Beluga

Geography

Beluga is located in the northern part of Kenai Peninsula Borough at (61.133962, -151.164741), on the northwest side of Cook Inlet. The community is on the Alaskan mainland rather than the Kenai Peninsula proper. It is bordered to the north by Matanuska-Susitna Borough and to the south by the Tyonek CDP. Access is by air or by water, as the road network is local only. According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of , of which are land and , or 0.72%, are water. The southern border of the CDP is the Chuitna River, and the Beluga River flows through the northern part of the CDP.

Race & ethnicity

Most-observed species

• Hudsonian Godwit

  Limosa haemastica (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  391
• Short-billed Gull

  Larus brachyrhynchus Richardson, 1831 · Aves
  389
• Bonaparte's Gull

  Chroicocephalus philadelphia (Ord, 1815) · Aves
  375
• Arctic Tern

  Sterna paradisaea Pontoppidan, 1763 · Aves
  357
• White-crowned Sparrow

  Zonotrichia leucophrys (J.R.Forster, 1772) · Aves
  355
• Lesser Yellowlegs

  Tringa flavipes (J.F.Gmelin, 1789) · Aves
  353
• American Robin

  Turdus migratorius Linnaeus, 1766 · Aves
  349
• Yellow-rumped Warbler

  Setophaga coronata (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  323

Largest nearby schools

• Tebughna School
  Other · Tyonek · 27 students · 13.5:1 ratio

Most recent

• M 2.5 — 2026-09-30
  7 km WSW of Willow, Alaska
• M 2.7 — 2026-09-28
  22 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska
• M 2.5 — 2026-09-28
  23 km SSW of Susitna, Alaska
• M 2.8 — 2026-09-28
  45 km W of Salamatof, Alaska
• M 2.9 — 2026-09-27
  24 km WSW of Point MacKenzie, Alaska
• M 3.2 — 2026-09-23
  27 km ESE of Skwentna, Alaska