Need help with places to see in Soldatna, Alaska?

Question

I'm planning a trip to Soldatna and was wondering where the closest (and best) place is to see land wildlife as well as the best place to see glaciers/aqua wildlife. Is there some sort of national park or guided tour in Soldatna? Thanks.

Answer 1

The best wildlife viewing is by flight seeing, and there are plenty of them in that area. Soldotna is a community that is a junction city. It is where you decide to go either to Kenai, or on to Homer.

Kenai is a coastal community and the mouth of the Kenai River, a world class salmon fishery; and where there are salmon there are bears.

Kenai is also home to a small caribou herd that roams the tidal flats. It is an old Russian fishing village dating back to the early exploration of Alaska.

The Kenai, and Russian Rivers are world class for salmon fishing. This is where we catch the 60 and 70 pound King Salmon!

Homer is a "quaint drinking village with a fishing problem" (this from a local bumper sticker). Halibut is the mission in Homer. These are the big ones over 200 lbs. The Homer Halibut Derby draws people from across the globe to participate.

The Homer Spit is a feature that is simply great. You can tent camp on the beach or, park your RV in any number of RV areas, both private and city sponsored. Hotel space is generally readily available as well especially at land's End.

Seward is home to many sightseeing venues as well. The Kenai Fjords National Park, just outside of Seward, is gorgeous! Whale watching is very popular here. Lots of tour boats to show you the way.

There are so many things to see in this part of Alaska. Spend some time on the listed web sites to help plan ahead. One thing to take advantage is is the Great Alaska Tour Saver; lots of coupons for two for ones in this.

Have a great visit to the Greatland!

Camai

Answer 2

If you're going to Soldotna, you don't have to go far to see wild life. Here's what the city's web site has to say:

"We have more river city parks within the City's boundary than anywhere else in Alaska. With over 2,800 feet of elevated fishing boardwalk and over 200 campsites, you will understand why Soldotna is a favorite playground for Alaskans." (http://www.ci.soldotna.ak.us/ ). The website even has a virtual tour so you can see for yourself how close things are and how much wildlife there is around. The site also has a very detailed city map that shows how close parks and the river is to where you would be staying.

The Chamber of Commerce site says:
"Visit the National Wildlife Refuge Center-take a guided or unguided walk along the marked trails to Headquarters Lake-bring your camera. There may be Alaskan Wildlife. In the center, movies play hourly about Alaska and Alaskan animals.

For those bird watchers, on Bridge Access road, west of Soldotna about 6 miles, the Canadian and Snow Geese fly from afar to a very important staging area in their life called the Kenai Flats. These birds among others use the flats as a feeding area."

http://www.soldotnachamber.com/content_sub.asp?SUB_ID=22&CAT_ID=5
and
http://www.soldotnachamber.com/content_sub.asp?SUB_ID=19&CAT_ID=1

For more information on the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge, visit http://kenai.fws.gov/. The visitor center in Soldotna is found by taking a left onto Funny River Road, then turning right (before the building supply store) onto Ski Hill Road.

Answer 3

Go to "Google" and type in Soldatna, Alaska