Best Hummingbird Gardens in City and Borough of Juneau County, Alaska

The Mendenhall Glacier Visitor Center, just 12 miles from downtown Juneau, offers one of the world's most dramatic wildlife photography settings: the chance to photograph a Rufous Hummingbird hovering at fireweed blossoms in the foreground of a living glacier. Rufous Hummingbirds arrive in Southeast Alaska from April through August, frequenting the flowering currant, salmonberry, and fireweed that bloom in succession around the glacier's moraines and the surrounding Tongass National Forest. Juneau Audubon Society confirms Rufous Hummingbirds are frequent visitors to Southeast feeders from April to August, with Anna's Hummingbirds increasingly present year-round as their range expands northward. The combination of glacier scenery, old-growth rainforest, and vibrant hummingbird activity makes this an utterly singular destination.

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