COOPER LANDING LODGING

Cooper Landing, Alaska, perches at the west end of Kenai Lake, where the salmon- and trout-rich Kenai River begins its journey to Cook Inlet. The town, with a population of about 370, sits along the Sterling Highway, 30 miles northwest of Seward in the Chugach Mountains and about 40 miles east of Soldotna. It's in the Kenai Peninsula Borough.