No vacation to Homer would be complete without a trip across the bay to Kachemak Bay State Park and Grewingk Glacier, the prominent glacier with the two twin mountains, or nunataqs, sticking up out of the ice field.

Accessible by water taxi or private boat, most hikers start at Glacier Spit and walk the 3.2-mile Glacier Lake Trail to the lake and views of the glacier. The trail passes through an area scoured to gravel by an October 1967 tsunami and now vegetated by wildflowers, bushes and small trees.

A 1-mile hike on the Saddle Trail from the Glacier Lake Trail leads to a boat pick-up near Halibut Cove. The Grewingk Glacier Trails, including the Blue Ice Trails, lead to the face of the glacier.

For more information about Kachemak Bay State Park trails and other recreational activities, visit the Friends of Kachemak Bay State Park at www.friendsofkachemakbay.org.

A man dives off an iceberg in Grewingk Glacier Lake on Monday, July 25, 2022, in Kachemak Bay State Park near Halibut Cove, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

Ice thaws on the shore of Grewingk Glacier Lake on Monday, July 25, 2022, in Kachemak Bay State Park near Halibut Cove, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)