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Homer from space. Homer is located at 59°38'35" North, 151°31'33" West (59.643059, −151.525900). [4] The only road into Homer is the Sterling Highway. [5] The town has a total area of 25.5 square miles (66 km 2), of which 15 square miles (39 km 2) are land and 10.5 square miles (27 km 2) are covered by water.
Map of the United States with Alaska highlighted. Alaska is a state of the United States in the northwest extremity of the North American continent.According to the 2020 United States Census, Alaska is the 3rd least populous state with 733,391 inhabitants [1] but is the largest by land area spanning 570,640.95 square miles (1,477,953.3 km 2). [2]
Homer Spit, Homer, Alaska. The Homer Spit (Dena'ina: Uzintun) is a geographical landmark located in Homer, Alaska, on the southern tip of the Kenai Peninsula. The spit is a 4.5-mile (7.2 km) long piece of land jutting out into Kachemak Bay. [1] The spit is also home to the Homer Boat Harbor.
Sterling Highway at mile 170 (km 274), descending a long, steep hill (locally known as "Baycrest Hill") towards Homer. The Sterling Highway is a 138-mile-long (222 km) state highway in the south-central region of the U.S. state of Alaska, leading from the Seward Highway at Tern Lake Junction, 90 miles (140 km) south of Anchorage, to Homer.
Kachemak Bay (Dena'ina: Tika Kaq’) is a 40-mi-long (64 km) arm of Cook Inlet in the U.S. state of Alaska, located on the southwest side of the Kenai Peninsula.The communities of Homer, Halibut Cove, Seldovia, Nanwalek, Port Graham, and Kachemak City are on the bay as well as three Old Believer settlements in the Fox River area, Voznesenka, Kachemak Selo, and Razdolna.
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. [5] Alaska Route 1 runs southeast from Anchor Bay 15 miles (24 km) to Homer and northeast 59 miles (95 km) to Soldotna. Anchorage is 206 miles (332 km) to the northeast via Route 1.
Homer Airport (IATA: HOM, ICAO: PAHO, FAA LID: HOM) is a state-owned public-use airport located two nautical miles (4 km) east of the central business district of Homer, [1] a town in the Kenai Peninsula Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska.
According to the United States Census Bureau, Homer Township covers an area of 34.71 square miles (89.9 square kilometers); of this, 34.42 square miles (89.16 square kilometers, 99.18 percent) is land and 0.28 square miles (0.74 square kilometers, 0.82 percent) is water.