Kenai National Wildlife Refuge
Managed by United States Fish and Wildlife Service
2,716 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
COutdoors
Outdoors in Funny River
31% of Funny River’s land is conserved: 5,242 acres
4% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 2 acres are parks and preserves, 1.4 per 1,000 residents. 2.2 miles of mapped trail cross Funny River, 0.1 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 29% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Conserved land
31%
5,242 acres · of 26.8 sq mi of land
Trails
2.2 mi
0.1 per sq mi of land
Park land
2 ac
1.4 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
4%
of residents within ½ mile
Lakes & rivers
2
What kind of outdoors town is Funny River?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Funny River have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Funny River is ahead of 29% of U.S. towns. Conserved land holds the grade up; the share of residents near a park pulls it down.
C
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Funny River’s overall grade.
Conserved land31% of the land · typical AK town 15% · U.S. 4%ATrails0.1 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (2 mi) · AK 0.5 · U.S. 0.4CPark land1.4 acres of park per 1,000 residents (2 acres) · AK 15 · U.S. 13C−Parks close to home4% of residents within a half mile of a park · AK 36% · U.S. 72%D
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 29%
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Alaska towns conserve more land than most (a typical one, 15%; the U.S., 4%), so Funny River’s 31% is ahead of 63% of Alaska towns, while its trails per square mile lead 7% of them.
Water is 8% of Funny River’s area (2 of 29 square miles), so every share here is of land; over land and water together, the conserved share would read 28%.
How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from D to C+. Trails and many small parks come from OpenStreetMap, mapped by volunteers, so coverage varies from town to town; the half mile is a straight line from each census block, so a river or highway in the way isn’t counted against it.
PAD-US, OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors), Census 2025 Gazetteer and 2020 blocks; details in Sources below. How TownRatings grades the outdoors →
The map
Conserved land, trails & bike routes
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Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Places to walk
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Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Kenai Wilderness
Managed by United States Fish and Wildlife Service
787 acres0.2 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Bing's Landing State Recreation Area
Managed by Alaska Department of Natural Resources
117 acres
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot
Izaak Walton Campground & Day Use Area
Managed by State of Alaska, Dept. of Natural Resource
1 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
All 5 parks & preserves
Kenai Wilderness787 acres · 0.2 mi of trail · United States Fish and Wildlife Service
Kenai National Wildlife Refuge2,716 acres · United States Fish and Wildlife Service
Bing's Landing State Recreation Area117 acres · Alaska Department of Natural Resources
DirectionsIzaak Walton Campground & Day Use Area1 acres · State of Alaska, Dept. of Natural Resource
Rotary Park1 acres
Who protects it
5,242 conserved acres
31% of Funny River’s land. Water is left out: Funny River has 26.8 square miles of land and 2.3 of water, so the share counts land only. Who manages Funny River’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service6,740 ac
State natural resources1,269 ac
Bureau of Land Management217 ac
Land trusts & nonprofits23 ac
National Wildlife Refuge · 6,447 acState Other or Unknown · 1,269 acFederal Other or Unknown · 293 acConservation Easement · 217 acPrivate Conservation · 18 ac
Good to know
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 217 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. Public access isn’t recorded for 4 of 12 parcels. The walks above are places people visit.
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenai National Wildlife Refuge National Wildlife Refuge | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | 6,429 | Restricted |
| State Land Disposals - Municipal Entitlements, Mun State Other or Unknown | State natural resources | 739 | Unknown |
| Kenai River Special Management Area State Other or Unknown | State natural resources | 335 | Unknown |
| Kenai Administrative Site Federal Other or Unknown | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | 311 | Restricted |
| State Land Disposals - Other Than Municipal State Other or Unknown | State natural resources | 195 | Unknown |
| Kenai River Watershed Fee Private Conservation | Land trusts & nonprofits | 18 | Closed |
Things to do
1 places to go in Funny River
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Fishing spots in Funny River
Izaak Walton Public Access
DirectionsTrails & water
2 lakes & rivers
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When to get out
The best walking months in Funny River: June and July
NOAA’s 1991–2020 normals for the town and the daylight at its latitude. Outlined months have long days, highs of 59 to 86 °F and little rain for the place.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daylight (h) | 6.5 | 9.0 | 11.6 | 14.5 | 17.2 | 19.0 | 18.2 | 15.7 | 12.7 | 9.9 | 7.3 | 5.8 |
| High (°F) | 22 | 28 | 33 | 46 | 56 | 63 | 66 | 64 | 55 | 42 | 28 | 23 |
| Rain (in) | 1.3 | 1.8 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 1.7 | 2.4 | 3.2 | 3.5 | 2.8 | 1.8 | 1.8 |
March is the driest month (0.9 in) and July the warmest (highs of 66 °F). 3.5 inches fall in September, the wettest month. The climate in Funny River →
Next door
Funny River and its neighbors
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Questions about parks and trails in Funny River
Where can I hike in Funny River?
The longest trail networks: Kenai Wilderness, 0.2 miles. Each one is on the map above, with directions to the nearest trailhead or parking.
How much of Funny River is conserved land?
31% of its land, against a typical 15% for an Alaska town and 4% nationally (PAD-US). Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors: easements are usually private land.
Are dogs allowed on Funny River’s trails?
Kenai National Wildlife Refuge and Kenai Wilderness don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Funny River?
1,119 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Funny River or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 2 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Funny River have?
Ahead of 29% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade. The grade combines the share of land that is conserved, miles of mapped trail per square mile of land, park acres per 1,000 residents and the share of residents within a half mile of a park. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.
Trail talk
Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Funny River neighbors.
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Sources
Where this page comes from
Conserved and public land: USGS Protected Areas Database of the United States (PAD-US), service updated July 2026. Parks, trails, playgrounds, beaches and other places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL), map data as of 2026-10-28. Land and water area: Census 2025 Gazetteer. Residents near a park: 2020 Census blocks. National Register: National Park Service. How TownRatings grades the outdoors →