Around Town

□ Enjoy a self-guided tour of Cordova.
□ Visit a local church for Sunday Service.
□ Shop till you drop at our local boutiques (Net Loft, Kayak Café, Sue’s Knives are just a few).
□ Feast on Copper River Salmon at a local eatery.
□ Learn about the Copper River Delta at the Copper River Watershed Project office on 1st St.
□ Meet a local and find out “everything” about Cordova.
□ Follow the interpretive signs on 1st St.
□ Arrange for a studio tour with a local artist.
□ Join the local Zen meditation group for a sit.
□ Tour Cordova by bicycle. Bike rentals are available.
□ Send your child to 4H Fiddle and Music Camp or enjoy an adult camp (usually mid-July).
□ Catch a yoga or dance class.
□ Kick-off your musical career at open mic during Salmon Jam (every July).
□ Visit the Cordova Chamber and Visitor Center (located at 404 First St.)
□ Spend an hour at the Cordova Historical Museum (located in the Cordova Center)
□ Learn about the Eyak, Chugach Region People, Tlingit, and Athabaskan people at the Ilanka Cultural Center (located at 711 First St)
□ Pick up a copy of The Cordova Times for the scoop on what’s going on around town, available at many retail locations in town.
□ Stop by the US Forest Service office and interpretive center on 2nd St.
□ Visit Alaska Fish & Game office on Railroad Ave.
□ Stroll “Cordova’s Historic Walking Tour” at your leisure (map available at the Visitor Center and Cordova Museum).
□ Open a jar of smoked Copper River Red and enjoy (available from local retailers)!
□ Watch a parade with a 100-foot long blue Iceworm at Cordova Iceworm Festival (every February).
□ Get in a rainy day workout at Bidarki Rec Ctr.

ORCA ROAD

□ Walk, bike or drive Orca Rd & watch for sea otters, seals, ravens, and bald eagles.
□ Sea-kayak Orca Channel from Orca Lodge to Shepard Point.
□ Clean your catch at the Shelter Cove Cleaning Station.
□ Visit the Prince William Sound Science Center.
□ Watch for whales in Orca Inlet. Jig for Halibut off the Ocean Dock.
□ See the fishing fleet jockey for position at the fuel dock.
□ Catch the sunset from “Hippie Cove”.

WHITSHED ROAD

□ Walk up and relax at the reservoir and get an alternate view of Cordova.
□ Play a round of disc golf at Meals Reservoir.
□ Watch 1000’s of shorebirds dance in flight in early May for the spring migration.
□ Join us for the Copper River Delta Shorebird Festival. Learn more at coppershorebird.com.
□ Watch salmon spawning in the slough near Hartney Bay trailhead.
□ Take in the sunset at Hartney Bay.
□ Enjoy an evening bonfire on the beach.

POWER CREEK ROAD

□ Picnic at Nirvana Park
□ Kayak or canoe Eyak Lake.
□ Learn about Eyak Lake’s shores and spawning salmon from interpretive signs at Nirvana Park, Skater’s Cabin and Power Creek.
□ Observe Trumpeter Swans, mergansers, and other abundant waterfowl.
□ Watch float planes take flight from Eyak Lake.
□ Reserve Skater’s Cabin for a night on the shore of Eyak Lake.
□ Pick a bucket of blueberries or salmonberries.
□ Look for bears at the spawning beds.
□ Visit the old Pioneer cemetery.
□ Hire an air charter to go flightseeing over glaciers and the Copper River Delta.
□ View spawning reds in the creek.

Cordova Harbor

□ Watch local fishermen offload their catch.
□ Catch your own Salmon or Halibut.
□ Grab a lunch to go and picnic at the Fisherman’s Memorial.
□ Stroll the docks of a bustling commercial fishing harbor.
□ Pick a favorite boat name in the harbor.
□ Visit a local seafood processor to buy Copper River Salmon and other wild Alaskan fish.
□ Watch the Fleet come and go from the “Flats”.
□ Try your hand at mending a gill net or just watch a pro.
□ Compete in the wild & wacky survival suit races in February at Iceworm Festival.
□ Escape to the Sound on a boating tour.
□ Walk the boardwalk to the end of the Breakwater.
□ Ask a fisherman for a tour of their boat.

Copper River Delta

□ Sportfish little lakes and rivers for trout.
□ Photograph wildflowers along the highway and on the Delta.
□ Explore the old Copper River Northwest Railroad bed, the foundation of the Copper River Highway.
□ Go mountain bike riding “out the road”.
□ Go on a guided tour or wilderness trek.
□ Spend the day at 22 mile picnicking and canoeing.
□ Take a river or air shuttle to Childs Glacier and the historic Million Dollar Bridge.
□ Picnic anywhere “out the road”.
□ Pick wild berries everywhere “out the road”.
□ Choose the perfect winter day to ice skate on a glacial lake right next to icebergs frozen in time.
□ Scan for Moose meandering the marshlands.
□ Watch a summer sunset at midnight.
□ Watch a summer sunrise at 3:00 am.
□ Listen for coyotes. Call back to them.
□ Capture the Northern Lights on film or digital.
□ Go on a guided foray during Cordova Fungus Festival in September.
□ Play on sand dunes at 27 mile.
□ Rent a riverboat and explore Eyak River.
□ Tent camp at Alaganik.
□ Rent a USFS cabin at McKinley Lake.
□ Listen for the Sandhill Cranes announcing the coming of autumn.
□ Count the beaver lodges visible from the highway.
□ Enjoy a scenic bike or run on the Copper River Highway
□ Read the interpretive signs at mile 10.5 CR Highway in the USFS gazebo.

Ready, Set, Hike!

□ Alaganik Slough Trail and Boardwalk – delta habitat and wildlife viewing along the accessible platform.
□ Crater Lake Trail – mature spruce-hemlock forest to a picturesque alpine bowl where Crater Lake sits.
□ Eyak River Trail – meander the west bank of Eyak River in mature Sitka Spruce.
□ Haystack Trail – brings you to the perfect vantage point for a delta view.
□ Lake Elsner Trail – parallels the east side of the Scott Valley along muskeg and lakes.
□ McKinley Lake Trail – beautiful, easy to walk tread to explore “Lucky Strike Mine”.
□ Muskeg Meander Trail – cross country skiing or snowshoeing only. Gains elevation gradually and ends in high muskeg overlooking the Copper River Delta.
□ Pipeline Lakes Trail – most of the trail is plank board through muskeg meadows with impressive views of the Chugach Mountains.
□ Power Creek Trail – at midway, Cordova Electric’s Hydropower Dam can be seen.
□ Saddlebag Glacier Trail – mountain bike or hike a glaciated valley to a glacier-fed lake.
□ Sheridan Mountain Trail – begin with waterfalls, end with an incredible glacier view.
□ Sheridan Lake Trail – this short jaunt offers an ancient reward.