The Homer Spit, a 4.5-mile long bar of gravel, extends from the Homer shoreline. It is 227 road miles south of Anchorage, at the southern-most point of the Sterling Highway. The area encompasses 11 sq.
Homer lies in the maritime climate zone.
Average annual precipitation is 24 inches, including 55 inches of snow. The Homer area has been homes to Kenaitze Indians for thousands of years. In 1895 the U.S. Geological Survey arrived to study coal and gold resources. Prospectors bound for Hope and Sunrise disembarked at the Homer Spit. The community was named for Homer Pennock, a gold mining company promoter, who arrived in 1986 and built living quarters for his crew of 50 on the Spit.