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Sitka has a lot to offer vacationers. Sitka is not accessible by road. Sitka's weather and site on the outer coast with the archipelago make transportation inherently difficult, expensive, and inconvenient. By air, Sitka Rocky Gutierrez Airport offers service from jet and regional carrier Alaska Airlines and charter and bush community carrier Harris Aircraft Services. Delays in fall and winter as a result of Sitka's weather are frequent. Edinburgh airport is located on Japonski Island, which can be connected to Baranof Island from the O'Connell Bridge. The O'Connell Bridge, finished in 1972, was the initial vehicular cable-stayed bridge in america. Slower ferry travel is provided through the Alaska Marine Highway System. The ferry terminal is found seven miles (11 km) north of downtown. Sitka's location about the outer coast of Alaskan Panhandle is slowly removed from routes explain to you Chatham Strait. This, besides the tides of Peril Straits that enable mainline vessels through only at slack tide combine to bring about no designated service by way of a vessel and minimal service overall. However, the AMHS is often the mode of transportation associated with preference when the schedule proves convenient due to its much cheaper cost. Alaska Marine Lines, a barge and freight company, even offers the ability to move cars along with other communities coupled to the mainland by road systems. The Sitka Tribe of Alaska offers public bus transit along with the Alaska Dot. In 2008, the League of yank Bicyclists awarded Sitka the bronze level in bicycle friendliness making Sitka the initial bicycle-friendly community in Alaska.

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Sitka's many attractions include: Alaska Day, Alaska Raptor Center, Baranof Castle Hill, Naa Kah?di Dancers who perform inside the Sheet'k Kwan Naa Kahdi, Russian Bishop's House, Saint Lazaria National Wildlife Refuge, St. Michael's Cathedral, Saint Peter's-by-the-Sea Episcopal Church, Sheldon Jackson Museum, Sitka Fine Arts Camp, Sitka Historical Museum, Sitka Jazz Festival, Sitka Lutheran Church, Sitka National Historical Park, Sitka Pioneer Home, Sitka Summer Music Festival, Swan Lake, Tongass National Forest, Whale Fest. The plant life and animals of Sitka and its particular surrounding area may also be a notable attraction. Day cruises and guided day trips (hiking) are large enterprises in Sitka. Floatplane "flightseeing" excursions certainly are a breathtaking approach to view the area's many sights from high above. Sitka's unique position for being straddled between the Sea and the most mountainous island inside the Alexander Archipelago creates an enormous variety of outdoor opportunities: