Hiking Highlight (Segment)
Recommended by 3 hikers
This Highlight goes through a protected area
Please check local regulations for: Palmer Hay Flats State Game Refuge
This loop trail may be short, but it's a big hit with families and is one of the few really picturesque trails set at a wheelchair-accessible grade, as long as your chair fits on the boardwalk section as you first turn south from the trailhead.
There are a few steep hills along the trail, but each one has a wheelchair-suitable bypass around it, too.
The only non-accessible part of this hike is a multistory observation tower halfway around the lake, which does have some stairs but offers great views over the surrounding flats where two rivers, the Knik and the Matanuska, flow together, then into the sea.
July 25, 2023
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