Things To Do In Kenai Alaska

Submitted By Tim Morrison, July 12, 2007

First stop was Arby's for a quick bite to eat, little did we know that this was to be one of the highlights of our stay in this area of the peninsula. We asked one of the kids working behind the counter for ideas on things to do and everything came back, Well, Over in Soldotna... Kind of summed up our stay.

We looked for a souvenior shop and found none. Then we searched for a sporting goods store as we needed to replace a sleeping pad and found none. Lots of empty buildings and very little in the form of shopping available. This town needs some real serious help.

We stopped into the local grocery store and there we met a person that told us about a place across the river that had everything we were looking for all within an old fish packing cannery that was still operating today. Now this sounded like something we were surely interested in so off to the rental car we flew and we followed the directions from the parking lot at “Country Foods” back to the Spur highway, turned left and preceded to the stoplight on Bridge Access Road. took a right turn and headed out of Kenai. After crossing the bridge over the Kenai River where we could see dozens of boats engaged in the dipnet fishery for local residents, we arrived at the stop sign at the "T". Another right and onto Kalifornski Beach Road where we drove for 2 miles, before turning right onto Cannery Road. It was then just 1 mile to the sign and we turned into Kenai Landing.

All Wasn't Lost; Finally a little of what we had hoped to find. This old fish cannery was more then just a tourist attraction as the cannery is still in operation today and with the dip netters in the river out in front of the pier, we were able to watch as they were using these huge nets to gather their winters meals. Inside we found a couple dozen small shops, some local arts and crafts for sale, a coffee shop, ice cream shop and a restaurant. Though most items were expensive even on Alaskan standards, we did make some purchases of gifts and ate in the restaurant. This was a fun place to visit and well worth the out of the way drive.

Kenai Landing
2101 Bowpicker Lane
Kenai, Alaska 99611

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Submitted By Jerry Aalbu, July 09, 2007

Drive out along the gravel road behind the Chrysler Dealership and watch for caribou, moose and bear. We saw three or four small groups of caribou and a couple moose one night. The bear was a couple days later and was closer to behind the airport just before the juvenile detention center.

Submitted By Brian Kirkpatrick, August 11, 2006

One of the favorite memories from our stay in Kenai came from being chased by a moose in front of our motel one morning. We were headed out to work early one morning and met a cow moose face to face in front of the Place Motel north of town. Things got interesting real fast when we noticed a pair of calves off to our left and behind us. The cow was not pleased that we were there and began snorting and scuffing her front hoofs in the driveway. We both shouted at her and that just seemed to irritate her even more. At this point we had the car between us and the momma moose and probably should have stayed there, but we didn’t and as soon as we started backing up towards the motel, the cow closed in on us so rapidly it left us no time to even turn around. For some reason she stopped short of running us over and we were able to get back into the motel door. Speechless and out of breath, we just stood there looking at each other and then started laughing uncontrollably. We learned right there and then that the animals you see in these Alaskan towns are still as dangerous and unpredictable as those you encounter in the wild.

Submitted By Mark T, February 19, 2008

Take a tour of the small brewary in Nikiski and sample the local brew. Kassiks Kenai Brew Stop is located off of Holt Lamplight accessed from the Kenai Spur highway via South Miller road. Kassik’s has 6 fantastic ales on tap. They are open 7 days a week.

Kassik's Kenai Brew Stop.
47160 Spruce Haven St.
Kenai, AK. 99611
Phone (907)776-4055

Welcome to Kenai Alaska and the Kenai Peninsula Information Network. This is a list of activities and events for the City of Kenai AK that we find appropriate for family members of all ages. This list is not all inclusive but just a representation of our opinions as residents of the town for the past 17 years. • Dirt Bikes • Four Wheelin' • Snowmobiles • Video Games • Skateboarding • Hawaii Vacations • Watching The Snow Melt • Road Trips With Friends •.