The Top 7 Natural Monuments around Juneau
Juneau’s landscape is a beautiful place to explore — something that you can best experience by visiting one of our 7
beautiful natural monuments around Juneau. To help you find the one for, you can see all the details you need to explore the best natural monuments, and better plan your next outdoor adventure!
beautiful natural monuments around Juneau. To help you find the one for, you can see all the details you need to explore the best natural monuments, and better plan your next outdoor adventure!
Last updated: September 30, 2025
Although entering the Mendenhall Glacier Visitor Center is not required — you can simply hike most of the trails in this area, if you like — it is an excellent …
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The waterfall of Nugget Creek flows down Cascaden into Mendenhall Lake. Earlier, when the glacier was larger, it is said that it probably flowed on the glacier or the glacier obscured the waterfall.
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From the visitor center you are in about 10 minutes at the end of the way. It is wheelchair accessible and you have the best view of the glacier from the end point in my opinion.
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The maintained section of this trail ends after two miles, at a rocky outcrop that offers fine overlooks of Mendenhall Glacier from the west side. A social (unofficial) trail branches …
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The Mendenhall Glacier originates from the Juneau Icefield and was named after Thomas Corwin Mendenhall, who oversaw the border between Alaska and Canada.
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