Kenai National Wildlife Refuge

Kenai National Wildlife Refuge

Parks Directory of the United States / National Wildlife Refuges

Address: PO Box 2139
Soldotna, AK 99669
Phone: 907-262-7021;
Fax: 907-262-3599;
Web: kenai.fws.gov
Established: 1941 as Kenai National Moose Range; designated a NWR and got its new name in 1980.
Location: South-central Alaska on the Kenai Peninsula, 110 miles south of Anchorage.
Facilities: Visitor center, campsites, cabins, picnic areas, viewing sites, trails, auto tour route, canoe trail.
Activities: Camping, boating, fishing, hiking, horseback riding, hunting, cross-country skiing, snowmobiling, educational programs.
Special Features: The refuge is called a "miniature Alaska" as it contains every major Alaska habitat. The cultural history of the Peninsula spans 10,000 years; there are five distinct cultural tradtions and both Indian and Eskimo occupations.
Habitats: 2 million acres of ice fields and glaciers, forest, tundra, lakes, wetlands, rivers.
Access: Open 24 hours a day; accessible from Sterling Highway. Developed facilities are available year round for day and overnight camping.
Wild life: Moose, Dall sheep, mountain goat, caribou, coyote, wolf, bear, trumpeter swan, lynx, wolverine, and beaver.

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