Kenai, Alaska: A Bustling City, Kenai Peninsula's Largest

enai, located 156 miles southwest of Anchorage, is a bustling city with over 7,000 residents, the largest in the Kenai Peninsula. There are a number of interesting attractions. These include "Old Town," right behind the visitor's center, which offers visitors a taste of the Russian influence which remained even after the United States' purchase of Alaska in 1867. Beluga whale watching is a popular pastime from the Kenai River bluffs, near Old Town. The Kenai River flats, just south of town, allow for viewing of snow geese, sandhill cranes, caribou, loons and other animals.