Happy Valley

Geography

Happy Valley is located on the western side of the Kenai Peninsula at (59.948424, -151.718711). It is bordered to the north by Ninilchik, to the south by Anchor Point and Nikolaevsk, and to the west by Cook Inlet. Alaska Route 1 (Sterling Highway) runs through the CDP close to the shore of Cook Inlet; it leads north to Soldotna and south to Homer. According to the United States Census Bureau, the Happy Valley CDP has a total area of , of which , or 0.003%, are water.

Race & ethnicity

Most-observed species

• Bald Eagle

  Haliaeetus leucocephalus (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  1,550
• American Crow

  Corvus brachyrhynchos C.L.Brehm, 1822 · Aves
  1,192
• Glaucous-winged Gull

  Larus glaucescens J.F.Naumann, 1840 · Aves
  1,012
• Short-billed Gull

  Larus brachyrhynchus Richardson, 1831 · Aves
  997
• Greater Yellowlegs

  Tringa melanoleuca (J.F.Gmelin, 1789) · Aves
  892
• Black-billed Magpie

  Pica hudsonia (Sabine, 1823) · Aves
  813
• Black-legged Kittiwake

  Rissa tridactyla (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  592
• Common Loon

  Gavia immer (Brunnich, 1764) · Aves
  590

Largest nearby schools

• Nikolaevsk School
  Other · Nikolaevsk · 30 students · 30:1 ratio

Most recent

• M 2.6 — 2026-10-01
  46 km W of Happy Valley, 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
• M 2.8 — 2026-09-28
  45 km W of Salamatof, Alaska