Dockside Galley

Ketchikan


Sixteen miles north of Ketchikan is the welcome sight of this seafood shack, where you'll find the best halibut burger in the area, as well as homemade pies and milkshakes to rave about.


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Nearby Ketchikan attractions

1. Totem Bight State Park

3.64 MILES

Ten miles north of downtown Ketchikan is this seaside park that contains 14 restored totem poles, a colorful community house and a viewing deck…

2. Potlatch Park

3.68 MILES

Potlatch Park is right next door to Totem Bight State Park. It's less manicured, but still home to a dozen totems, one of which is 42ft high. There are…

3. Waterfront Promenade

10.4 MILES

Ketchikan’s newest boardwalk is the Waterfront Promenade, which begins near Berth 4, passes Harbor View Park (a city park that is composed entirely of…

4. Hopkins Alley

10.43 MILES

Up in Newtown, just north of the road tunnel, is an old wooden boardwalk furnished with buildings constructed in the early 20th century on the profits of…

5. Tongass Historical Museum

10.72 MILES

Houses a collection of local historical and Alaska Native artifacts, many dealing with Ketchikan’s fishing industry. More interesting is the impressive…

6. Southeast Alaska Discovery Center

10.81 MILES

Three large totems greet you in the lobby of this center run by the National Park Service (NPS), while a school of silver salmon suspended from the…

7. Creek Street

10.82 MILES

Departing from Stedman St is Creek St (a boardwalk built over Ketchikan Creek on pilings), a history book of misshapen wood-paneled houses painted in…

8. Dolly's House

10.84 MILES

Dolly's house, in Creek St, looks like a dollhouse from the outside, but it once operated as a bastion of the world's oldest profession (read:…