Guide Exploring Juneau, Alaska | SolarTravels.com

<body> Destination Guides > North America > USA > Alaska > Southeast Alaska > Juneau Juneau -- Neighborhoods -- Downtown Juneau -- Sights -- Mendenhall Glacier and Tracy Arm Fjord Travel Options Flights Hotels Vacation Rentals Cars • Juneau • Arrival, Information And Getting Around • Eating And Drinking • Explore Juneau • Hotels in Juneau JUNEAU BE THERE NOW Hotels in Juneau • Baranof Westmark Juneau from $125.00 USD • Juneau Airport Travelodge Hotel Juneau from $99.00 USD • Super 8 Motel - Juneau Juneau from $81.98 USD More Hotels in Juneau >> Vacation Rentals in Juneau • Aurora View Inn On The Mountain Juneau from $156.00 USD • Beachside Villa Juneau from $286.00 USD More Vacation Rentals in Juneau >> READ IT HERE The sophisticated and vibrant city of JUNEAU is unlike any other state capital in the nation. Accessible only by sea or air, it is exceptionally picturesque, hard against the Gastineau Channel , with steep, narrow roads clawing up into the rainforested hills behind. Gold features heavily in its history. In 1880, two prospectors - one of them Joe Juneau - made Alaska's first gold strike in the rainforest along the banks of the Gastineau Channel. Named Gold Creek, the camp grew rapidly. Until the last mine was shut down in 1944, this was the world's largest producer of low-grade ore - all the flat land in Juneau, stretching from downtown to the airport, is landfill from mine tailings. </body>