Homer, Alaska, USA

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Homer was a coal mining town in the 1800s, a commercial fishing town in the 1900s, and is a modern fishing and tourist town today. It has art, wildlife, and spectacular views of wildflowers, volcanoes, and glaciers. The climate is relatively mild here.

Homer is not remote. You will find modern city services here. It is the departure point for a few remote places that are also QuaintVillages, such as Halibut Cove and Seldovia.

Location

On the southern Kenai Peninsula
On Kachemak Bay
South of Anchorage
MapQuest map

Population

About 4,000 (in town)

Features

Art galleries (Pioneer Avenue)
Artists in residence
Bed and breakfast inns
Bicycle rentals
Bishop's Beach (hiking, claming, beachcombing)
Bus tours Grayline of Alaska

Boat tours
Cafes (Pioneer Avenue)

Campgrounds and RV parks nearby

Check Woodall's guide

Charter boats
Fishing
Floatplanes for hire
Halibut Cove (6 miles from Homer in the State Park)

(a remote fishing and artists' village)

Historic buildings
Home and garden tours
Homer Spit (a narrow finger of land jutting 4.5 miles

into Kachemak Bay)

Horseback riding
Hotels and vacation rentals in Homer

Advantage rate

Family Vacation Rentals

Kachemak Bay State Park (across the Bay)

Hiking, cabins, camping, fishing, wildlife viewing
www.dnr.state.ak.us/parks/units/kbay/kbay.htm

Kayaking
Sailing
Seldovia (14 miles south of Homer)

"The City of Secluded Charm"
Bed and breakfast inns

Shops (Pioneer Avenue)
Snow skiing
Theatre (live performances)
Views of glaciers across Kachemak Bay

(from East End Road)

Views of volcanoes (from Skyline Drive)
Water taxis
Wilderness lodges
Wildlife tours
Wildlife watching (bald eagles, beluga whales, black

bears, harbor seal, killer whales, moose, porcupine, porpoises, puffins, sea otters, and more)
www.wildlife.alaska.gov/viewing/kachemak.cfm

Festivals

Monthly:

Jackpot Halibut Derby

www.HomerHalibutDerby.com

May:

Kachemak Bay Shorebird Festival

Kayak Fest www.KachemakKayakFest.com

Recommended stay

1 day for shopping
2-4 days for outdoor activities

Tourist information

Kenai Pennensula Vacation Guide:

www.KenaiPeninsula.org

Homer Chamber of Commerce:

www.HomerAlaska.org

Grayline of Alaska (bus tours)

www.GraylineAlaska.com

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