Captain Cook State Recreation Area is a park on the Kenai Peninsula in Alaska.

)[5] Campers are advised to keep a clean camp as black bears are known to frequent the area.

[6] Below the campground is a beach on Cook Inlet, rocky in some places but more sandy near the river outlet.

[1] On a clear day visitors to the bluff and beach can see the distant Aleutian Range, including the volcano Mount Spurr[7] as well as several offshore oil rigs.

[9] In winter months the park features ice fishing on the lake and cross-country ski trails.