Where this sign greets visitors on the Kenai Peninsula to world famous Homer, Alaska, as the Halibut Fishing Capital of the World is a great vista wayside: the hill overlooking the Homer Spit and Kachemak Bay is the best place to take a postcard snapshot of Augustine Volcano. The panoramic vista of lower Cook Inlet also offers a chance to scan for congregations of humpback whales, harbor seals, Steller sea lions and sea otters from an almost aerial vantage. On calm days, watch for the white puffs of whale exhalations, called blows, and the dark figures of otters and seals. Use binoculars or a spotting scope. Watch for bald eagles drifting by on thermals and black-billed magpies fluttering in the trees below. In the spring, track flocks of migrating birds through binoculars as they wheel across the sky. adfg.alaska.gov/index.cfm?adfg=viewinglocations.baycresthill

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Location: Homer, Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska, United States

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