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The Mendenhall Glacier Visitor Center and surrounding area offer views of a lake-terminating, calving glacier. This was the first U.S. Forest Service visitor center built in the nation; [ 20 ] it was designed by Linn A. Forrest and dedicated in 1962.
The Mendenhall Glacier Visitor Center, built in 1962, was the first Forest Service visitor center in the nation. The forest interpretive program on the state ferries began in the summer of 1968, and was the longest-running naturalist program in the agency until ending in 2013.
Tucked away within Alaska's Mendenhall Glacier are stunning blue ice caves that glow.. Located just 12 miles from Juneau, these hidden wonders are surprisingly accessible, with guided hikes ...
Vendors hawk shoreside trips and rows of buses stand ready to whisk visitors away, with many headed for the area’s crown jewel: the Mendenhall Glacier. A craggy expanse of gray, white and blue ...
Eagle River Nature Center: Eagle River: Anchorage: Southcentral Alaska: Located within 495,204-acre Chugach State Park, operated by the Friends of Eagle River Nature Center Juneau Raptor Center: Juneau: Juneau: Southeast Alaska: Raptor rehabilitation and education center Mendenhall Glacier Visitor Center: Juneau: Juneau: Southeast Alaska
Mendenhall Glacier is receding so quickly that by 2050, it may no longer be visible from the visitor center it once loomed outside. Alaska's tourist-packed capital ponders fate as popular ...
From Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve, home of the most glaciers of any national park, to Mendenhall Glacier, which is protected by the U.S. Forest Service, there are so many places ...
Mendenhall Valley, Juneau, Alaska. A Capital Transit System bus approaching the Mendenhall River bridge on Mendenhall Loop Road in December 2012. This bridge marks the farthest crossing upriver. The Mendenhall Valley (colloquially The Valley) [Lingít: Áakʼw Táak] is the drainage area of the Mendenhall River in the U.S. state of Alaska.