Anchorage· Aialik Bay· Alaska Southcentral — Kenai Fjords & Prince William Sound
Three Hole Bay (Aialik Bay)
59° 46.0′ N · 149° 37.3′ W
A small nook just inside the entrance of Aialik Bay that a sailing crew used as their first anchorage after rounding the cape, and found glassy calm. It is the natural overnight stop before motoring north up the bay.
Practical
Coordinate is the OSM bay point (a USGS name position), not a surveyed anchoring spot. The only detail I found is the 48north cruising account of a calm night; no soundings, kelp or holding-ground information was found (unconfirmed), so use the chart and sound in carefully. The NPS says there are no mooring buoys at the cabin beaches, and notes that afternoon southerly breezes often make landings surfy on this coast.
Best for
First night inside Aialik Bay
Season
Summer
Itineraries that stop here
Nearby
- Kenai Fjords Coast Rules and Port Graham Land Permits (Aialik Bay)3.8 NM away
- McMullen Cove (Aialik Bay)4.5 NM away
- Aialik Cape (Aialik Peninsula)4.8 NM away
- Coleman Bay (Aialik Bay)6.2 NM away
- Abra Cove and Aialik Public Use Cabin (Aialik Bay)7.4 NM away
- Pedersen Lagoon (Aialik Bay)7.6 NM away
- Holgate Arm: Glacier and Public Use Cabin (Aialik Bay)8.3 NM away
- Aialik Glacier (Aialik Bay)11.1 NM away
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