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Kenai River at Cooper Landing Alaska Route 1 , the Sterling Highway, passes through the community, leading north 102 miles (164 km) to Anchorage and southwest 120 miles (190 km) to Homer . Soldotna , the Kenai Peninsula Borough seat, is 45 miles (72 km) to the west on AK-1, and Seward is 47 miles (76 km) to the southeast via routes 1 and 9 .
Looking up the Russian River. The Russian River (Russian: Рашен-Ривер) is a 13-mile-long (21 km) river on the Kenai Peninsula in the U.S. state of Alaska.It flows northward from Upper Russian Lake in the Kenai Mountains through Lower Russian Lake, draining into the Kenai River near the town of Cooper Landing.
Kenai River bank. The Kenai River [Kee-nye] is a meltwater river that drains the central Kenai Peninsula region. Its source is the Kenai Lake. [2] Near Cooper Landing, the lake narrows to form the river. About 12 miles (19 km) from the lake, the river passes through Kenai Canyon for about 2 miles (3.2 km) of fast-flowing whitewater rapids.
Tourism on the Kenai Peninsula revolves heavily around outdoor activities, including fishing, hunting, hiking, camping, and canoeing/rafting. Soldotna provides several city-owned, public access parks along the Kenai River. The river contains all five Pacific salmon species, as well as other salmonids such as Dolly Varden and rainbow trout.
Cooper Landing, Primrose Kenai Lake ( Dena'ina : Sqilan Bena ) is a large, "zig-zag" shaped lake [ 2 ] on the Kenai Peninsula , Alaska . The lake forms the headwaters of the Kenai River , [ 3 ] and is itself a destination for fishing and other outdoor activity.
Soldotna Creek forms the western boundary of the community, and the Kenai River forms the southern boundary. Alaska Route 1, the Sterling Highway, runs through the community, leading southwest 11 miles (18 km) to the center of Soldotna and east 34 miles (55 km) to Cooper Landing at the outlet of Kenai Lake.
The district encompasses a cluster of five buildings. Oriented toward the Kenai River, but now accessible from the Sterling Highway, the district includes two residential structures (a house built out of recycled bridge timbers and a modest log cabin) built before 1910, the Cooper Landing Post Office, built in the 1910s, the c. 1925 log Riddiford School, and the c. 1946 Leo Douglas log cabin.
Hidden Lake is a lake on the Kenai Peninsula of Alaska, formed by an ancient channel of the Kenai River. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It is located entirely inside the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge . The lake is deepest at its southeast end, with depths up to 148 feet (45 m).
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