Haines, Alaska Visitor Center — Attraction in Alaska

A very small town. We were on a cruise. It’s best to rent a bike or car from Avis to explore verses an excursion on a cruise ship. The eagle reserves are very close. There are three eagle reserves from 7-20 miles away with no admissions. Biking it makes sense. Bike rental are $49 for two hours and up. It cost 50 percent more for food , basic necessities and health care !

Crime is related to alcohol and bear breaking into cars and homes if the bears are hungry.

Coming from Whitehorse, Canada is 250 miles by car.

A ferry from Juneau cost $44 one way as a passenger. A vehicle would cost more.

A nice place to visit,...

A well done and staff we d visitor center that also had free filtered water available and a seating area so you could take a lod off after walking Haines all day. Plenty of pamphlets, maps, guides, and literature to review and help plan your day out and about. Also had a helpful staff greeting people and ready to provide recommendations. Parking was ample, and there are public restrooms in a well maintained building right next door. Would definitely recommend other communities take a look for an example of how to do a...

We were on a cruise and didn't actually stop in the visitor center. We did do a nature excursion of the temperate rain forest. Our guide was a retired forest ranger and very knowledgeable about the area, the critters, the eagles, and definitely about the forest. It was a very nice excursion and we learned so much about the town of Haines, it's history, population, and surrounding forests and waters. Haines was a lovely little town with very...