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Fact sheet · Alaska

Glacier Bay National Park

Unit code GLBA. Figures retrieved 2026-11-06. Official alerts, fees, and closures are not copied here.

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States on the system list
Alaska
Guide region
Alaska. Editorial grouping of the state that contains the centroid, or the first listed state when the point is offshore.
Anniversary-table date
February 26, 1925

Table note: originally a national monument; redesignated by ANILCA in 1980

Gross area acres
3,223,383.43

NPS fee acres: 3,222,434.78. Report date September 30, 2026. Gross area is not the same column as fee ownership.

Boundary centroid
59.1301, -138.3700

Containing shoreline polygon: Alaska. Not an entrance.

Recreation-visit record
Highest monthly mean is in June, July, or August

Highest mean: July. Lowest mean: February. Mean annual total across complete years: 515,849 (10 complete years).

A separate preserve row exists in the same acreage report (GLACIER BAY N PRESERVE). It is not added to the national park figures on this page.

The monthly record

January: 200 mean recreation visitsFebruary: 173 mean recreation visitsMarch: 210 mean recreation visitsApril: 4,447 mean recreation visitsMay: 82,684 mean recreation visitsJune: 101,862 mean recreation visitsJuly: 110,249 mean recreation visitsAugust: 109,839 mean recreation visitsSeptember: 83,115 mean recreation visitsOctober: 22,672 mean recreation visitsNovember: 206 mean recreation visitsDecember: 191 mean recreation visitsJFMAMJJASOND
Mean of reported recreation visits by calendar month, 2016–2025. Gold is the lowest mean and rust is the highest. A missing bar was not reported. This is a historic average, not a live crowd count.
Monthly recreation-visit record
MonthMeanLowest yearHighest yearYears in the mean
January20017228510
February1732222310
March21017227310
April4,44716824,27510
May82,684286127,84410
June101,862807150,01910
July110,2491,480164,11110
August109,8391,489149,39310
September83,115476113,78110
October22,672179102,99310
November20617224510
December19117122410

How to use this fact sheet

This is a fact sheet. Every figure is tied to the sources under it. It is not a trail guide, a fee table, or a conditions report.

Official pages

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Nearest other national parks

Distances are great-circle miles between boundary centroids. They are not road distances or travel times.