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Visit Resurrection Bay's spectacular Thumb Cove and the pillow lava seacliffs stretching from Eldorado Narrows to Cape Resurrection. Travel with Resurrection Bay maps and useful information regarding the bay's multiple vessel anchorages, kayaker campsites areas, wildlife concentrations, and special places to visit.

Thumb Cove State Marine Park (SMP) (right) stands out as one of the most breathtaking and accessible kayaker base camps in Resurrection Bay. Lying 9-miles south of Seward, Thumb Cove SMP occupies the cove's head and south beach area. Good camping areas can be found in the woods behind the gravel beach berm on a first-come basis. Three glacial cirques tower high on the fjord wall above the cove and unleash streams of icy meltwater down the hillside. Two State Recreation public use cabins, the "Porcupine Glacier Cabin" and the "Spruce Glacier Cabin", sit behind the south beach waterfront.

Fox Island's Sandspit Point State Marine Park (left) is among the best camp destinations in Resurrection Bay. Sandspit Lagoon's ghost tree forest area is a good spot to see waterfowl, sea otters, ravens and eagles. Fox Island is the largest of the 5 Resurrection Bay Islands at the bay's entrance. Sandspit Point is a remnant of a glacial moraine crossing Eldorado Narrows to the Resurrection Peninsula.

Located in lower Resurrection Bay, 8-mile long Bear Glacier (right) is among the largest glaciers draining from the Harding Icefield. Its retreating terminus sits in a large glacial lake, about five miles from tidewater. For safety, I recommend hiring a water taxi or kayak guide service to access Bear Glacier Lake. A dangerous shallow moraine bar that accentuates the gulf swell at the stream's entrance often creates hazardous sea conditions when the stream's ebbing current collides with an incoming tide or a large gulf ground swell.

Pillar Point (left), located at at the mouth of Spire Cove in lower Resurrection Bay, displays scores of scenic tree-crowned islets and rocky pinnacles jutting from the sea. The perpendicular islets and seacliffs provide perfect habitat for nesting marine birds like puffins, kittiwakes, and murres. The lower end of Resurrection Bay is exposed to the open ocean and the gulf's ever-present ground swells. Bottom fishing for halibut and trolling for silver salmon are favored activities in lower Resurrection Bay.