
Caines Head State Recreation Area
Some visitors, parking usually available
Best: Weekday mornings
Caines Head State Recreation Area is a 6,571-acre (26.59Β km2) recreational area encompassing the Caines Head cape in Resurrection Bay, Alaska. The area is located in the Kenai Peninsula Borough, 7 miles (11Β km) south of the city of Seward. A popular tourist destination, Caines Head features spruce and hemlock forests as well as a variety of terrestrial and marine wildlife. It also features the remains of Fort McGilvray, a World War II-era fortification erected in 1941β1942 to defend against the potential invasion of the Imperial Japanese Army.
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