Potter Marsh
Wetland reserve beside the start of the Seward Highway, where a wooden boardwalk offers views of swans, ducks, bald eagles and migrating salmon.
Potter Marsh is part of the Anchorage Coastal Wildlife Refuge and is the first stop when leaving the city by the southern route. A boardwalk of about 470 metres extends into the wetlands, where you can see trumpeter swans, Canada geese, Arctic terns and bald eagles. In summer, silver salmon swim up the stream beneath the boardwalk, and moose occasionally wade through the marsh. Parking is convenient and free. It is well suited to a half-hour stop while driving the Seward Highway, and birds are most active early in the morning and in the evening.
Opening hours
All day
Nearby sights
- Beluga Point
- Alaska Botanical Garden
- Flattop Mountain
- Anchorage Museum
- Alaska Native Heritage Center
- Tony Knowles Coastal Trail
- Alaska Aviation Museum
- Lake Hood Seaplane Base