Page 4 How to Get to The Bluff House?
Drive
from Anchorage to Ninilchik
It is an easy
4 hour
scenic 180
mile paved road drive
from Anchorage
to Ninilchik,
but make it a
more leisurely trip
and enjoy the
many things to see and do.
Follow the
Alaska Route 1 Freeway
(New Seward
Highway) out of Anchorage,
along the
Turnagain Arm salt water tidal mud flats.
Look for the
rugged wet-suited wind surfers
and the
schools of white Beluga whales
at the many
turnout parking areas.
Enjoy the
twice a day 30+ foot tidal changes.
See the
Alyeska Resort and Ski Area
with the
majestic 14 story Prince Hotel
and Aerial Tram
near Girdwood.
Then on to
view glacier streams
with spawning salmon
and the
icebergs at the free Portage Glacier Visitor Center.
There is an
Alaskan Wild Animal Park at Portage too.
Route 1 continues
and soon
leaves sea level
and as a 4
lane divided highway,
climbs easily
over 3000 foot Turnagain Pass.
Be
alert - - - -There are always Moose on our highways.
Watch out for
Moose, Dall Sheep and other animals
on the
surrounding mountain slopes
and in
the broad open alpine tundra meadows
along the highway.
Approaching
Tern Lake,
Route 1 turns
right (South)
and leaves
the Seward Highway
(which now
becomes Alaska Route 9).
Now you are
on the Sterling Highway
(it is still
Alaska Route 1)
heading into
the Kenai Peninsula.
Continue on
through Cooper Landing,
and then the
highway follows
the
blue-green waters of the Kenai River.
Drive on, out
of the mountains
and then
continue on
4 lane
divided pavement through Sterling
and then on
into Soldatna,
into the
heart of the Kenai Peninsula.
Now, you will
again cross over the powerfull Kenai River,
with its
world class King Salmon fishing reputation,
and then
cross the Kasolof River.
At this point
the Route 1 highway follows closely
along the
Cook Inlet bluffs.
On a
clear day, look out to the West
over the 40
mile wide Cook Inlet
to see the
four snow covered volcanoes
or for
pictures, click a Volcano named below:
Augustine Illiamna Redoubt Mount Spurr
Continue on through Clam Gulch, and there you are, at Ninilchik.
Here is a map of Ninilchik, Alaska.
<<<<<<------ Cook Inlet is over there on the West
- - - - - Note - New Street Name - - - - -
"Geilo
Street" has been renamed by the Borough to:
"Julia
Steik Avenue"
Where
ever you see Geilo Street,
use
Julia Steik Avenue instead..................
The
sign post on the highway has been updated to
Julia
Steik Avenue.
It is 1/4
mile West from the Sterling Highway to
The Bluff
House Bed & Breakfast.
Headed South,
and at
the South end of town,
opposite the
Kenai Peninsula State Fair grounds,
turn right
(West towards Cook Inlet) off the highway
onto the
gravel road "Julia Steik Avenue",
up the hill,
then
left one block,
then
right one block
(follow
Bluff House signs).
(907) 567-3605
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Bluff House
P.O.Box
39597
Ninilchik,
Alaska 99639
(907) 567-3605
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Updated
25 April 2008