Anchor Point

History

The name "Anchor Point" comes from a legend that when Captain James Cook discovered the area, he lost an anchor. Settlers came beginning in the early 1900s.

Geography

Anchor Point is located at (59.777468, -151.770220) on the eastern shore of Cook Inlet. It is bordered to the north by Happy Valley, to the northeast by Nikolaevsk, and to the south by Diamond Ridge. The Anchor River runs through the southern part of the CDP, entering Cook Inlet just west of the town center. The town is the farthest west on the U.S. highway system. Alaska Route 1 runs southeast from Anchor Bay to Homer and northeast to Soldotna. Anchorage is to the northeast via Route 1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the Anchor Bay CDP has a total area of , of which are land and , or 0.23%, are water.

Most-observed species

• Bald Eagle

  Haliaeetus leucocephalus (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  6,507
• American Crow

  Corvus brachyrhynchos C.L.Brehm, 1822 · Aves
  5,508
• Glaucous-winged Gull

  Larus glaucescens J.F.Naumann, 1840 · Aves
  3,935
• Short-billed Gull

  Larus brachyrhynchus Richardson, 1831 · Aves
  3,359
• Mallard

  Anas platyrhynchos Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  2,926
• Black-billed Magpie

  Pica hudsonia (Sabine, 1823) · Aves
  2,919
• Black-legged Kittiwake

  Rissa tridactyla (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  2,602
• Red-breasted Nuthatch

  Sitta canadensis Linnaeus, 1766 · Aves
  2,488

Most recent

• M 2.6 — 2026-10-01
  46 km W of Happy Valley, Alaska
• M 3 — 2026-10-01
  63 km SE of Port Graham, Alaska
• M 3.4 — 2026-10-01
  23 km NW of Nanwalek, Alaska
• M 3 — 2026-10-01
  38 km WNW of Anchor Point, Alaska
• M 2.7 — 2026-09-28
  13 km NNW of Ninilchik, Alaska
• M 3.6 — 2026-09-28
  42 km WSW of Anchor Point, Alaska