Box Canyon Cabins

After learning Seward’s riverfront hotels were mostly booked up by May, I found this cozy cabin about two miles from the Kenai tour boat docks, just off the road to Exit Glacier. (I called to book the cabin directly – I think I woke up the manager on a Sunday morning.) We checked into the Peterson cabin with a code provided via email, without ever seeing any staff during our one-night visit. The cabin was located in a circle of six or so cabins surrounding a landscaped pond complete with agarden gnome and a standing moose character. It had a kitchenette with stove, refrigerator and coffee maker; a ladder lead to a a loft and a second double bed, which we did not use. The space heater kept us plenty warm; we were all checked out by 8 a.m. and on our way for our Kenai Fjords cruise.

I was a guest here with my family. This is a lovely 2 bedroom cabin. But there are several things missing which would have made the stay much better. The good things are: covered porch with Adirondack chairs, lovely grounds, cable tv worked well, lots of towels in bathroom. Here are the items that detracted from the cabin: Welcome/instruction book is seriously outdated and useless. Large heater broken, no sign to indicate this-spent an hour or three trying to turn it on. Electric heaters in LR, and 2 BRs although the 2nd BR heater was hidden in closet. Called for another heater and was told the large heater was broken and that is why there are electric heaters. Like we would know that??? Person brought a heater with a broken wheel which had to be just right to stay upright. Sign over gas stove/oven said we had to keep the bedroom doors open because the smoke detectors would go off and bother everyone including people upstairs. Uhh….there were no smoke detectors in cabin-all had been removed. Not good. Kitchen could use a strainer for pasta, otherwise adequately stocked for cookware & knives & flatware. And if you use the microwave & toaster at same time, the fuse will blow-fuse boxes is in 2nd bedroom by the way. One working gas grill for entire cabins -we were the furthest and pretty sure food would have turned cold by the time it was walked back to cabin. Beware there are people renting (not the owners of the place)on 2nd floor above you who are fairly noisy at night walking to bathroom, flushing, etc. If they get the big items (heaters, smoke detectors, CO) fixed it would be a lovely place to stay.

Very nice place to stay. Clean. Private. Full kitchen with an oven, stovetop and full sized fridge! We could have cooked full meals! The drive to it is a long dirt road and off the beaten path of the tourist feel of Seward. We are spoiled for staying in a hotel now!