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Alaska Lakes

282 Alaska lakes with ADF&G survey fields, goFishAK access text, stocking records and species lists, from Anchorage to the Interior.

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Last Frontier list

Scope of the Alaska lakes page

Every Alaska lake and pond with enough ADF&G facts for a page, A to Z.

Ketchikan
One stop on the Alaska lakes list: Ketchikan.

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Alphabet of the north

Alaska lakes, A through Z

A

  • Afonasi Lake110 acres, Kenai Peninsula Borough
  • Airstrip Pond14 acres, Anchorage Municipality
  • Alder Pond9.6 acres, Anchorage Municipality
  • Alexander Lake880 acres, Matanuska-Susitna Borough
  • Amber Lake180 acres, Matanuska-Susitna Borough
  • Anderson Lake102 acres, Matanuska-Susitna Borough
  • Angel Lakeabout 152 acres of mapped outline, Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area
  • Arolik Lakeabout 536 acres of mapped outline, Bethel Census Area
  • Auke Lakeabout 178 acres of mapped outline, Juneau City and Borough
  • Aurel Lakeabout 12 acres of mapped outline, Kodiak Island Borough

B

  • Baranof Lakeabout 715 acres of mapped outline, Sitka City and Borough
  • Beach Lake90 acres, Anchorage Municipality
  • Bear Lake (Upper Kenai)52 acres, Kenai Peninsula Borough
  • Beaver LakeSitka City and Borough
  • Bench Lake (L-Su)about 30 acres of mapped outline, Matanuska-Susitna Borough
  • Big Beaver Lakeabout 153 acres of mapped outline, Matanuska-Susitna Borough
  • Big Lake2,495 acres, Matanuska-Susitna Borough
  • Birch Lakeabout 774 acres of mapped outline, Fairbanks North Star Borough
  • Black Bear Lakeabout 187 acres of mapped outline, Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area
  • Blodgett Lake57 acres, Matanuska-Susitna Borough
  • Blue LakeSitka City and Borough
  • Blueberry Lake9.8 acres, Chugach Census Area
  • Bostwick Lake and CreekKetchikan Gateway Borough
  • Bulchitna Lake222 acres, Matanuska-Susitna Borough
  • Bull Lake (Pasagshak Pt)Kodiak Island Borough
  • Bunco Lake200 acres, Matanuska-Susitna Borough
  • Buskin Lakeabout 246 acres of mapped outline, Kodiak Island Borough

C

  • Cabin Lake (PWS)Chugach Census Area
  • Camp Island Lake435 acres, Kenai Peninsula Borough
  • Campbell Lake124 acres, Anchorage Municipality
  • Campbell Point Lake10 acres, Anchorage Municipality
  • Campfire Lake78 acres, Kenai Peninsula Borough
  • Canyon Lakeabout 335 acres of mapped outline, Bethel Census Area
  • Carlanna Lakeabout 38 acres of mapped outline, Ketchikan Gateway Borough
  • Caroline Lake (Bells Flats)Kodiak Island Borough
  • Carter Lakeabout 61 acres of mapped outline, Kenai Peninsula Borough
  • Caswell Creek154 acres, Matanuska-Susitna Borough
  • Caswell Lake154 acres, Matanuska-Susitna Borough
  • Cavern Lakeabout 26 acres of mapped outline, Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area
  • Chandler Lakes SystemNorth Slope Borough
  • Chelatna Lake3,906 acres, Matanuska-Susitna Borough
  • Chena Lakeabout 241 acres of mapped outline, Fairbanks North Star Borough
  • Cheney Lake24 acres, Anchorage Municipality
  • Chicken Lake138 acres, Matanuska-Susitna Borough
  • Chilkat Lakeabout 2,499 acres of mapped outline, Haines Borough
  • Chilkoot River and Chilkoot LakeHaines Borough
  • Chuitbuna Lake116 acres, Kenai Peninsula Borough
  • Cicely Lake (Bells Flats)Kodiak Island Borough
  • Cisca Lake82 acres, Kenai Peninsula Borough
  • Clunie Lake116 acres, Anchorage Municipality
  • Coal Mine Road LakesSoutheast Fairbanks Census Area
  • Coghill Lakeabout 3,172 acres of mapped outline, Chugach Census Area
  • Congahbuna Lake267 acres, Kenai Peninsula Borough
  • Cottonwood Lakeabout 266 acres of mapped outline, Matanuska-Susitna Borough
  • Cow Lake204 acres, Matanuska-Susitna Borough
  • Craig Lakeabout 26 acres of mapped outline, Southeast Fairbanks Census Area
  • Crescent Lakeabout 1,423 acres of mapped outline, Kenai Peninsula Borough
  • Crooked Lakeabout 240 acres of mapped outline, Matanuska-Susitna Borough
  • Crosswind Lakeabout 9,140 acres of mapped outline, Copper River Census Area
  • Crystal Lake (Mat Su)132 acres, Matanuska-Susitna Borough
  • Crystal Lake (Mendenhall Ponds)Juneau City and Borough
  • Cushman LakeFairbanks North Star Borough

