Getting To Kennicott Glacier

Driving you if starting from Anchorage you will need to take the Glenn Highway to Glennallen and then south on Richardson Highway. From Fairbanks head south on the Richardson Highway. About 30 miles after Glennallen, after to reach Pippin Lake, turn left on to AK-10/Edgerton Hwy. Stay on the for 33 miles until you reach Chitina. The road will make a sharp left turn at the restaurant. Stay on it as it turns into McCarthy Rd, stay on that till it ends 60 later.

At McCarthy you park at "Basecamp". At the end of the base camp parking you can walk right out to Kennicott Glacier. However most of the glacier, at here its terminus, is covered in rock.

History of Kennicott Glacier

named in 1899 by Rohn (1900, p. 406), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), fro Robert Kennicott, pioneer Alaska explorer and director of the scientific corps of the Western Union Telegraph Expedition in 1865.

Found on the following Topo Maps

Places Near Kennicott Glacier

McCarthy,

Jim Edwards Dam,

Gates Glacier, Kennicott Glacier, Root Glacier, Stairway Icefall,

Hidden Creek Lake, Long Lake,

Regal Mine,

Atna Peaks, Donoho Peak, Fireweed Mountain, Packsaddle Island, Parka Peak, Regal Mountain,

Kennecott Mines National Historic Landmark,

Mountaineers Pass,

Amazon Creek, Bear Creek, Bonanza Creek, Fall Creek, Farm Creek, Fireweed Creek, Fohlin Creek, Fourth of July Creek, Hidden Creek, Jumbo Creek, McCarthy Creek, National Creek, Swift Creek, Tractor Creek,

Bonanza Mine Road, Bonanza-Jumbo Mine Road, Erie Mine Trail, Jumbo Mine Trail, Root Glacier Trail,

Amazon Gulch, Glacier Gulch,

Kennicott,