Real estate

Room to Grow

KPB is 25,600 square miles, of which 15,700 square miles are land, 1 and 8,741 square miles are water. The population per square mile is 3.8. The borough is roughly the size of New Jersey and Massachusetts combined. The borough is surrounded by Anchorage to the north, the Alaska Range to the west, the Gulf of Alaska and Prince William Sound to the south and east. The Kenai Mountains run to the north and south of the borough. The Cook Inlet runs in the center of the borough, creating two land masses. Approximately 99 percent of the population resides in the Peninsula, with the west side of the borough being sparsely populated. The borough’s 37 communities are connected by land, air, and ferry. KPB has 32 airports or landing strips. The borough consists of diverse climates including: glacial rivers, mountain ranges, spruce forests, and coastal fjords. Much of this diverse climate is part of national forests/parks within or adjacent to the Kenai Peninsula Borough including:

• Chugach National Forest
• Katmai National Park and Preserve
• Kenai Fjords National Park
• Lake Clark National Park and Preserve
• Kachemak Bay State Park

There are a plethora of waterways in the Borough, that support the extensive aquaculture economies. Two important water habitats for wildlife are the Chickaloon River Flats, which is a major saltwater estuary, and the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge. The refuge is drained by numerous waterways including:

• Kenai River
• Anchor River
• Six Mile Creek
• Fox River
• Snow River
• Chuitna River
• Trail Creek
• Palmer Creek
• Chakachatna River
• Rocky River