Must-see attractions in Valdez

  • Alaska, Prince William Sound, Sea kayakers, Columbia Bay, Columbia Glacier, Icebergs, Brash Ice,

    Columbia Glacier

    Valdez

    This is the star glacial attraction in Prince William Sound – a large sea inlet named by British colonizers after a young English prince in the eighteenth…

  • Valdez Museum

    Valdez

    This lovingly curated museum includes an ornate, steam-powered antique fire engine, a 19th-century saloon bar and the ceremonial first barrel of oil to…

  • Old Valdez

    Valdez

    Old Valdez is like a wilder, starker, less trammeled version of Italy's Pompeii. This is where the town stood before the devastating 1964 earthquake…

  • Valdez Museum Annex

    Valdez

    This annex of the Valdez Museum is dominated by a scale model of the Old Valdez township. Each home destroyed in the Good Friday Earthquake has been…

  • Small-boat Harbor

    Valdez

    Valdez’ harbor is a classic: raucous with gulls and eagles, reeking of fish guts, sea salt and creosote, and home to all manner of vessels. The benches…

  • Maxine & Jesse Whitney Museum

    Valdez

    For a small town Valdez has several wonderful museums, including this one, the private collection of an American couple who settled in Alaska in 1947 and…

  • Trail of the Whispering Giants

    Valdez

    A huge 25ft-high rendering of an Alaska Native in Sitka spruce warily guards Prince William Sound College. The sculpture by Peter Wolf Toth is one in a…

  • Trans-Alaska Pipeline Terminal

    Valdez

    Across the inlet from town, Valdez’ ever-pumping heart once welcomed visitors, but since September 11, 2001, stricter security protocols have closed it to…

  • Civic Center

    Valdez

    The Civic Center sits amid greenery with picnic tables, a small lake and the short Overlook Trail in close proximity.