D

  • Dark LakeKodiak Island Borough
  • DeLong Lake20 acres, Anchorage Municipality
  • Denali Lakeabout 165 acres of mapped outline, Matanuska-Susitna Borough
  • Dog Salmon River/Frazer Lake drainageKodiak Island Borough
  • Dolgoi Lake (Long Is.)about 42 acres of mapped outline, Kodiak Island Borough
  • Donkey Creek Lake113 acres, Matanuska-Susitna Borough
  • Donna LakeSoutheast Fairbanks Census Area
  • Dragonfly LakeKodiak Island Borough
  • Dredge LakeJuneau City and Borough
  • Dune Lakeabout 204 acres of mapped outline, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area

E

  • East Mackey Lake94 acres, Kenai Peninsula Borough
  • East Twin Lake (Narrow Cape)Kodiak Island Borough
  • Edmonds Lake52 acres, Anchorage Municipality
  • Eklutna Lakeabout 3,382 acres of mapped outline, Anchorage Municipality
  • Eklutna TailraceMatanuska-Susitna Borough
  • Elsner Lakeabout 107 acres of mapped outline, Chugach Census Area
  • Eshamy Lagoon, creek, and lakeChugach Census Area
  • Eyak Lake & weirChugach Census Area

F

  • Fielding LakeCopper River Census Area
  • Figure Eight Lake898 acres, Matanuska-Susitna Borough
  • Finger Lakeabout 359 acres of mapped outline, Matanuska-Susitna Borough
  • First Lake0.5 acres, Kenai Peninsula Borough
  • Fish Creek PondJuneau City and Borough
  • Fish Lake (Talkeetna)154 acres, Matanuska-Susitna Borough
  • Flat Lake311 acres, Matanuska-Susitna Borough
  • Flathorn Lake787 acres, Matanuska-Susitna Borough
  • Florence Lakeabout 874 acres of mapped outline, Hoonah-Angoon Census Area
  • Fools CreekWrangell City and Borough
  • Ford Arm Lake/RiverSitka City and Borough
  • Four Mile LakeSoutheast Fairbanks Census Area
  • Frazer Lake70 acres, Matanuska-Susitna Borough
  • Frazer Lake (Little)70 acres, Matanuska-Susitna Borough

G

  • Gergie Lakeabout 75 acres of mapped outline, Copper River Census Area
  • Gertrude LakeKodiak Island Borough
  • Goober Lakeabout 28 acres of mapped outline, Matanuska-Susitna Borough
  • Goodnews Lakeabout 862 acres of mapped outline, Bethel Census Area
  • Gravina LakesKetchikan Gateway Borough
  • Grayling Lake (Kenai)about 27 acres of mapped outline, Kenai Peninsula Borough
  • Green LakeSitka City and Borough
  • Green Lake (Anchorage)19 acres, Anchorage Municipality
  • Grouse Lake (Res Bay)8.2 acres, Kenai Peninsula Borough
  • Gwen Lake10 acres, Anchorage Municipality

H

  • Harding Lakeabout 2,260 acres of mapped outline, Fairbanks North Star Borough
  • Heart LakeSitka City and Borough
  • Heitman Lake (Womens Bay)about 28 acres of mapped outline, Kodiak Island Borough
  • Herman Lakeabout 17 acres of mapped outline, Haines Borough
  • Hewitt Lake697 acres, Matanuska-Susitna Borough
  • Hidden Lake (Kenai)1,674 acres, Kenai Peninsula Borough
  • Hillberg Lake11 acres, Anchorage Municipality
  • Hock Lakeabout 95 acres of mapped outline, Matanuska-Susitna Borough
  • Horseshoe Lake (Big Lake)160 acres, Matanuska-Susitna Borough
  • Horseshoe Lake (Middle Bay)Kodiak Island Borough
  • Horseshoe Lake (Point McKenzie)409 acres, Matanuska-Susitna Borough

