Dog Salmon Fish Pass Wildlife Viewing Site

Dog Salmon Fish Pass Wildlife Viewing Site sits at 102 ft elevation along Alaska's Marine Highway, with the land dropping 33 ft over the next 600 meters. A quarter-mile gravel path leads from the parking area to a viewing platform, where interpretive signs explain the stream's ecological web and salmon can be watched climbing a waterfall or using an alternate fish ladder. An Interpretive Guide staffs the site from mid-July through August 31, and the salmon run brings opportunities to see black bears and birds as well as fish. To the south, Beaver Mountain rises to 3,018 ft at 3.6 miles, and Mount Jumbo, at 3,333 ft, is visible to the south-southwest at 7.3 miles. The site lies 26.6 miles west-northwest of Craig, 27.2 miles west-northwest of Klawock, and 34.0 miles east of Ketchikan. Daylight varies through the year, from a sunrise of 04:09 and sunset of 21:36 at the June solstice to a sunrise of 08:16 and sunset of 15:22 at the December solstice, with equinox daylight running from about 06:53 to 19:04 in March and 06:36 to 18:51 in September. The next lookout along the route is Wolf Point.