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Exploring the Kenai Peninsula

The varied landscape of the Kenai Peninsula takes in everything Anchorage
from fjords and glaciers to forests and muskeg. Kenai Fjords
National Park contains the Harding Icefield, one of the largest
in the US. The peninsula also features three very distinctive urban
areas – practical Seward, the bustling, commercial Kenai-Soldotna Cook Chickaloon SEWARD HIGHWAY
Bay
region, and free-spirited Homer. These towns boast some excellent Inlet HOPE
attractions, including Seward’s Alaska SeaLife Center and Homer’s Swanson Lakes Barabara
Lake
Oceans and Islands Visitors’ Center, as well as good places to stock CAPTAIN COOK STATE Grouse Lake Chickaloon
up on supplies for outdoor activities. For the adventurous, the RECREATION AREA
Kenai River is ideal for rafting and fishing, while the Resurrection Nikishka Swanson E
Bay
Pass Trail is Alaska’s most popular multi-day hiking route. Nikiski G
PASS TRAIL
Beaver Swan Lake U
Lake
F RESURRECTION
STERLING E
KENAI STERLING HWY R COOPER MOOSE PASS
SOLDOTNA K E N A I R I V E R LANDING
Kenai
Kalifonsky Skilak Lake
Lake E Cooper
Lake
Cohoe Killey F
Funny
I
L Skilak SEWARD HIGHWAY
Glacier
D
CLAM GULCH L Exit
Tustumena Glacier
Lake W I Har ding SEWARD
Ninilchik Nikolai Icef ield
Crooked
NINILCHIK K Caines Head State
Visitors at the tour offices and gift shops along the Homer Spit Deep Creek State L R Bear Recreation Area
Recreation Area STERLING HIGHWAY A Glacier
Sights at a Glance Deep Creek N Tustumena P A
Glacier
Towns and Cities National and State Parks Fo x O Resurrection
K E N A I F J O R D S N A T I O N A L
1 Hope 7 Kenai Fjords National Park Stariski State T I Aialik Bay
2 Moose Pass pp106–7 Recreation Area NIKOLAEVSK Kachemak A Bay
Selo
3 Cooper Landing q Captain Cook State ANCHOR Anchor N
POINT
6 Seward pp102–5 Recreation Area
8 Sterling w Kenai National Wildlife Kachemak Grewingk I Harris
City
9 Soldotna Refuge HOMER Glacier A Bay
0 Kenai Halibut N
Cove
e Clam Gulch Area of Natural Beauty Kachemak Kachemak Bay State Park Yalik E
r Ninilchik 4 Kenai River Bay Glacier K
t Anchor Point Nuka
y Nikolaevsk Tour Seldovia Bay
u Homer pp112–3 5 Resurrection Pass Trail p101 Nuka ALASKA MARINE HIGHWAY
Port Graham Rocky Island
English Bay Kachemak Bay State
Wilderness Park
Getting Around
It is easiest to explore the region with an
organized tour or by car. The Seward Highway Elizabeth East Chugach
links the Kenai Peninsula to Anchorage, while Island Island
the Sterling Highway runs along the peninsula’s Perl
west coast. In the sum mer, Homer Stage Line buses Kodiak Island
connect Anchorage and Homer on weekdays, while
daily Park Connection Motorcoach buses run between
Seward and Denali National Park. Also in the summer,
there is a daily Alaska Railroad service from Seward,
and the Marine Highway ferry Tustumena calls at 0 km 20
Homer and Seldovia. Homer and Kenai are served 0 miles 20
by year-round scheduled flights from Anchorage.
For hotels and restaurants in this area see pp242–3 and pp251–2
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