About Us:
This island community is accessible by sea and air. Located 680 miles northwest of Seattle, on Alaska's fabled Inside Passage waterway, Ketchikan is a popular destination for cruise travelers, sport fishers, adventurers and anyone ready to take a break from everyday life to experience a unique way of living. Here in the heart of the Tongass, the country's largest national forest, there's plenty of beautiful country to explore. The magnificent 2.2 million acre Misty Fjords National Monument lies just 22 air miles east of Ketchikan.
Ketchikan is a regional hub of 13,000, tucked into the mountains and spilling down to the shoreline on the western coast of Revillagigedo Island. It is the first Alaska port of call for northbound cruise ships, commercial vessels and state ferries. The area lies in a maritime climate zone noted for its warm winters, cool summers, and heavy precipitation. Summer temperatures range from 51 to 75 degrees Fahrenheit and from 29 to 47 degrees Fahrenheit in the winter. Ketchikan averages 162 inches of precipitation annually, including 32 inches of snowfall.
