Cooper Landing Alaska Map

About Cooper Landing, Alaska

Cooper Landing is a locality in Kenai Peninsula, Alaska, United States. It is a small community with a population of 344. The population density is 2.0 people per km². Cooper Landing is located at 60.4900°N, 149.8342°W. It observes the Alaska Time (America/Anchorage) timezone. ZIP codes: 99572, 99664.

Cooper Landing emerges where the emerald pulse of the Kenai River slows to meet the vast, glacial stillness of Kenai Lake. It lies 50.4 miles south of Anchorage, AK (from Anchorage, AK: bearing 177°T), and is situated 31.8 miles east of Sterling. The landscape here is defined by the weight of ancient ice and the slow, inexorable grind of geology, creating a basin where the air holds a sharp, clean clarity that tastes of spruce needles and cold stone. To the far horizon, the Kenai Mountains rise in jagged, snow-dusted silence, holding the sky above the dense stands of the Chugach National Forest. The light in this region does not merely illuminate; it clarifies, stripping away the superfluous until only the raw, tectonic scale of the earth remains, casting long, violet shadows that stretch across the water as the sun dips behind the timberline.

Gold seekers first carved a presence into this wilderness during the late nineteenth century, and the spirit of that rugged, extractive history lingers in the quiet persistence of those who live here today. While the economy once relied on the promise of mineral wealth, it has evolved into a stewardship of the land, centered on the seasonal migration of salmon and the steady, rhythmic draw of the backcountry. Travelers often seek out the Stetson Creek Trail to witness the untamed interior, while the proximity to the Kenai River Canyon provides a stark reminder of the forces that shaped this terrain. Cooper Landing maintains a deliberate, measured pace, where the passage of time is marked not by the clock, but by the subtle shifting of the river’s flow and the distant, cooling presence of the Lowell Glacier.

About This Cooper Landing Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Cooper Landing, Alaska. Coordinates: 60.49, -149.834167. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Cooper Landing includes the ZIP code (99572, 99664), telephone area code (907), county seat of Kenai Peninsula, and school district assignment (Kenai Peninsula Borough School District).

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.