Alaska Lakes by Region

Alaska : Far North (1)

• Selawik Lake

Alaska : Inside Passage (3)

• Abyss Lake
• Mendenhall Lake
• Blue Lake

Alaska : Interior (4)

• Birch Lake
• Harding Lake
• Chena Lake
• Quartz Lake

Alaska : Southcentral (11)

• Big Lake
• Nancy Lake
• Cottonwood Lake
• Red Shirt Lake
• Encelewski Lake
• Skilak Lake
• Kenai Lake
• Swanson River Lakes
• Lake Louise
• Tustumena Lake
• Lake Lucille

Alaska : Southwest (5)

• Becharof Lake
• Lake Clark
• Iliamna Lake
• Naknek Lake
• Katmai Crater Lake

Big Lake

Alaska Lakes A-Z

• Abyss Lake
• Harding Lake
• Naknek Lake
• Becharof Lake
• Iliamna Lake
• Nancy Lake
• Big Lake
• Katmai Crater Lake
• Quartz Lake
• Birch Lake
• Kenai Lake
• Red Shirt Lake
• Blue Lake
• Lake Clark
• Selawik Lake
• Chena Lake
• Lake Louise
• Skilak Lake
• Cottonwood Lake
• Lake Lucille
• Swanson River Lakes
• Encelewski Lake
• Mendenhall Lake
• Tustumena Lake

Lakes in AK

Lake Name	Lake Summary
Abyss Lake	Tucked in the mountainous landscape of Southeastern Alaska with its sporadic blotches of tall green aspen trees, there sits a glacial lagoon called Abyss ...
Becharof Lake	Becharof Lake, the second* largest lake in Alaska, is located on the Alaskan Peninsula. Stretching an incredible 290,000 acres, the lake measures 35 miles ...
Big Lake	There are over 3,000 lakes in the Mat-Su Valley, and Big Lake is one of the largest. The Mat-Su Borough, which is short for Matanuska-Susitna, is 24,000 ...
Birch Lake	Birch Lake, along the Richardson Highway near Salcha in Alaska's Interior, is a fantastic fishing spot and very accessible. Tucked in among some of the ...
Blue Lake	Also known as: Blue Lake Reservoir Blue Lake, located in the Alaska Panhandle of southeastern Alaska, is for adventure seekers. The County of Sitka is known for its vistas, mountain backdrop ...
Chena Lake	Also known as: Chena River Lakes If Santa Claus goes fishing, it's at Chena Lake. The small lake on the outskirts of North Pole, Alaska is a very accessible fishery and recreation spot ...
Cottonwood Lake	Cottonwood Lake, located near the town of Wasilla in the Mat-Su Valley of Alaska, is a year-round destination. The Mat-Su Valley region, short for Matanuska-Susitna, ...
Encelewski Lake	Encelewski Lake, in Alaska's Southcentral Region, is a wilderness adventurer's dream. Neatly tucked away on the Kenai Peninsula, Encelewski Lake is less ...
Harding Lake	Harding Lake is the largest, deepest, and most easily reached of the four road-accessible lakes within two hours of Fairbanks (Birch Lake, Quartz Lake, ...
Iliamna Lake	Also known as: Lake Iliamna Iliamna Lake, also known as Lake Iliamna, is the largest lake in Alaska and the second largest freshwater lake contained wholly within the United States ...
Katmai Crater Lake	Little known and seldom seen, Katmai Crater Lake is an example of nature's handiwork at its most impressive. Located on the Alaskan Peninsula within Katmai ...
Kenai Lake	One of the largest glacial lakes in the Kenai River System, Kenai Lake is a beautiful lake in a road-accessible area of Alaska. The backdrop of the majestic ...
Lake Clark	Lake Clark is located about 150 miles southwest of Anchorage in southern Alaska. The lake spans 128 square miles, making it the seventh* largest freshwater ...
Lake Louise	Also known as: Lake Louise State Recreation Area Lake Louise is located in the exciting Matanuska-Susitna Borough (Mat-Su for short) in Alaska. Lake Louise which connects to Susitna Lake boasts that ...
Lake Lucille	Also known as: Lucille Lake Located in the Mat-Su Valley in the heart of scenic Alaska, Lake Lucille is a small lake with a rich history. Most of Lake Lucille's shore is privately ...
Mendenhall Lake	Also known as: McCush Lake (historic) One of the must-visit destinations of the century is Mendenhall Lake in Alaska's Inside Passage Region. It may be important to visit the lake this century ...
Naknek Lake	Naknek Lake is located southwest of Anchorage on the Alaskan Peninsula. The lake is the fifth largest in Alaska, covering 144,315 acres* in the heart ...
Nancy Lake	Also known as: Nancy Lake State Recreation Area Nancy Lake, near Willow, Alaska is part of the 22,685 acre area known as the Nancy Lake State Recreation Area. With limited development the area has ...
Quartz Lake	Nestled in the middle of majestic mountain peaks, deep in Alaska's Interior, Quartz Lake is an exceptional place to fish. Its proximity to Fairbanks ...
Red Shirt Lake	Red Shirt Lake, located in the Nancy Lake State Recreation Area in Alaska, is a remote lake that offers outdoor enthusiasts an opportunity to have an ...
Selawik Lake	Selawik Lake is located on the Arctic Circle in the the northwestern part of Alaska. Covering an impressive 263,000 acres*, the lake is the third largest ...
Skilak Lake	Tucked away in the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge near Soldotna, Skilak Lake is a rare combination of accessibility and Alaskan Wilderness. Called a ...
Swanson River Lakes	Dozens of small lakes dot the lowlands of the pristine Kenai National Wildlife Refuge. Forty of those lakes are linked together by the Swanson River to ...
Tustumena Lake	Alaska has 17,243 square miles of inland water including both lakes and rivers. The area of inland water is greater than the land mass of Massachusetts ...