Typical weather: NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals for Ketchikan.
Guides for your day
What to wear, how to spend your hours, and what not to miss.
Ketchikan Cruise Port Guide
The four downtown berths and Ward Cove, the free shuttle, visitor centers and restrooms, busy days and getting back on board.
Seeing Misty Fjords from Ketchikan
Floatplane or catamaran: how the top-rated Misty Fjords trips compare on time, price, lake landings and ratings.
Ketchikan's Totem Parks Compared
The Totem Heritage Center, Saxman, Totem Bight and Potlatch: what each holds, how to get there and the tours that visit them.
Rainy-Day Ketchikan: What to Do Indoors
Museums, totem poles under a roof, chowder, galleries and tours that run whatever the weather, in a town that gets about 150 inches of rain a year.
A printable Ketchikan plan for your hours ashore
Leave your email and you’ll go right to a day plan timed to your ship’s arrival and departure, ready to print with the map. We write once a month about berths, busy days and what’s open.