Reservations: 907-539-5009
Kodiak, Alaska Lodging
Our Kodiak Bed and Breakfast is a perfect waterfront destination. In a quiet neighborhood, the Cliff House Bed & Breakfast looks onto a spruce forest on one side and the channel to Kodiak’s largest boat harbor on the other.
Suite of Murals (3 Rooms)
Suite of Mural Rooms + Common Room
Fireweed Room - Bedroom
Mountains and wild rose room - Bedroom
Monet Room - Bedroom
Common Room
Here's what our guests are saying
Can I give more than 5 stars? Marion and Marty's place is the best Airbnb we have stayed at...and we run our own!! Kind, generous and fun, it is harder to imagine better hosts.
Here's what our guests are saying
We had a great time at Cliff House Bed & Breakfast! The room was lovely and comfortable! Marion and Marty were extremely helpful and added to our ability to enjoy Kodiak Island. The grounds were peaceful and beautiful! We highly recommend Cliff House!
Here's what are guests are saying:
Marty and Marion are fabulous hosts. Such a beautiful home and beautiful people. Couldn't have asked for a better place! Everyone should be so lucky to meet these 2 and to visit Kodiak!
Thank you Marion and Marty.
Here's what our guests are saying:
The generosity and grace of host Marion Owen is unparalleled! Marion and Marty have a magical spot...with a beautiful flower and vegetable garden and 35 years of Marion's incredible photos. Recharge while watching birds, boats, float planes, or take a walk to the beach or town....I will be back to stay at the Cliff House!
Here's what our guests are saying:
This is a wonderful place! Beautiful views, fabulous gardens and wonderful hosts. I am usually leery of B & Bs but this is the total exception. It is a place I hope to return to many times. The Galley Gourmet Tour is also wonderful.
Activities and things to do
around Kodiak Island
A wise man once said:
“The more civilized we become, the more we need wilderness.”
Perhaps that’s why visitors come to Kodiak, to satisfy that need, and to find inspiration for body, mind, and spirit. Kodiak’s identity is usually linked with its most famous resident, the Kodiak brown bear. About 2/3 of Kodiak Island is a National Wildlife Refuge, home to about 3,000 bears. You can learn all about bears and therefuge at the National Wildlife Refuge Visitor Center, located downtownand see Marion’s display murals.
Where is Kodiak Island?
Tucked into the northwest corner of the Gulf of Alaska, the Kodiak Island Archipelago parallels the Katmai Coast along the Alaska Peninsula for 177 miles. This group of islands embraces almost 5,000 square miles, which is the size of Connecticut. And as the largest island in the group, Kodiak is the second largest island in the U.S., next to the Big Island of Hawai’i. (We like to think that Kodiak Island is the northernmost Hawai’ian Island).
Birding
Bird watching opportunities are excellent. Kodiak is often No. 1 in Alaska for the annual Audubon Christmas Bird Count).
Bear Viewing
The Kodiak brown bear. About 2/3 of Kodiak Island is a National Wildlife Refuge, home to about 3,000 bears.
Wildlife Viewing by Boat
Explore the scenic islands off Kodiak, and view marine wildlife such as whales, sea otters, puffins, sea wolves, fox, eagles,
sea ducks, and shorebirds.
Our Location
Contact:
Cliff House B&B
1223 Kouskov
Kodiak, AK 99615 USA
907-539-5009 (Marion’s mobile)
Email: mygarden(@)alaska.net
What our street name “Kouskov” means...
In the mid 1700s, Russian trappers began hunting sea otters in Alaska. Their first settlement was near present-day Kodiak. Within a few years though, the outposts in Alaska were in desperate need of food, so
a Russian exploring and sea-otter hunting expedition sailed for California. It was headed by Ivan Aleksandrovich Kouskov. On January 8, 1809, Kuskov’s ship, the Kodiak, anchored in Bodega Bay, just north of San Francisco.
The Russians stayed about eight months, trapping otters and surveying the land. And setup an outpost 18 miles north of Bodega Bay, on a bluff overlooking a harbor. Here the Russians built a fort made of redwood logs. A log stockade surrounded nine buildings including a large house and a chapel. The stockade had blockhouses and cannons to defend the fort. Outside the stockade were other buildings used as workshops, storehouses, and quarters for the Aleuts. On the beach was a wharf, a tannery, and a place where ships were built. The fort, known as Fort Ross, was dedicated on August 13, 1812.