Tony Knowles Coastal Trail — Attraction in Alaska

BEAUTIFUL easy trail along the coast and through the woods with tons of parks, geology, history, views, etc. Not to be missed!

We got on the trail in Point Woronzof Park and walked towards downtown, didn't start at either trailhead. But it was great. Earthquake Park had fascinating history about the geology and tragedy of the large earthquake that struck in 1964. Our family does a lot of hiking/trail walking/etc and this was spectacular. We had a perfect weather day and thoroughly enjoyed ourselves. We were there on a Wednesday afternoon/evening in July and there was quite a bit of foot and bike traffic especially the later it got (people getting off work and heading for the trail, etc) but it never felt crowded. We exited the trail at Westchester Lagoon and walked the trails along the Lagoon and then headed to Wild Scoops for a much deserved ice cream treat....

I highly recommend biking or walking the coastal trail if you have time in Anchorage. It's a very scenic trail, and you can see the sea as you walk, streams, and the occasional moose(I saw a family of them.) There is also information stands along the trail, like the salmon run & the 1964 Alaskan earthquake. If you like aviation, hiking to the section where you can see the runways of Ted Stevens airport is a must. You planes taxi, land and airplane engines starting up and roaring overhead. When starting on the trail, parking is an issue as there's not much free parking nearby, only parking meters. Got time in Anchorage? Visit this trail you...

The trail is 11 miles long and runs from Kincaid Park to downtown Anchorage. We walked a little bit of both ends of the trail. We saw 3 different moose, 2 cows and a bull with a full rack, in Kincad Park. The downtown end passes the Westchester Lagoon where we saw an Artic Tern dive bombing for food and a Trumpeter Swan. Beautiful area.

Here's what I wish we had known about the trail. Ebikes are available on the north end in downtown but not in Kincaid Park on the south end. We enjoyed our walk but we could have seen the whole trail if we had known where...