Muskeg Meadows Golf Course

Muskeg Meadows is in Wrangell, 180 miles south of Juneau, 90 miles north of Ketchikan. It's on the northern tip of Wrangell Island in the Alaska Panhandle, across the Zimovia Strait from the Stikine River on the Alaska mainland. It's on the Inside Passage and is a small ship port of call. The area has a couple of main features, the largest spring concentration of bald eagles, and Petroglyph Beach, in addition to an abundance of fishing, wildlife viewing, hiking and kayaking. Muskeg Meadows is a 9 holer, built by the local golfing enthusiasts in the mid-1990s that counts over 600+ members worldwide. Unique layout through muskeg, which is a bog or marsh with layers of moss through meadows through a rain forest of spruce, hemlock, and cedar trees. It can play to 2,950 yards, 70.2/119 course and slope, and has a covered 8-station, 250-yard practice range as well as a practice putting green. Golf in Alaska is always special with the views, and Muskeg Meadows has some of the best with sea and mountain views surrounding the course, with plenty of wildlife. In fact, they have the "Raven rule" here, any ball taken by a raven can be replaced with no penalty!