Scenic Adventures Await on Tony Knowles Coastal Trail in Anchorage
The Tony Knowles Coastal Trail is a must-visit hiking area for anyone in Anchorage looking to experience a diverse and scenic outdoor journey. Stretching 11 miles from Kincaid Park to downtown, this trail offers stunning coastal views, abundant wildlife sightings including moose and trumpeter swans, and fascinating interpretive information about local history and nature.
Visitors can enjoy walking, biking, or running along this versatile path, which also provides fantastic opportunities for sunset watching and even spotting rare trains. While parking can be limited near the downtown entrance, the trail’s natural beauty and variety of experiences more than compensate. Whether you want a leisurely stroll or a more active adventure, the Tony Knowles Trail is a premier destination in Anchorage’s outdoor scene.
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Craig Weeks
7 months agoThe 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 to get bikes.
Steve Brown
5 months agoNice trail but more for biking than hiking. Walked a couple miles and not great views and too many bikes to be enjoyable. My mistake not knowing more before we headed out. Wouldn't make this a destination if you are in Alaska for a week or two-way better places to spend your time
Born To Be Retired
8 months agoWe started at Elderberry Park and moved onto the Chester Creek Trail. We went about 8:45am on a Thursday. The tide was out and there were several campers/homeless people near the trail but we felt safe . It’s flat and the trail was a paved surface. There were a few cyclist and a handful of walkers/runners. We thought the Chesters Creek trail was prettier
Alvin Zhu
1 year agoI 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 won't regret it!
Beka Hatcher
2 years agoFavorite relaxed walk in town! It definitely does get a little crowded in the summer on nice days with tourists especially with bike rentals but it’s still a lovely path. You can walk, bike, run, longboard the whole trail or you can pick several spots to enter the trail and get a different experience in each spot. One of the best places to watch the sunset for sure! And sometimes you even get the rare caboose sighting! 🚂