Eagle Beach State Recreation Area, Glacier Highway at Miles 26-27 from Juneau, Alaska, USA.

Eagle Beach State Recreation Area, Alaska. Three entrances are left off Glacier Highway between mile 26 and mile 27 north of downtown Juneau. First turnoff is camping and cabins, second is the picnic area, and last is the northernmost beach access. Beach combing, photography. The small campground lets you wake up to the sound of eagles picking their way through the tide flats. Low tide opens up around a quarter mile but beware the tide flows back in quickly and quietly. With average tides of 16 feet, these flats hold many morsels of food for wildlife. The best season for eagles and bears is late June to early August when salmon come up the river. Find clams, sea peaches, crabs, other delights. At high tide the birds retreat into the trees, but there is a 1.5 mile loop above the high tide line that winds along Eagle River and across the beach between sand and beach grasses. The access trail connects with the Yankee Basin and Eagle Glacier trails for diversity (old growth forest, muskeg, wetlands, river systems, glacial moraine, tidal flats).

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Contained in galleries: USA: Alaska favorites, 2019 Jun: all Alaska-Canadian Highway, Alaska: Juneau & Tracy Arm, 2019 Jun: Alaska-Canadian favorites

Eagle Beach State Recreation Area, Alaska. Three entrances are left off Glacier Highway between mile 26 and mile 27 north of downtown Juneau. First turnoff is camping and cabins, second is the picnic area, and last is the northernmost beach access. Beach combing, photography. The small campground lets you wake up to the sound of eagles picking their way through the tide flats. Low tide opens up around a quarter mile but beware the tide flows back in quickly and quietly. With average tides of 16 feet, these flats hold many morsels of food for wildlife. The best season for eagles and bears is late June to early August when salmon come up the river. Find clams, sea peaches, crabs, other delights. At high tide the birds retreat into the trees, but there is a 1.5 mile loop above the high tide line that winds along Eagle River and across the beach between sand and beach grasses. The access trail connects with the Yankee Basin and Eagle Glacier trails for diversity (old growth forest, muskeg, wetlands, river systems, glacial moraine, tidal flats).