About Us:
Alaska's capital city, Juneau is located near the northern end of Alaska's Inside Passage, nestled at the base of towering mountains overlooking Gastineau Channel. It is 910 miles north of Seattle. Although located on the mainland, Juneau is only accessible by sea or air. You can drive to spectacular Mendenhall Glacier, the state's top attraction and there's convenient access to Glacier Bay National Park, Tracy Arm Fjord, the Taku River, Admiralty Island and the Pack Creek Bear Preserve, as well as a host of secluded wilderness resorts.
With a population of 31,000, Juneau is Alaska's third largest city (after Anchorage and Fairbanks). Tlingit and Haida Indians were the first settlers to the area, followed by Russian fur traders, and miners during Alaska's gold rush. Like Ketchikan and other Inside Passage communities, Juneau lies in a maritime climate zone that brings summer temperatures of 48 to 72 degrees Fahrenheit and winter temperatures of 24 to 43 degrees Fahrenheit. Juneau averages 151 inches of precipitation annually, including 93 inches of snowfall.
