Chinapoot Bay is broad, expansive, and shallow. Its an estuary, really, and you’ll find a lot of life here. This is due to the very large tides here in Kachemak Bay. During a big tide series (high high tides and minus low tides) much of Chinapoot Bay’s mudflats are exposed at low tide. Good for the clammers, bad for the clams. Great for tidepooling, too. The Harlequin and Scoter sea ducks like this Bay, too, for all the same reasons: lots to eat. At the head of the Bay is the Coalition Trailhead, which will get you in to Halibut Cove Lagoon and connect you with trails leading up to Poot’s Peak and Moose Valley. There is also a yurt for rent at the trailhead.

More Info:
China Poot Lake Trail fact sheet and map
Yurt Rentals