Hope, Alaska
census designated place in Alaska, USA
Hope is a census-designated place (CDP) in Kenai Peninsula Borough in the U.S. state of Alaska. It is 70 miles (110 km) south of Anchorage. As of the 2020 census, Hope had a population of 161. The Hope Historic District, which includes the surviving elements of the former mining town, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.
Geography
Hope is located at 60°55′10″N 149°38′31″W (60.920280, -149.64028) (Sec. 33, T010N, R002W, Seward Meridian). Hope is located in the Seward Recording District.
Hope lies on the northern end of Kenai Peninsula, on the south shore of the Turnagain Arm of Cook Inlet. The community lies at the end of the 17-mile (27 km) Hope Highway, northwest of the Seward Highway, near the mouth of Resurrection Creek. Winter temperatures range from 14 to 27 °F (−10 to −3 °C); summer temperatures vary from 45 to 65 °F (7 to 18 °C).
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