The area itself is very beautiful.
With 13 feet (yes, feet) of rain per season the forest is very pretty. To garden well requires a greenhouse.
Nearby is the Misty Fjords Park (yet another huge section of Alaska tied up by the Feds) and just ‘around the corner’ Sitka offers both fantastic fishing and fantastic scenery.
I love living in Anchorage, it is such a short drive to Alaska.
We flew into Misty Fjords some years ago , saw lots of goats...stopped in a high, small, fresh water lake in a Beaver.
Very fun : as it had been raining for a month solid, but was clear during our visit.
Always wanted to go back, but thought that we would never see as much with low hanging clouds.