Cooper Landing Chamber of Commerce – Explore the Upper Kenai
Cooper Landing, also commonly referred to as The Landing, is on the Kenai Peninsula, about 100 miles (160 km) south of Anchorage, at the confluence of Kenai Lake and the Upper Kenai River. The town straddles the Sterling Highway at the north end of Kenai Lake, and although it has only 357 residents, in the summer it swells with anglers, rafters, hikers and bikers enjoying all the beauty that the surrounding mountains offer and the famous Kenai River salmon and trout fishery.
The “Landing” was first settled in the 19th century by gold and mineral prospectors, and is a popular Summer tourist destination thanks to its scenic wilderness location and proximity to the world-class salmon fishery of the Kenai River and Russian River. As of the 2010 census the population in Cooper Landing was 289.