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Fertile Valley While Penguin Peak may reward the experienced hiker with dramatic views of from above, Bird Valley below Bird Valley allows access to Chugach State Parks’ most productive wildlife hunting and viewing areas. Part of the northernmost limit of the Pacific temperate rainforest, the valley provides the ideal environment for black and brown bears, salmon, moose, sheep, BIRD’S EYE wolf, and wolverine. However, it won’t take long to discover PEAK (EL 4970 ft.) why the Dena’ina Athabascans refer to Bird Creek as Esbaytnu il a THE BEAK r (EL 4730 ft) (Mountain Goat Creek), mountain goats being one of the valley’s s T

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S Bird Valley was once an especially difficult region of to EW AR D HI ail) access due to dense vegetation, unforgiving topography, and GH rd Tr WA o Gi Y (Bird t IKE PATH IRDWOOD B an intimidatingly powerful bore tide (see map for diagram). N TO G INDIA Seward GIRDWOOD Despite these challenging obstacles, a long history marked YOU ARE HERE by the ambitious search for economic opportunity has left Turnagain a lasting impression on this part of Alaska’s landscape. Both BIRD POINT Penguin Creek Trail and Bird Valley Trail are crisscrossed with the Arm Miles 0 1 2 remnants of old mining roads, the historical significance of which BORE TIDE: Map Legend A rare natural phenomenon in which an incoming tide forms a wave of have earned this location a place within the congressionally Restroom Water Station Roads water which pushes against an designated Kenai Mountains-Turnagain Arm National Heritage Parking Motorized Trailhead Railroad outgoing current. Camping Non-motorized Trailhead Trailhead Area (KMTA NHA). Public-use Cabin Camp res Multi-use Trails Picnic Table Bike Path Non-motorized Trail Beach Access Interpretive Trail Non-motorized Trail, no mountain bike access Fishing Information & Orientation Indian to Girdwood Bike Path ACCOMMODATION: *Parking is available at all trailheads The Bore Tide and the Beluga public-use cabins provide a convenient base camp for fishing, whale watching, hiking, or cycling the Indian to Girdwood Bike Path. The cabins are located within the Bird Creek Campground at mile 101 along the . Chocolate lily (Fritillaria camschatcensis)

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