Outdoors · Whittier

Whittier, AK parks, trails & bike paths

About 51% of Whittier is conserved land, roughly 6,344 acres. There are about 5.9 miles of mapped trails.

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

At a glance

Whittier outdoors

Conserved land
51%
6,344 of 12,458 acres
Trails
5.9 mi
0.3 mi per sq mi · 6 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
3
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

123
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

Nellie Juan-College Fiord Wilderness Study Area

Managed by United States Forest Service
222 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
2

City Park

Park
4 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo Long Term Parking, Boat and RV Storage
3

Day Use Area

Managed by City of Whittier
1 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Who protects the land

6,344 conserved acres

Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
U.S. Forest Service
3,754 ac
State natural resources
2,793 ac

Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. Public access isn't recorded for 2 of 3 parcels. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.

Biking & sports

Bike routes, courts & fields

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

Courts & fields

  • Basketball1

Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.

Trail talk

Conditions & tips from neighbors

No recent posts about Whittier'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 20-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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