Kincaid Park
Kincaid is a city park of approximately 1500 acres south of the airport and as far west as you can go in Anchorage.
Geographically, it is part of Point Campbell.
Geologically, the area is part of an old delta formation.
Melting glaciers and out wash from rivers deposited the silty/sandy soils.
Subsequent erosion and freezing/melting caused the hilly character that is evident in the park today.
The rolling terrain is covered with old growth birch and spruce forest.
The oldest trees in the Anchorage bowl are at Kincaid Park.
The park is home to many moose, coyotes, owls, eagles and, some suspect, an occasional black bear.
Waterfowl are numerous in the tidal lands.
Little Campbell Lake is in the northeast area of the park.
The western one thousand acres of the park are a former
Nike military ground-to-air missile site which became park land in 1978.
The southwest border of the park is the former borough car dump, an area now used for motorcross activities.
Jodhpur Street forms part of the park boundary.
PLI, private, and FAA land bound the rest of the eastern border.
The airport is to the north and Cook Inlet and Turnagain Arm are to the west.
The elevation ranges from 2.6 meters below sea level to over 100 meters above sea level.
Most of the credit for the development of Kincaid Park as a ski area should go to the volunteers of the Nordic Ski Club of Anchorage and other volunteer groups in cooperation with the city parks and recreation department and Jerry Walton, Manager of the Kincaid Outdoor Center.
We went on a 3 mile hike round trip to the South beach. It was a beautiful day to play on the beach.
