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Alaska Islands & Oceans NWR Visitor Center

Alaska Islands & Oceans NWR Visitor Center from directly overhead

Alaska Islands & Oceans NWR Visitor Center is a museum in Alaska, at a modelled elevation of 17 m. Sadie Peak stands 1,317 m to the southeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Old Town, a attraction 0.2 miles away. Sterling Highway runs past it. 46 named places lie within 25 miles, 11 of them named summits.

Visiting

What to expect

Step-free access
Yes

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates59.64121, -151.53984

Overlooks nearby

Around it

46 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 14
  • Bishops Beach Park: 0.2 mi
  • WKFL Park: 0.6 mi
  • Benjamin O. Walters Sr. Memorial Park: 0.7 mi
  • Jeffery Park: 0.8 mi
  • Bayview Park: 0.8 mi
Peaks: 11
  • Ohlson Mountain: 5.0 mi
  • Lookout Mountain: 5.5 mi
  • Beaver Creek: 9.2 mi
  • Sadie Knob: 9.9 mi
  • Bald Mountain: 11.0 mi
Attractions: 8
  • Old Town: 0.2 mi
  • Harrington Cabin: 0.4 mi
  • Alaska Bear Adventures: 0.6 mi
  • Alaska Ultimate Safaris: 0.7 mi
  • Alaska Bear Tours: 0.7 mi
Beaches: 5
  • Bishop's Beach: 0.7 mi
  • Kayak Beach: 10.1 mi
  • Outside Beach: 14.4 mi
  • Inside Beach: 14.9 mi
  • Whiskey Gulch Beach: 16.5 mi
Museums: 3
Nature reserves: 2
Waterfalls: 2
  • Jakolof Falls: 14.9 mi
  • Tutka Falls: 17.3 mi
Historic sites: 1
  • Seafarer's Memorial: 5.1 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Alaska Islands & Oceans NWR Visitor Center. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sadie PeakSE 145°1,317 m14.4 mi
Graduation PeakS 190°1,102 m16.1 mi
Red MountainS 174°1,074 m19.8 mi
Grace RidgeSSE 155°946 m12.0 mi
Poot PeakESE 122°762 m15.1 mi
Sadie KnobSE 144°640 m9.9 mi
Bald MountainNE 40°598 m11.0 mi
Ninilchik DomeNNE 12°596 m18.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox08:0819:2620:21
June solstice04:4722:1323:31
September equinox07:5219:1320:08
December solstice10:0614:0516:05

Local time (America/Anchorage).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Aug.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252830394652565550403128
Precip in2.21.81.31.20.80.91.42.33.32.62.93.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Homer AP, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/284757620

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