Kasilof Area State Parks
Kasilof is a small fishing village centered around its boat harbor on the Kasilof River, 3.6 miles west of the Sterling Highway and 15 miles south of Soldotna. Surrounding Kasilof are three state recreation sites that popular during the summer with campers, anglers and canoers.
The largest of three is 332-acre Johnson Lake State Recreation Area that surrounds its namesake lake southeast of Kasilof. At the Sterling Highway bridge over the Kasilof River is the 50-acre Kasilof River State Recreation Site, a popular launch site for anglers in drift boats, while to the west at the confluence of the river with Crooked Creek is 49-acre Crooked Creek State Recreation Site.