Captain Cook State Recreation Area

Captain Cook State Recreation Area is an Alaska state park on the Kenai Peninsula along Cook Inlet, named for Captain James Cook, who explored this coast in 1778. The area had long been used by the Dena'ina people for salmon gathering, and its beaches later supported commercial fishing. Authorized in 1971, it is one of the oldest parks in Alaska’s system. Its main features include Discovery Campground on bluffs above the inlet, shoreline with agates and hazardous mud flats at low tide, views of the Aleutian Range and offshore oil rigs, the northern end of the Swanson River canoe trail, and Stormy Lake for boating, fishing, and winter recreation.

Point Possession, Alaska · United States