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Sterling Highway at mile 170 (km 274), descending a long, steep hill (locally known as "Baycrest Hill") towards Homer. The Sterling Highway is a 138-mile-long (222 km) state highway in the south-central region of the U.S. state of Alaska, leading from the Seward Highway at Tern Lake Junction, 90 miles (140 km) south of Anchorage, to Homer.
Seward Highway: Seward: Anchorage: 127 204 Alaska Route 1: Passes directly through the scenic Chugach National Forest, also an All-American Road and a National Forest Scenic Byway Steese Highway: Fox: Circle: 151 243 Alaska Route 2, Alaska Route 6: Sterling Highway: Seward Highway: Skilak Lake: 39 63 Alaska Route 1: Northern segment Sterling ...
Alaska Route 1 (AK-1) is a state highway in the southern part of the U.S. state of Alaska.It runs from Homer northeast and east to Tok by way of Anchorage.It is one of two routes in Alaska to contain significant portions of freeway: the Seward Highway in south Anchorage and the Glenn Highway between Anchorage and Palmer.
Sterling is a census-designated place (CDP) in Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska, United States. At the 2020 census the population was 5,918, up from 5,617 in 2010. [ 2 ] Sterling is the tenth-most populated CDP in Alaska.
Skilak Lake (Dena'ina: Q'es Dudilen Bena) is a large lake on the Kenai Peninsula, Alaska. The lake is part of the Kenai River system but also contains glacial runoff, being fed by meltwater from Skilak Glacier. The water is exceptionally clear with a mostly rocky bottom, relatively free of aquatic vegetation.
Nov. 9—Expand Autoplay Image 1 of 24 Nuna Sheldon-Cook walks along Fourth Avenue during a snowfall on November 9, 2023. (Marc Lester / ADN) More than a foot of snow — in some areas more than 2 ...
The highway is maintained by the Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities (Alaska DOT&PF), and the A-1 designation is not signed along the highway. [7] In 2010, 2,520 vehicles used the highway near the junction with Sterling Highway in a measure of the annual average daily traffic , the lowest tally along the highway.
Alaska Route 1 (Sterling Highway) runs through the CDP close to the shore of Cook Inlet; it leads north 47 miles (76 km) to Soldotna and south 27 miles (43 km) to Homer. According to the United States Census Bureau, the Happy Valley CDP has a total area of 88.2 square miles (228.4 km 2), of which 1.9 acres (7,802 m 2), or 0.003%, are water. [2]