Driving the Hope Hwy on Alaska's Kenai Peninsula is something that needs to be experienced as the historic gold fields have yet to peter out. Pan for gold in Alaska at the recreational gold panning areas or visit Hope AK where gold panning instructions are given daily through the summer. There really is Gold to be found along the Hope Highway in Alaska.
Visit the historic gold boom town of Hope AK on the Kenai Peninsula of Alaska where the legacy lives on as gold prospecting continues to thrive in this small town that has clung to their past and prospered from the serenity of living history without adapting to the changes of modern Alaska.
Driving the Hope Highway to the rustic gold rush towns of Sunrise and Hope Alaska on the Kenai Peninsula can be a rush in itself. All too often overlooked and passed by for the more publicized destinations along the Sterling Highway of Cooper Landing, Soldotna and Homer, Hope actually has as much if not more to offer in the way of an Alaskan experience that the rest.
If you're heading this way there are a couple of public campgrounds available in Hope and along the highway. Porcupine Campground is one of the most well known of the campgrounds in Hope. Additional camping is available along Resurrection Creek where a 1.5 mile area is set aside for recreational gold panning.
If you're looking to try some gold panning in Alaska there are few better places than Hope Alaska on the Kenai Peninsula. After visiting the old gold rush towns of Hope and Sunrise it's time to discover the gold panning areas of Resurrection Creek.
This short but scenic highway follows the popular whitewater rafting destination of 6 Mile Creek.
