Ketchikan cruise port map + where do cruise ships dock in Ketchikan? 🏔 Alaska cruise tips

Hi there!

So if you’re a paper map type of person (I am!) and you want to walk around downtown Ketchikan, the first thing you’ll want to do once you walk off the cruise ship is go to the Ketchikan Visitor’s Bureau!

This is quite literally right in front of the cruise ship… well, it’s in front of the cruise ship that’s at berth 2!

So if your cruise ship is docked in downtown Ketchikan (which is all major cruise lines not named NCL), then you’ll be just a short walk away from getting your Ketchikan map at the visitor center!

Otherwise, for planning purposes, I’ve created an interactive google map below that includes some of the top attractions, which is based on my 5 cruise ship visits to Ketchikan. You can decide if you want to do any of these things!

These are things you can do on your own, whether it’s walking around downtown or getting there by bus or shuttle.

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Where do cruise ships dock in Ketchikan?

Most major cruise lines dock in downtown Ketchikan. This includes Princess, Holland America, Royal Caribbean, Carnival, Celebrity, and Disney.

There are 4 berths downtown, and depending on which one you’re at, it will be closer (1 minute walk!) or further (15 minute walk) to the heart of downtown Ketchikan.

If you’re on a Norwegian cruise ship (NCL), then you will dock at Ward Cove which is outside of town. You will require a shuttle to get to downtown Ketchikan. It’s important to plan for this shuttle time. See more about Ward Cove.

You can see exactly where your cruise ship will dock (berth 1, 2, 3, or 4) by looking at the Alaska cruise port schedule for 2024.

There will be numbers for downtown Ketchikan berths, and Ward Cove is indicated as WW or WE. (For Ward Cove, it’s the same pier so it really does not make a difference which you are at. You will be on one side or the other of the same pier.)

If you see something else listed next to your cruise ship, you can check the berth codes pdf.

Although as always, schedules can change.

If your cruise is in 2025, you can have the 2025 schedule bookmarked and check back later for the berth assignments as your cruise date gets closer.

👆 Where do cruise ships dock in Ketchikan? Most cruise ships will dock in downtown Ketchikan, where you will be a 1 to 15 minute walk to the heart of downtown. Cruise ships also dock at Ward Cove, where you will be a 20 minute drive away from the heart of downtown. You can find the map above of the cruise ships in relation to downtown on the Ketchikan Visitors Bureau website.

Side note! Read Ketchikan cruise port tour reviews at partner website Viator!

Here are fun tours in Ketchikan cruise port you must consider that people have loved:

• Cheap(er) and easy excursion: Ketchikan walking tour with Alaskan huskies
• Deadliest Catch fisherman’s tour: You will be on a boat that is as seen on TV and one of Ketchikan’s most popular things to do. (Don’t worry, you won’t be sailing to the rough Bering Sea that’s seen on TV 🤪)
• Ride to the end of Ketchkan’s road to nowhere: electric bike + rainforest hiking tour
• Highlights and hidden gems small group tour: Ketchikan Alaska in a ’67 VW van tour

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Ketchikan Alaska map

Now, here is the interactive google map of Ketchikan that I created!

👆 How to use this map: Click on the top left icon for a list of what’s on the map! Or, just start clicking the icons on the map! Each icon has more details, so click to expand! If the map isn’t loading well for you, you can also open it directly in google maps. See below for the quick list of what’s on the map.

What’s on the Ketchikan map?

• Read: Things to do in Ketchikan from a cruise ship
• Read: Easy walking in Ketchikan
• Locations of where cruise ships dock (check the Alaska cruise port schedule 2024 for which berth your cruise ship will be at)
• Ketchikan Visitors Bureau (stop here to get a paper map!)
• Things you need to take a picture of
  • Welcome to Ketchikan sign (see more welcome signs in Alaska)
  • The Rock (see more iconic Alaska statues)
  • Iconic salmon statue
  • Creek Street (see more about walking in Ketchikan)
  • Liquid Sunshine Gauge (this, or nearby, is a common meeting point if you book a tour independently on your own)
• Where to see salmon swimming (during salmon season)
  • Salmon ladder
  • Harris Street Bridge (details of a walking route in Ketchikan)
• Where to see totem poles
  • Eagle totem pole
  • Chief Johnson totem pole
  • Saxman totem park
  • Totem Bight State Historical Park
  • bus stop to catch the direct bus to Totem Bight
  • See my post for more details about totem poles in Ketchikan
• How to do an easy or moderate rainforest hike
  • Rainbird Trail (1 of 3 spots you can start the trail)
  • shuttle stop “near” the Rainbird Trail
  • free downtown shuttle stop to go to Rainbird Trail
  • See more about hiking in Alaska cruise ports
• Popular excursions
  • Bering Sea Crab Fishermen’s tour*
    • (*Read the Viator reviews. I’m a Viator partner. I may earn a commission)
  • Misty Fjords seaplane tour*
  • Great Alaskan Lumberjack Show (look for the add-on axe throwing excursion after the show!)
  • See more about epic Alaska flightseeing tours
• How to see marine life (maybe!), like starfish (orange and purple!), jellyfish, and more marine critters!
  • Mountain Point snorkeling tour*
  • Low-tide beach bonfire tour*
  • Refuge Cove
  • Rotary Beach / Buggy Beach
• Food
  • The Alaska Fish House (menu)

More maps and where cruise ships dock:

• Juneau cruise port map
• Skagway cruise port map
• Sitka cruise port map
• Walking near Vancouver cruise port + map

Walking in cruise ports:

• Ketchikan walking
• Juneau walking
• Skagway walking
• Icy Strait Point walking (with cruise port map)
• Sitka walking
• Victoria walking

HAPPY NAVIGATING BY MAP AROUND KETCHIKAN!