3. Admiralty Island, Alaska
Southeast Alaska has quite a few lovely, secret islands. The one we choose to present to you is Admiralty Island, a destination with only one settlement and about 650 people who call it home. You won’t find signs of innovation here as the area is legislatively protected, so most of the place remains preserved in honor of the wildlife and native Tlingit people.
Explore this sacred island with care, and if you want to do something different, check out the 32-mile Cross Admiralty Canoe Route. While the journey isn’t too challenging, the difficulty is moderate, so make sure you’re ready for some cardio.
Once you start the train across a series of streams, lakes, and trail portages, there are several shelters and cabins for campers along the way. Will you run into some wildlife, too? Well, most definitely. This secret island has the highest concentration of grizzly bears in North America, outnumbering the residents by a nearly three-to-one ratio.
