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Kachemak Bay State Park is a vast protected coastal landscape in southern Alaska that, together with the adjoining wilderness park, covers about 400,000 acres. It was the first park created by Alaska State Parks through legislative designation, and its wilderness unit remains the state’s only legislatively designated wilderness park. Largely roadless and usually reached by boat or floatplane from Homer, it contains rocky and sandy shores, dense mountain forest, glaciers, and icefields. The bay is a critical habitat area rich in biodiversity, supporting marine mammals, moose, black bears, and many birds. Though lightly developed, the park remains predominantly wild despite beetle damage and later fire.
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Halibut Cove, Alaska · United States
