KENAI PENINSULA: The Kenai area is just a short 20 minute commuter flight (planes leave every half hour) from Anchorage, or a beautiful 147 mile drive through spectacular Alaska scenery. Anchorage has a large International Airport, and has convenient air service from the most major west coast, midwest, and east coast cities. With the amount of daylight that is received in summer (almost 24 hours of it in June and July) you can leave home and arrive with plenty of time to explore the area and get ready for your fishing trip of a lifetime. 

Kenai Town's population 7,000, is the largest  city in the Kenai Peninsula. Constantly changing, modern structures stand side by side with old log buildings. Kenai has numerous restaurants, fast food stores, bars, supermarkets, visitors and cultural centers, and auto repair shops. Limousine services , taxi, and car rental are in the airport and in town. The stores in Kenai offer fine shopping opportunities. Laundromats, showers, and dump station available, as well as ambulance or police assistance, there are three medical clinics plus a general hospital. Kenai Municipal Airport, one of the busiest commuter airport in the country, is the largest in the peninsula and is essential in supporting today's lifestyle in a state where going by air is not only the fastest way of getting there, but often the only way. Scheduled flights, charters and aircraft rentals are available. A floatplane basin accommodates transient aircraft on floats and provides slips for local floatplanes. Pilots wishing fuel can telephone to the Kenai airport and a truck will deliver to the basin. You may flight in fixed wing aircraft or by helicopter. 

NIKISKI: Is an unincorporated area that stretches for several miles on either side of the road. There are motels, trailer and camper parks, grocery stores, restaurants, gas stations, convenience stores, post office, and numerous shops, many clustered in the Nikiska Mall. 911 in case of fire or accident. Nikiski fire department's two stations serve an extensive area that not only includes the northern peninsula and Cook Inlet but reaches across the inlet to a section of the mainland. In addition to general emergency calls, personnel and equipment are further geared to respond to calls from offshore oil and gas platforms as well as oil and chemical industries onshore. Boats and helicopter support are available for rescue operations. The department was a leader in developing paramedic services; the Arctic, Subarctic Aquatic pararescue team and fire training as a combined operation on the peninsula.

CAPTAIN COOK STATE PARK: approximately 12 miles from the property, encompasses about 4,000 acres of forest, lakes, rivers and salt water beaches. The area offers swimming, a canoe landing and take out point for the Swanson river canoe trails, a good place to fish for silver salmon August and September, picnic sites and camping. The park was named after the famous British explorer Captain James Cook who came to this part of the world in 1778 in the ship "Discovery".

STERLING: Oil was discovered in 1957 in the Swanson river area and a road build to the development from Sterling. The gravel road also opened up the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge (then called the Moose Range) to more convenient camping, picnicking, hunting, fishing and other activities. Sterling remains the getaway to the northern portion of the refuge. Sterling has school, post office, fire station, restaurants, groceries, bars, lodging, gas, and private campgrounds with hookups, laundry and showers. You can buy furniture, second hand items, antiques, gifts, and hand made articles.