Friends of Kodiak State Parks — Attraction in Kodiak Island

I love Abercrombie because there are so many different trails you can take. The trail is easy to moderate depending on which way you go, there's a part of the trail where you can let your dog(s) off the leash, and you can choose to walk by the ocean or more inland and walk around the lake. The lake has great places where you can shore up and go swimming. There's even a portion where you're close to both the ocean and the lake so you can swim in either. Picnic spots can be found on every trail so you can take a break on real chairs. If you want to hold a party, you're able to rent their pavilion for a fair price. The pavilion has a covered picnic area, fire pit, and bathrooms. For recreation, there is also a volleyball court and a horseshoe pit. Enough room for adults, kids, and all the games you...

I had the chance to live and work in Kodiak for six months. Fort Abercrombie was on of the first places I went hiking and it quickly became one of my favorite places in the world, so far. There’s amazing tidepooling (I got to see octopuses a couple different times, as well as a couple different kinds of nudibranches, sea stars and anemones). The trails are beautiful and varied, with moss-draped trees, Lake Gertrude, ocean vistas, a wide variety of wildflowers Spring through summer, blueberries and salmon berries in the summer, an abundance of fungi in late summer. It’s a popular place but I never felt...

This former military outpost has a lot going for it. The winding trail system has something for every level of hiker. We really enjoyed walking around Lake Gertrude and the beach. The various gun emplacements and concrete bunkers are fun to explore. Views from the cliff tops on a good day are pretty spectacular. Visit the museum in the main bunker. Enthusiastic volunteers show you around the historic exhibits. There’s a very interesting working display of their communications systems. When in Kodiak this place is...