Homer Spit

Homer Spit is located in Homer, Alaska, on the southern tip of the Kenai Peninsula, jutting out into the Kachemak Bay for 7.2 km. The spit is home to the Homer Boat Harbor that serves up to 1,500 commercial and pleasure boats at its summer peak. The spit was inhabited by early natives, who probably camped out there. A more permanent habitation grew up much later with the arrival of the Americans. The turn-of-the-century settlers found the easterly end of the spit a suitable place to land boats, and early-day coal shipping led to the construction of a wharf and a company town there. When coal mining faded and fishery became the focus, the wharf and eventually the harbour developed into an even more important key to the local economy.

The spit includes several attractions such as ‘The Nick Dudiak Fishing Lagoon’—an artificial fishing hole, campgrounds, hotels, and restaurants and the Salty Dawg Saloon, which is constructed out of several historic buildings from Homer. The spit features the longest road into ocean waters in the entire world, taking up 10–15 minutes to cover by car.