Activities
USE MCCARTHY AS YOUR BASE CAMP AND GO EXPLORING!
- Explore three ghost towns (little known Blackburn is just a mile from McCarthy, 3.5 miles from Kennicott).
- Visit our museum
- Walk through two historic cemeteries
- Go on a world-class hike
- Go flight seeing through the highest concentration of mountains anywhere
- Go ice hiking or glacier climbing (a great soft adventure for any age – novice and expert alike)
- Go river rafting (this can also be combined with a flight see.)
- Tour the historic mill building in Kennicott or the McCarthy Then & Now Tour
After you’re done exploring, you’ll want to hang out in the town of McCarthy!

