Cecil Rhode Mountain

Cecil Rhode Mountain is a 4,400-foot peak in the Kenai Mountains on Alaska’s Kenai Peninsula, within Chugach National Forest near Cooper Landing. Also shown on maps as Cooper Benchmark, it is the northernmost summit on a ridge with Stetson Benchmark and Peak 4593. The mountain was officially named on August 13, 1981, for Cecil E. Rhode, a Cooper Landing resident of 42 years who served as director of the Izaak Walton League and became known as a wildlife photographer and writer who introduced Alaska’s wild country to broad audiences through magazines such as National Geographic, Sports Afield, and Outdoor Life. Its slopes drain into the Kenai River.

Cooper Landing, Alaska · United States