Sunrise is a census-designated place (CDP) in Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska, United States.

Sunrise is located on the northern side of the Kenai Peninsula at 60°53′8″N 149°25′28″W / 60.88556°N 149.42444°W / 60.88556; -149.42444 (60.885663, -149.424556),[5] on the south shore of Turnagain Arm, a branch of Cook Inlet.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the Sunrise CDP has a total area of 13.0 square miles (33.7 km2), all of it recorded as land.

Sunrise was established in 1895 and incorporated in 1896, and grew rapidly as a supply center for miners participating in the gold rush along Turnagain Arm in the late 1890s.

[6] At its height in 1898, the community had a summertime population of 800, with several general stores, saloons, and a restaurant and hotel.

The city declined after 1900, with miners drawn to richer gold fields elsewhere in Alaska.