Editing Soldotna, Alaska (section)

==Recreation and sports==
[[File:Soldotna Creek Park Amphitheater.jpg|thumb|Soldotna Creek Park Amphitheater in Downtown Soldotna]]
The City of Soldotna operates eleven recreational parks and a memorial park:
* Swiftwater Park contains campsites, river access, a boat launch, RV dumps, access to wood and ice, and restrooms.
* Centennial Park contains campsites, river access, a boat launch, RV dumps, access to wood and ice, and restrooms.
* Rotary Park contains river access.
* Soldotna Creek Park contains river access, an amphitheater, a community playground, picnic pavilions, restrooms, and open green spaces. The Kenai Watershed Forum is also located in the park at the historic Ralph Soberg House.
* Farnsworth Park contains a playground, picnic pavilions, restrooms, and open green spaces.
* Aspen Park, Pioneer Park, Parker Park, Riverview Park, and Sunrise Park are neighborhood parks.
* Karen Street Park contains skating and BMX infrastructure.
* Memorial Park is the city cemetery and columbarium. 
Additionally, the city owns Arc Lake, located on the Sterling Highway just south of the city limits.

Tsalteshi Trails are located just south of Soldotna with two trailheads; behind Skyview Middle School and across from the Soldotna Sports Center on Kalifornsky Beach Road. The trail system contains over {{convert|25|km|mi|abbr=off|sp=us}} of trails groomed for cross country skiing in the winter and open for hikers, runners, mountain bikers and leashed dogs when there is no snow.

The [[Soldotna Regional Sports Complex]] is home to the [[Kenai River Brown Bears]], a [[Junior ice hockey#Tier II|Tier II junior hockey]] team that plays in the [[North American Hockey League]].

Les Anderson, at the time the owner of Soldotna's [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] dealership, holds the record for the largest [[Chinook salmon|king salmon]], caught here on May 17, 1985, and weighing in at 97&nbsp;lb 4 oz.<ref>[http://peninsulaclarion.com/explore-the-kenai/information/2012-03-15/from-the-archives-les-andersons-world-record-king-salmon Anderson catches 'whopper' his way] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130601113524/http://peninsulaclarion.com/explore-the-kenai/information/2012-03-15/from-the-archives-les-andersons-world-record-king-salmon |date=June 1, 2013 }}, Peninsula Clarion, May 20, 1985.</ref><ref>[http://www.peninsulaclarion.com/stories/082803/new_082803new003001.shtml Les Anderson, king salmon world record holder, dies at age 84] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120729181834/http://peninsulaclarion.com/stories/082803/new_082803new003001.shtml |date=July 29, 2012 }}, Peninsula Clarion, August 28, 2003.</ref> The record-setting fish is on display at the Soldotna Visitor Center.<ref>Craig Medred, [http://www.adn.com/2010/05/17/1282531/andersons-colossal-kenai-king.html "Anderson's colossal Kenai king remains the standard"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130613201832/http://www.adn.com/2010/05/17/1282531/andersons-colossal-kenai-king.html |date=June 13, 2013 }}, ''[[Anchorage Daily News]]'', May 17, 2010.</ref><ref>[http://visitsoldotna.com/visitors/fishing/world-record-salmon/ "World Record Salmon"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130518221103/http://visitsoldotna.com/visitors/fishing/world-record-salmon/ |date=May 18, 2013 }}, Soldotna Chamber of Commerce (accessed May 11, 2013).</ref>

Fish counts are determined by sonar fish counters.<ref>[http://www.cf.adfg.state.ak.us/region2/pubs/joint_strategies/kenailaterunsockeye06mp.pdf Commercial Fisheries, Alaska Department of Fish and Game<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>  They are rough estimates based on averages over a prolonged period. For 2012, king salmon were estimated at 5,173, while [[Sockeye salmon|red salmon]] were estimated at 1,581,555.