Visitors Guide to Palmer Alaska

Come visit Palmer, Alaska. We’ve made it easier for you with our Visitors Guide.

The small town S. Colony Way “main street” with one “blinky” 4-way stop light where pedestrians have the right-of-way is where I call home and run my flower farm.

A great place for a day trip or weekend get-away with its famous Pioneer Peak views and roots deep in agriculture, including several “local” yummy lunch and dinner options. Many of which include Alaska Grown menu items and ingredients. 

Although there is more to do in the summer, there is fun to be had all year.

*Please check ahead as many events and destinations are seasonal. 

Downtown Palmer

• Visitors Center
• Colony House Museum
• Palmer Museum of History & Art Tours

*Lots of cute little shops up and down S. Colony Way & the Old Glenn Hwy. More Information

 

Flower Farms & Nurseries

• All Dahlia’d Up Flower Farm, Flower Stand Market, Watch out for pop-ups in June with regular hours of operation starting in July-September, Thursday-Friday 2-6 and Saturdays 11-5. Plus a new addition to our offering, August-September, Walking 1.5 hr tours, get tickets here. Call ahead or sign up for newsletter to stay in the know. (See Tabs Above or click here for more details)
• Fresh Starts, Greenhouse, April-June
• Glacier Valley Farm Stand, Typically Thursdays, 2-6. But call ahead or see Facebook
• Bushes-n-Bunches, Farmers Market, Old Glenn Hwy.
• EweTopia Farms Greenhouse
• Pyrah’s Pioneer Peak Farm
• Mountain Field Farms, Historic farm and Farm Boutique
• Sun Circle Farm, Produce and Cut Flowers, Farm Stand 
• Mat-Su Cooperative Extension Office

*Have/Know a farm you’d like listed here please give us a call (907)232-4580

Attractions

• Skeetawk, an alpine ski area run, Hatchers Pass 
• Independence Mine, Hatchers Pass
• MuskOx Farm
• Reindeer Farm
• Palmer Golf Course

Community Events Free to Public unless otherwise noted

• Colony Days, Down Town Palmer every June
• Colony Christmas, Down Town Palmer every December
• Alaska State Fair, Mid August-September, Admission Fee Required
• Friday Flings, every Friday, May-Mid-August
• Public Gardens around town; Grow Palmer, 
• Mid-Summer Garden and Art Faire, every July

 

Scenic Drives

Springer System the home of All Dahlia’d Up, Vanderweele Farms, Glacier Valley Farms, Fresh Start Farm, Hamilton Farm, Paradise Alaska & Country Garden Farms. Also the Palmer Golf Course

• FarmLoop Road
• Hatchers Pass
• Boden Burge Loop
• Clark Wolverine Road

 

Popular Hiking Trails

• Butte,  15702-15704 Mothershead Ln, Palmer, AK 99645
• Lazy Mountain, 2955 Mountain Trail Cir, Palmer, AK 99645

*See Google for several more.

Good Eats

• Vagabond Blues
• Turkey Red
• Omnivore
• Palmer Ale House
• La Fiesta
• Pizza Delphi 
• Elwoods
• Link to City of Palmer Map

 

Further up the Glenn Hwy. 

• City of Chickaloon, mile 76
• Matanuska Zip-line Glacier Tours, mile 99