Turkington Estate is part of the last remaining acres of Bob and Carolyn Turkington’s original 360 Acre Dairy Farm they bought. Bob first came to Alaska in 1946. He drove from Hartford Connecticut in Model A’s and eventually found his way down to Homer. He fell in love and knew this is where he wanted to live. He soon returned to Connecticut, married Carolyn and brought her back to Homer in 1948. The Estate is now in the care of Bob and Carolyn’s eldest son Alan, wife Joyce, their 4 children and 5 grandchildren.
The way the sun plays off of the snow covered mountain peaks, glaciers and clouds across the bay, you’ll have a front row seat to some of the most spectacular sunrises and sunsets Alaska has to offer. Grewink Glacier, Poots Peak, Gull Island, the Homer Spit and more, they’re all visible from the Estate. Through the summer months it’s not uncommon to see a mamma moose and her young stroll through the property, an eagle soar overhead in search of a meal or have a flock of Sandhill Crane land in the field and forage for food with their young.
Guests might enjoy going for a stroll around the property exploring the various flora that grows wild, picking a snack of wild raspberries from the raspberry patch in the late summer and fall, sit out on the deck and watch the sun set in the late summer evenings or read Carolyn’s diary entries and view photos from the Turkington family’s adventures to Alaska in Model A’s from Connecticut 70 years ago.