Anchor River
| Anchor River | |
| Country | United States |
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| State | Alaska |
| Borough | Kenai Peninsula |
| Source | Kenai Peninsula |
| - elevation | 1,424 ft (434 m) [1] |
| - coordinates | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. [2] |
| Mouth | Cook Inlet |
| - location | Anchor Point, 14 miles (23 km) northwest of Homer |
| - elevation | 16 ft (5 m) [2] |
| - coordinates | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. [2] |
| Length | 30 mi (48 km) [2] |
  Location of the mouth of the Anchor River in Alaska
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The Anchor River is a stream on the Kenai Peninsula in the U.S. state of Alaska.[2] Beginning near Bald Mountain on the eastern side of the lower peninsula, if flows generally west for 30 miles (48 km)[2] into Cook Inlet near Anchor Point on the western side of the peninsula.[3] The river mouth is 14 miles (23 km) northwest of Homer.[2]
The middle reaches of the river pass through the Anchor River and Fritz Creek Critical Habitat Area, meant to protect fish and wildlife, especially moose.[4] The lower river intersects North Fork Road and then the Sterling Highway before reaching Anchor and the Anchor River State Recreation Area (SRA) at the coast.[3]
The SRA is a popular spot for camping and fishing in the summer months, when there are salmon runs, and catch-and-release steelhead fishing. Anchor Point, the site of the SRA, is the most westerly point in the U.S. highway system.[5] Anchor Point does not have a harbor, but it has a boat-launch service that uses tractors to pull boats from shore to deeper water.[6]
See also
References
- ↑ Derived by entering source coordinates in Google Earth.
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