Information About

Lancashire Rocks

Quick Facts

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Location

59 ° 33' 20.999" N,
151 ° 25' 4.001" W

Region

Kenai Peninsula

Nearest City

Homer

Lancashire Rocks in Detail.

About

on W edge of Neptune Bay, on E shore of Kachemak Bay, 8 mi. SE of Homer, Chugach Mts.

History

Named by W. H. Dall, U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS), in 1880, for Sir Thomas Hesketh's yacht Lancashire Witch, which visited Cook Inlet that year.

Topo Maps

Seldovia C-4 (1948), Seldovia C-4 (1948), Seldovia C-4 (1949), Seldovia (1951), Seldovia (1951), Seldovia (1951), Seldovia (1951), Seldovia (1951), Seldovia (1951), Seldovia C-4 (1961), Seldovia C-4 (1961), Seldovia C-4 (1961), Seldovia (1963), Seldovia (1963), Seldovia (1963), Seldovia (1963), Seldovia (1963), Seldovia C-4 SW (1987),

Places Near Lancashire Rocks

Cities:

Ostrovski,

Bars:

Archimandritof Shoals, Homer Spit, Lancashire Rocks, MacDonald Spit, McKeon Rock,

Bays:

China Poot Bay, Coal Bay, Jakolof Bay, Kachemak Bay, Kasitsna Bay, Little Tutka Bay, Mud Bay, Neptune Bay, Peterson Bay, Rosies Bight, Sadie Cove, San Juan Cove, Silver Creek, Tutka Bay, Tutka Bay Lagoon,

Beaches:

Kilcher Beach, Shingle Beach,

Capes:

Anisom Point, Coal Point, Nubble Point, Peterson Point,

Channels:

Eldred Passage, The Narrows,

Cities:

Homer,

Flats:

Beaver Creek Flats, McKeon Flats,

Islands:

Aleutika Island, Cohen Island, Cronin Island, Grass Island, Gull Island, Herring Islands, Hesketh Island, Ismailof Island, Mermaid Island, San Juan, San Juan Island, Sixty-foot Rock, Yukon Island,

Lakes:

Beluga Lake, Bridge Creek Reservoir, China Poot Lake, Lampert Lake,

Mine:

Kenai Chrome Mine,

Mountains:

Bald Mountain, Epperson Knob, Lookout Mountain, Ohlson Mountain, Red Mountain,

Parks:

Mariner Park,

Peaks:

Sadie Peak,

Ridges:

Crossman Ridge, Diamond Ridge, Grace Ridge,

Rivers:

Windy River, Wosnesenski River,

Streams:

Beaver Creek, Bidarki Creek, Bridge Creek, Fritz Creek, Jakolof Creek, McNeil Creek, Palmer Creek, Quiet Creek, South Beaver Creek, Stonehocker Creek,

Routes:

Coalition Loop Trail, Coalition Trail, Grace Ridge Trail, Hatchery Trail, North Sadie Knob Trail, Sadie Cove Landing Trail, Sadie Knob Spur Trail, Sea Star Cove Cabin Trail, South Sadie Knob Trail, Tutka Lake Trail, West Cabin Trail, Wosnesenski River Trail,

Valleys:

Bear Canyon, McNeil Canyon, Neilson Canyon, Thurston Canyon, Waterman Canyon, Woodard Canyon,

Cities:

Diamond Ridge, Fritz Creek, Halibut Cove, Jakolof Bay, Kachemak City, Millers Landing,