Explore the eastern Kenai Peninsula
K'beq Footprints Heritage Site
The Heritage Center gives visitors a glimpse into traditional Dena’ina customs and culture and features: a boardwalk around a prehistoric Dena'ina house foundation, interpretive signs highlighting traditional culture and knowledge, the historic Darien-Lindgren cabin, and gift shop.
Tribal members and staff host interpretive walks and cultural presentations throughout the summer.
The entrance to K’beq’ is located at Mile 52.6 of the Sterling Highway, across from the Russian River Campground entrance near Cooper Landing.
K’beq’ is open to the public from June to September. Hours for the 2025 season are 10:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. Admission is free.
For a schedule and upcoming cultural presentations, call 907-395-7985.
Members of the Kenaitze Indian Tribe dance during the opening ceremony for the K'beq Footprints Heritage Site on the Chugach National Forest, June 7, 2024.
Russian River
The summer sockeye (red) salmon runs are the ones that draw the infamous crowds, but find solitude and fish on the shoulder season, as well.
With a season that starts in early August and continues into late September, this is your chance to catch the “big one” (coho or silvers average between 10-12 lbs) without all the crowds of summer. Fall silvers can be energetic, so be sure to bring your waterproof gear and a camera to capture your catch and the fall colors.
Hundreds of people come to fish salmon out of the Russian River each summer.
Grandview & Spencer Glacier Whistle Stops
Take a tour with a Forest Service interpreter around the foot of Spencer Lake and then float among the icebergs that have calved off of the great glacier while the guide steers an Alaskan Native canoe. Or take a leisurely journey by raft down the Placer River toward Turnagain Arm. You can also continue on the train to the Grandview whistle stop.
