NINILCHIK IS A SMALL COMMUNITY LOCATED AT THE MOUTH OF THE NINILCHIK RIVER WHERE IT MEETS COOK INLET. AS THE CROW FLIES, NINILCHIK IS 90 MILES FROM ANCHORAGE . A PHOTOGRAPHIC HAVEN LODGED IN HISTORY AND IN LEGEND, NINICHIK IS A FISHING COMMUNITY THAT LIVES UP TO ITS RUSSIAN NAME, "PEACEFUL SETTLEMENT BY A RIVER". BY AIR A 30 MINUTE SHUTTLE FLIGHT TO KENAI FROM ANCHORAGE OR A 40 MINUTE SHUTTLE FLIGHT FROM ANCHORAGE TO HOMER. KENAI IS 60 MILES NORTH OF NINILCHIK AND HOMER IS 35 MILES SOUTH OF NINILCHIK. BY FAR THE MOST SCENIC ROUTE TO NINILCHIK IS FOUND BY DRIVING SOUTH FROM ANCHORAGE ON THE SEWARD HIWAY. RECENTLY DECLARED A DESIGNATED NATIONAL FOREST SCENIC BYWAY. IT'S A VISUAL FEAST COVERING 180 MILES OF HIWAY AND TAKING APPROXIMATELY FOUR HOURS TO DRIVE WITH VIEWS THAT ANYWHERE ELSE WOULD BE QUALIFIED AS A NATIONAL PARK. CENTRALLY LOCATED IN THE "HEART OF RECREATION" NINILCHIK IS A GREAT PLACE TO BASE YOUR KENAI PENINSULA VACATION. NINILCHIK EXTENDS FROM MILEPOST 134 STERLING HWY. SOUTH TO MILEPOST 138 STERLING HIWAY SOUTH. THE DEEP CREEK SPORT SHOP IS CONVENIENTLY LOCATED AT MILEPOST 137.3, WITHIN WALKING DISTANCE TO BOTH GREAT RIVER FISHING, SALTWATER FISHING AND CLAM DIGGING. THE LOCAL BEACHES ARE WORLD FAMOUS FOR RAZOR CLAMS, THE DAILY BAG LIMIT IS 60 RAZOR CLAMS. DURING THE MEMORIAL DAY HOLIDAY WEEKEND NINILCHIK IS REFERRED TO AS THE THIRD LARGEST CITY IN ALASKA, AS THOUSANDS OF ALASKANS AND VISITORS ALIKE ARRIVE FOR FISHING AND CLAM DIGGING. THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS ARE PAID OUT EVERY SUMMER IN THE LOCAL DERBIES. THE HALIBUT DERBY IS HELD FROM APRIL 29-LABOR DAY AND THE KING SALMON DERBY IS FROM APRIL 29-JUNE 6. THE SALMON AND HALIBUT DERBIES ARE SPONSORED BY THE DEEPCREEK CHARTERBOAT ASSOCIATION AND ALL PROFITS GO TO SUPPORT A WIDE RANGE OF COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES.
A photographic haven lodged in history and in legend. Ninilchik is a fishing charter community that lives up to its Russian name "peaceful settlement by a river
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NINILCHIK, ALASKA
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Ninilchik
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THE FLAVOR OF THIS OLD RUSSIAN FUR-TRADING VILLAGE STILL EMPHASIZES ITS PAST PROMINENCE. THE OLD RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH, BUILT IN 1900, AND THE HISTORIC CEMETRY OVERLOOK THE ENTIRE RUSTIC VILLAGE OF NINILCHIK, AND PEACEFULLY SHARE THE BRILLIANT ALASKAN SUNSET SKYLINE WITH MOUNT REDOUBT AND MOUNT ILLIAMNA, WHICH ARE PERCHED ACROSS COOK INLET. BEACHES, RIVERS AND BOAT LAUNCHES PROVIDE ACCESS TO COOK INLET FOR WORLD CLASS SALMON AND HALIBUT FISHING AND CLAM DIGGING. DURING OUR EXTREME LOW TIDES A BOUNTY OF RAZOR CLAMS CAN BE HARVESTED. STAY ALERT WHILE PARTICIPATING IN THIS FAVORITE PASTIME. COOK INLET TIDES ARE EXTREME AND CHANGE SUDDENLY. BE SURE TO HAVE A CUP OF JODI'S CLAM CHOWDER AT THE DEEP CREEK SPORT, MILEPOST 137.3, IT JUST DON'T GET ANY BETTER!
alaska razor clams
the work begins after you have dug 60 razor clams
boat harbor at the mouth of the Ninilchik River
Mount Redoubt an active volcano as viewed from Ninilchik
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Russian Ortodox Church, Ninilchik, Alaska
Russian Ortodox Church, Ninilchik, AlaskaRussian Ortodox Church, Ninilchik, Alaska
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Russian Orthodox Church, Ninilchik, AlaskaRussian Orthodox Church, Ninilchik, Alaska
Russian Orthodox Church, Ninilchik, Alaska
Russian Orthodox Church, Ninilchik, AlaskaRussian Orthodox Church, Ninilchik, Alaska
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