Outdoors · Adak

Adak, AK parks, trails & bike paths

About 6.3% of Adak is conserved land, roughly 2,874 acres. There are about 16 miles of mapped trails.

Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Adak, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.

At a glance

Adak outdoors

Conserved land
6.3%
2,874 of 45,625 acres
Trails
16 mi
0.2 mi per sq mi
Parks & preserves
1
named on the map
Bike routes
0.0 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 0.0 mi off-road paths

Conserved land is a share of the whole town area. Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.

Map

Conserved land, trails & bike routes

1
Tap a number or a place below to zoom in© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Places to walk

Parks & preserves with trails

Ranked by mapped trail miles. Directions go to the nearest marked trailhead or public parking.
1

Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge

Managed by United States Fish and Wildlife Service
787 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet Website
Things to do

Beaches, playgrounds, falls & more

Pick a kind of place for the list, directions, or pins on the map above.
Scenic views in Adak
Mid Palisades Overlook
Directions
Overlook
Directions
Palisades Overlook
Directions
West Palisades Overlook
Directions
Trails

Named trails

Unpaved 7.8 mi
  • Mid Palisades Overlook0.2 mi
  • Overlook Access0.2 mi
  • West Palisades Overlook0.2 mi
Water

Lakes & rivers

Showing 1–10 of 16 places

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Who protects the land

2,874 conserved acres

Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
5,743 ac
Biking & sports

Bike routes, courts & fields

  • Painted or protected bike lanes0.0 mi
  • Off-road bike paths0.0 mi
  • Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Public lands

The biggest protected places in Adak

From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
National Wildlife Refuge 5,743 ac
PlaceManaged byAcresPublic access
Alaska Maritime National Wildlife RefugeNational Wildlife RefugeU.S. Fish and Wildlife Service5,743Restricted
History

Historic places to visit

Armytown MarkerMonument
Kuluk Bay Landing Site MarkerMonument
Longview/Davis Army Air Field MarkerMonument
Navy Operating Base Adak MarkerMemorial
Wilson, Carnahan & Borum Memorial ParkMemorial
Wrecked BoatRuins
Trail talk

Conditions & tips from neighbors

No recent posts about Adak's trails yet. Muddy, icy, a bridge out, where to park: a quick post helps the next person.

Sources: trails, parks, preserves, courts and bike lanes © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), map data as of 2026-09-28. Conserved land: USGS Gap Analysis Project, Protected Areas Database of the United States (PAD-US). Measured against the Census town boundary.

How we measure"Trails" are OpenStreetMap paths, bridleways, public tracks and unpaved footways, plus footways inside a park or preserve or on a named trail route. Sidewalks are left out. Areas are counted on a 33.6-meter grid, so overlapping parcels count once. "Conserved" includes conservation easements, which protect land from development but are usually private property. Trailheads are the nearest marked trailhead, public parking lot or information board within about 150 meters of a preserve. Dog rules come from OpenStreetMap when someone has tagged them; otherwise we show what's typical for the land manager, or say the rules aren't recorded.

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