Excursion Inlet, Alaska

About Excursion Inlet

Excursion Inlet is a small unincorporated community in southern Alaska.

Excursion Inlet holds the status of a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 56.41 square miles.

📰 Excursion Inlet News Today

• Excursion Inlet, AK Weather Forecast AccuWeather · Aug 10
• 49 Voices: Bruce Gordon of Excursion Inlet Alaska Public Media · Jun 15
• The Roadless Rule is on the chopping block, and the public has less than a month to comment on it KTOO · Aug 28
• Ocean Beauty closes Excursion Inlet plant for the rest of the year KHNS Radio · Aug 28
• DeSimone found guilty on first-degree murder charge in Excursion Inlet shooting death Alaska Public Media · May 11

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What Makes Excursion Inlet Unique

• The only place in America named Excursion Inlet — a truly one-of-a-kind name among 32,000+ US communities.
• An unincorporated community — no city hall of its own, which often means lower local taxes and county-managed services.
• One of the northernmost communities in the lower 48 states.
• Alaska living: vast wilderness, midnight sun in summer, and true frontier spirit.
• Positioned in southern Alaska, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.

Why People Love It Here

• Small-town pace of life: less traffic, more community, and neighbors who wave.
• Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 25 miles.

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