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Kenai National Wildlife Refuge
Managed by United States Fish and Wildlife Service
753 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Outdoors · Sterling
Sterling, AK parks, trails & bike paths
About 5.3% of Sterling is conserved land, roughly 2,694 acres. There are about 12 miles of mapped trails.
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Sterling, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Sterling outdoors
Conserved land
5.3%
2,694 of 50,388 acres
Trails
12 mi
0.1 mi per sq mi
Parks & preserves
3
426 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
4.9 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 4.9 mi off-road paths
Conserved land is a share of the whole town area. Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
Map
Conserved land, trails & bike routes
Tap a number or a place below to zoom in© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Places to walk
Parks & preserves with trails
Ranked by mapped trail miles. Directions go to the nearest marked trailhead or public parking.
2
Bing's Landing State Recreation Area
Managed by Alaska Department of Natural Resources
112 acres
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Izaak Walton Campground & Day Use Area
Managed by State of Alaska, Dept. of Natural Resource
10 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Things to do
Beaches, playgrounds, falls & more
Pick a kind of place for the list, directions, or pins on the map above.
Campgrounds in Sterling
Higher Ground Baptist Bible CampAlaska Baptist Association
Moose Crossing RV Park & Campground
Unnamed campground in Bing's Landing State Recreation Area
Trails
Named trails
Unpaved 6.0 mi
- Jeep Trail0.7 mi
Water
Lakes & rivers
Showing 1–10 of 12 places
Calf LakeCisca LakelakeCow LakelakeDonkey LakelakeFoster LakelakeGagara LakepondLongmere LakelakeScout LakeSunken Island LakelakeTree Lakelake
Tap a name for directions.
Who protects the land
2,694 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn't always mean open to visitors. Public access isn't recorded for 5 of 8 parcels. The places listed above are parks and preserves people visit.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes0.0 mi
- Off-road bike paths4.9 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Public lands
The biggest protected places in Sterling
From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
State Other or Unknown 1,856 acNational Wildlife Refuge 1,674 acFederal Other or Unknown 46 acUnknown Easement 44 ac
| Place | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenai National Wildlife RefugeNational Wildlife Refuge | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | 1,674 | Restricted |
| State Land Disposals - Other Than MunicipalState Other or Unknown | State natural resources | 699 | Access unknown |
| State Land Disposals - Municipal PurposesState Other or Unknown | Other state land | 644 | Access unknown |
| Kenai River Special Management AreaState Other or Unknown | State natural resources | 319 | Access unknown |
| State Land Disposals - Municipal Entitlements, MunState Other or Unknown | State natural resources | 194 | Access unknown |
| Kenai Administrative SiteFederal Other or Unknown | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | 46 | Restricted |
Nearby
Sterling and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sterling | 5.3% | 11.6 mi | 3 |
| Funny River | 28.5% | 2.2 mi | 5 |
| Soldotna | 17.5% | 5.1 mi | 9 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Sterling's trails yet. Muddy, icy, a bridge out, where to park: a quick post helps the next person.
Sources: trails, parks, preserves, courts and bike lanes © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), map data as of 2026-09-28. Conserved land: USGS Gap Analysis Project, Protected Areas Database of the United States (PAD-US). Measured against the Census town boundary.
How we measure
"Trails" are OpenStreetMap paths, bridleways, public tracks and unpaved footways, plus footways inside a park or preserve or on a named trail route. Sidewalks are left out. Areas are counted on a 39.7-meter grid, so overlapping parcels count once. "Conserved" includes conservation easements, which protect land from development but are usually private property. Trailheads are the nearest marked trailhead, public parking lot or information board within about 150 meters of a preserve. Dog rules come from OpenStreetMap when someone has tagged them; otherwise we show what's typical for the land manager, or say the rules aren't recorded.