Demographics for Planning a Holiday
Planning Timewise - Be aware of our Size!
First let us explain, that in Southeast one can only travel by boat or plane between all the towns except Haines and Skagway. Those two towns have highways out of Southeast , but not into Southeast. They have to fly or take a boat into Juneau or any of the other towns in Southeast. Hyder is accessible from Canada, but one must take a ferry out of Hyder to get to the towns and villages in SE.
How Long Have You Got?
Seem impossible to plan this?, Never fear,
Vacation Alaska was designed with this whole situation in
mind. So much of everything spread out in such a vast
area. However, remember, most of Alaska is "The Bush".
The circles on this map represent various Refuges, Sanctuaries,
Preserves, State and National Parks. We Alaskans kind of
crowd in between the cracks of these. The circles on this
map do NOT represent all of the above.Look Below now
and we'll show you yet another factor.. ( Return)
Population Numbers
Population Areas, Here you see the
vast amounts of Alaska that is wilderness, Our small
population is concentrated in certain areas, which is
by no means "small", even though it looks that way
on the map. Remember, there is the glacier in Juneau's
backyard bigger than Rhode Island. As you can see
Southeast Alaska is similiar to Florida. Except there is
gobs of water and mountains between towns, and of
course a few other minor things., Having lived here most all
my life, I can assure you there is not enough time to see
and do it all living here full time. However, I have
designed this information to allow you to make choices and priorities
to fit your time schedule, included are flight times, highway
millage charts, Alaska Ferry time charts and with
these kinds of info, you will be able to plan a variety of
transportation modes, allowing you to see Alaska in
all ways. Imagine 85,000 people in Florida as in SE.!
Make you smile? Ironically, Housing costs in Juneau
are150% higher than anywhere else in the States. With
all this land, and small population, there isn't that
much land available for private ownership. (Welcome) or
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