Chiniak Road
From the Ferry Docks go to the end of Center Drive.
Take a left on Rezanof Drive. Chiniak
Road begins at the Buskin River Bridge. 1 Coast Guard Building on the right. 1.5 Coast Guard Base on left at Womens Bay. 4.1 Kodiak fairgrounds and raceway on right. 4.9 - Sargent Creek. 5.1 Russian River.
Paved road ends. While we
were in Kodiak they were in the process of paving the road out to the coast
guard towers. 5.6 Grocery store and gas pumps. Fairwind Cafe. 6.5 Middle Bay on the left. 6.6 - Turnout on left for parking for Kashevaroff Trail. 6.8 - Salonie Creek. 9.2 - Turnout on right for Heitman Lake Trail. 9.4 Turnout on left with great view of Middle Bay. 12.5 Begin view of Kalsin Bay. 14.3 Small Creek.
15.5 American River. 15.6 Turn off for Saltery Cove Road on the right.
(4WD with good tires, ATV or mountain bikes needed for this road.) 15.7 - Felton Creek. 22.9 Pullout on left overlooking Kalsin Bay. 23.5 Kalsin Bay Inn. 23.8 Deadman Creek. 24.6 Olds River. Beautiful
fields of lupine to the left. Cattle
ranch to the right.
25.2 Fork in road.
Turn right to Pasagshak Road. Left
to continue on Chiniak Road. 25.4 - Kalsin Pond on right. 27.7 - Myrtle Creek. 29.6 - Chiniak Post Office. 31.2 - Kodiak Island Winery. Rumor has it they make their wine from the salmonberries that
grow at the end of this road. 31.7 - Roslyn River. 34.8 - Twin Creeks. 35.9 - Chiniak school and library.
38 Airstrip. 39.8 - Wild raspberry and salmonberry patches on the left
and right begin here. The road
becomes a maze of logging roads with tons of berry patches all along it.
We gave up around mile 41 and decided to head back before we ended up
with too little gas to make it. Exploring
these roads would make for an ideal 4-by trip with all-you-can-eat berries in
the fall. Last visited: June 2002
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Take this drive for spectacular views, access to hiking
trails and amazing berry picking!
14.7 - Salt Creek.
25 Kalsin River.
35.8 - Roads End Restaurant, showers, laundry, lodging.
