This is one of my favorite locations in Alaska. Why? To start with it is the western most point one can drive to on connected roads in North America. That’s just me and my need to do things like that. Over the years we’ve taken our Airstream to the western, eastern, and northern most points one can drive to on connected roads in North America. Well, the eastern most point does include a ferry ride to Newfoundland.
Really, this is not what makes Anchor Point so interesting. A couple of other things make it so. First, Anchor Point is 20 miles from the hub bub of Homer. Homer is a great place for activities and other things, but during the summer Homer Spit is a zoo. During other visits in the past we had difficulties in even finding a parking space. It’s a 5-mile-long spit with most of the shops, RV campgrounds, and harbors located towards the outer most parts of the spit. The campgrounds are crowded with no privacy between sites. Add to that there is plenty of wind.
Second, the real gem of Anchor Point for me are the Eagles. The entire area experiences some of the highest tides in world, only second to the Bay of Fundy. At Anchor Point there’s a wide tidal flat of a beach where boats are launched via a tractor towing a trailer into the surf. I’ll include a couple of photos of the launching/docking process here.
The boats here are sport fishing boats. When they land, they clean their catch and throw the fish waste onto the beach well below the high tide line. This makes for the perfect bird feeder for Ravens, Crows, and Eagles. It’s not very exciting or photogenic while the eagles are eating the fish waste, but it is a great opportunity to capture photos of eagles in flight or landing. Here are a few examples.
Seeing North America 