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| Day-Use | Fishing | yes | | | Hunting | yes | | | Hiking Trail, miles | yes |
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| National Park Overview: |
 | Alaska's Kenai Peninsula is, in geologic terms, still quite "young," since its entire land mass was covered by glacial ice as recently as 10,000 years ago. Much of that frozen blanket still exists today, in the form of the more than 800-square mile Harding Ice Field, which the refuge "shares" with Kenai Fjords National Park. <P>The grudging withdrawal of the Harding Ice Field has helped to make the lands of the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge a "miniature Alaska." Today, the refuge includes examples of every major Alaska habitat type. The refuge is an Alaska in miniature in its diversity of wildlife, as well. Sport fish bring hundreds of thousands of visitors to the peninsula each year. Eager anglers can pursue chinook, sockeye, coho and pink salmon; as well as northern pike, Dolly Varden char, rainbow trout, arctic grayling and steelhead. The refuge is also home to brown and black bears, caribou, Dall sheep, mountain goats, wolves, lynx, wolverines, eagles and thousands of shorebirds and waterfowl, not to mention the mighty Alaska-Yukon moose that the refuge was originally established (as the Kenai National Moose Range) to protect. <P>Today. The Kenai National Wildlife Refuge's wealth of habitat, scenery and wildlife draws a half a million visitors a year, more than any other wildlife refuge in Alaska. <P> |
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| Canoeing | |  | Alaska's Sadie Cove Wilderness Lodge - Homer, AK
This beautiful Eco-Lodge is located on a privately owned, remote beach inside Alaska's Kachemak Bay State Park, midway between the villages of Seldovia and Halibut Cove, and only 10 miles by boat from Homer, Alaska, the "Bear Viewing Capital of the World."
Web Site: http://www.sadiecove.com |
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| | Water Sports | |  | Homer Ocean Charters - Homer, AK
Deluxe new cottage overlooking the bay. Literally on the water's edge...with the waves splashing 40 feet below your private deck. You will be entertained with spectacular sunrises, sunsets, glacier views, seals and sea otters from your own private accommodations.
Web Site: http://www.homerbnb.com |
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| Cottages and Cabins | | | Alaska's Sadie Cove Wilderness Lodge - Homer, AK
This beautiful Eco-Lodge is located on a privately owned, remote beach inside Alaska's Kachemak Bay State Park, midway between the villages of Seldovia and Halibut Cove, and only 10 miles by boat from Homer, Alaska, the "Bear Viewing Capital of the World."
Web Site: http://www.sadiecove.com |
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| | | Homer Ocean Charters - Homer, AK
Deluxe new cottage overlooking the bay. Literally on the water's edge...with the waves splashing 40 feet below your private deck. You will be entertained with spectacular sunrises, sunsets, glacier views, seals and sea otters from your own private accommodations.
Web Site: http://www.homerbnb.com |
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| |  | Bear Paw Adventure - Anchor Point, AK
Near the park, Bear Paw Adventure's upscale log lodging has Alaskan decor & everything you will want for a great stay. Private, natural, secure area; this is the best lodging experience on the Kenai. See eagles & moose as you relax at the BBQ, or play a game of "moose shoes". Lodge, 9 beds, Cabin 4 beds. Competitive rates and free extras will save you money vs. lower cost, less comfortable lodging. 866-286-0576
Web Site: http://www.bearpawadventure.com |
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| Directions: |
| Driving from Anchorage, take the Seward Highway south to the Sterling Highway; the eastern refuge boundary is at milepost 55 of the Sterling Highway. Another five miles from the boundary is a Visitor Contact Station (open from Memorial Day through Labor Day) and the west entrance to the Skilak Wildlife Recreation Area. Continuing on to Soldotna will bring you to the refuge visitor center and headquarters, which is found by taking a left onto Funny River Road, then turning right (before the hardware store) onto Ski Hill Road. <P> |
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