Gustavus: Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve - Alaska, United States: Bartlett Cove Dock and Tlingit Trail

Gustavus is best known within Alaska for its close connection to Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve. The small community lies on the north shore of Icy Strait, amid the coastal rainforest and waterways of southeastern Alaska. Nearby Bartlett Cove serves as the park’s mainland visitor-services area and a starting point for boat trips into Glacier Bay, where tidewater glaciers descend into the water. The park also protects an ancestral homeland of the Huna Tlingit, whose enduring presence is fundamental to the area’s cultural story. See how Gustavus fits within southeastern Alaska by browsing webcams nearby.

Built around the homelands of Indigenous peoples and later linked by fur-trade and mining routes, Alaska grew into the largest state in the United States. These coordinates lie in the Interior, where the Tanana River crosses a country of broad lowlands, boreal forest and long winters. Alaska extends from the Gulf of Alaska to the Arctic Ocean and includes Denali, North America’s highest mountain. Athabascan communities remain central to the living cultural fabric of the interior. The Alaska Railroad reached Fairbanks in 1923, helping connect this remote region with the coast. Browse additional webcams from the surrounding area to extend your view of Interior Alaska.

The Atlantic, Pacific and Gulf coasts define much of the United States — their ports, fisheries and trade routes have long tied the country’s economy to the wider world. Between them, the Rocky Mountains, Great Plains and Mississippi River basin form sharply different regions, from high western ranges to broad agricultural heartlands. Cities carry much of the national story: New York’s Statue of Liberty, a gift from France dedicated in 1886, remains an enduring symbol, while Washington, DC concentrates major federal institutions. Indigenous nations have shaped these lands for millennia, and their living cultures remain essential to the country’s identity. Find related webcams in the surrounding areas to build a fuller picture of the United States.