Potter Marsh

The most popular area of the Anchorage Coastal Wildlife Refuge is the Potter Marsh boardwalk, a ½ mile-long elevated boardwalk trail over the marsh with interpretive signs, telescopes, and excellent vantage points for wildlife viewing and photography. Potter Marsh is the premier destination for birders in Anchorage. Large concentrations of birds can be seen during the spring migration from late April through mid-May when waterfowl stop on their way to breeding grounds farther north, and again in late July and August when shorebirds begin to flock up in preparation for their migration to southern wintering grounds. A diversity of birds also nest in the marsh and provide entertainment all summer long, in particular Canada geese and trumpeter swans with their downy broods of goslings.