Anchor Point, Alaska

Anchor Point (Dena'ina: K’kaq’) is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Kenai Peninsula Borough, in the U.S. state of Alaska.

The community is located along the Sterling Highway, part of Alaska State Route 1.

[3] Anchor Point is located at 59°46′39″N 151°46′13″W / 59.77750°N 151.77028°W / 59.77750; -151.77028 (59.777468, -151.770220)[4] on the eastern shore of Cook Inlet.

It is bordered to the north by Happy Valley, to the northeast by Nikolaevsk, and to the south by Diamond Ridge.

The Anchor River runs through the southern part of the CDP, entering Cook Inlet just west of the town center.

The Anchor Point Public Library has one employee, and its collection includes approximately 12,000 items.

[9] It was listed as the Anchor Point Mining Camp on the 1890 census, but along with Laida, was combined with the population of nearby Ninilchik, which had 81 residents in total.

There are two Alaska State Parks units in the area around Anchor Point.

Five miles north of Anchor Point is the Stariski State Recreation Site, a small park with a campground on a bluff overlooking Cook Inlet.

Sign designating North America's most westerly highway point
Launching a boat into Cook Inlet at the Anchor River SRA
Kenai Peninsula Borough map