Accessibility

Exit Glacier

A one-mile wheelchair-accessible loop (partially paved, partially compressed gravel) leads to a panoramic view of Exit Glacier spilling down from the Harding Icefield. This loop can be traveled clockwise or counter-clockwise, with a slight descent of either paved or compressed gravel on the return. A limited number of wheelchairs are available for check out from the Exit Glacier Nature Center during open hours.

Please be aware that the level of snow may make the trail inaccessible as the park road to Exit Glacier opens, typically in the month of May.

Visitor Centers

The Kenai Fjords National Park Visitor Center in Seward, the Exit Glacier Nature Center, and their restroom facilities are wheelchair-accessible.

Audio Description tours are available for the indoor and outdoor exhibits at the Visitor Center in Seward through the NPS App. If you do not have the app or compatible device, see the park ranger at the desk to check one out.

The park theater in the Visitor Center in Seward requires a separate assisted listening device for Audio Description or Enhanced Audio. Please see the park ranger at the desk to check one out.

Boat Tours

All tours on the waters around Kenai Fjords are operated by commercial tour boat operators, and not the National Park Service. Most tour boats are wheelchair-accessible, but not all, and exceptions are listed on the companies' websites. Any concerns should be mentioned at the time of the booking of the tour.

Public Use Cabins

Both of the coastal public use cabins (Aialik and Holgate) and the winter public use cabin (Willow) have wheelchair-accessible decks and doors. Assistance may be required to access the coastal cabins from the beach.

Campgrounds

The Exit Glacier campground has two accessible sites available on a first-come, first-served basis. Paths to the two sites, vault toilets, and cooking area are crushed rock or asphalt.

Service Animals

Service animals are allowed in all facilities (including public-use cabins and campgrounds) and on trails unless an area has been closed by the superintendent to protect park resources.

The 2010 revision to Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) defines a service animal "as a dog that has been individually trained to do work or perform tasks for the benefit of an individual with a disability, including a physical, sensory, psychiatric, intellectual, or other mental disability." Dogs which are not trained to perform tasks that mitigate the effects of a disability, including dogs that are used to purely provide comfort or emotional support (therapy animals) are considered pets.