I

  • Island Lake (Kodiak)about 41 acres of mapped outline, Kodiak Island Borough

J

  • James Lake105 acres, Matanuska-Susitna Borough
  • Jewel Lake (Anchorage)28 acres, Anchorage Municipality
  • Jim Lake170 acres, Matanuska-Susitna Borough
  • Johnson Lake (Kenai)about 82 acres of mapped outline, Kenai Peninsula Borough

K

  • Kagati Lakeabout 1,247 acres of mapped outline, Bethel Census Area
  • Kah Sheets Creek & LakePetersburg Borough
  • Kanuktik Lakeabout 1,752 acres of mapped outline, Bethel Census Area
  • Kashwitna Lake161 acres, Matanuska-Susitna Borough
  • Kegan Lakeabout 624 acres of mapped outline, Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area
  • Kelly Lake (Kenai)146 acres, Kenai Peninsula Borough
  • Kings Lake109 acres, Matanuska-Susitna Borough
  • Kisaralik Lakeabout 3,351 acres of mapped outline, Dillingham Census Area
  • Klak Lakeabout 187 acres of mapped outline, Bethel Census Area
  • Klawock Lakeabout 2,797 acres of mapped outline, Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area
  • Kroto Lake170 acres, Matanuska-Susitna Borough
  • Kukaktlim Lakeabout 678 acres of mapped outline, Dillingham Census Area

L

  • Lake AleknagikDillingham Census Area
  • Lake Emery Tobinabout 12 acres of mapped outline, Ketchikan Gateway Borough
  • Lake Evaabout 242 acres of mapped outline, Sitka City and Borough
  • Lake Harriet Huntabout 225 acres of mapped outline, Ketchikan Gateway Borough
  • Lake Louiseabout 14,705 acres of mapped outline, Matanuska-Susitna Borough
  • Lake Otis9.7 acres, Anchorage Municipality
  • Lalen Lakeabout 110 acres of mapped outline, Matanuska-Susitna Borough
  • Lee Lake (Bells Flats)about 11 acres of mapped outline, Kodiak Island Borough
  • Lilly LakeKodiak Island Borough
  • Lilly Pond (Lilly Pad) LakeKodiak Island Borough
  • Little Beaver Lakeabout 53 acres of mapped outline, Matanuska-Susitna Borough
  • Little Campbell LakeAnchorage Municipality
  • Little Donna Lakeabout 45 acres of mapped outline, Southeast Fairbanks Census Area
  • Little Harding LakeFairbanks North Star Borough
  • Lockwood Lake120 acres, Matanuska-Susitna Borough
  • Long Lake (Kenai)Kenai Peninsula Borough
  • Long Lake (Willow)275 acres, Matanuska-Susitna Borough
  • Long Lake (Woody Is.)about 30 acres of mapped outline, Kodiak Island Borough
  • Lost LakeFairbanks North Star Borough
  • Lost Lake (Res Bay)about 394 acres of mapped outline, Kenai Peninsula Borough
  • Lost Lake (Skagway)Skagway Municipality
  • Lower Dewey Lakeabout 32 acres of mapped outline, Skagway Municipality
  • Lower Fire Lake58 acres, Anchorage Municipality
  • Lower Russian Lakeabout 227 acres of mapped outline, Kenai Peninsula Borough
  • Lower Skilak Lake CampgroundKenai Peninsula Borough
  • Luck Lakeabout 509 acres of mapped outline, Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area
  • Lynda Lake15 acres, Matanuska-Susitna Borough
  • Lynx Lake315 acres, Matanuska-Susitna Borough

M

  • Manzanita Lakeabout 1,670 acres of mapped outline, Ketchikan Gateway Borough
  • Martin Lakeabout 1,833 acres of mapped outline, Chugach Census Area
  • McDonald Lakeabout 1,027 acres of mapped outline, Ketchikan Gateway Borough
  • McKinley Lakeabout 276 acres of mapped outline, Chugach Census Area
  • McLees Lakeabout 987 acres of mapped outline, Aleutians West Census Area
  • Meridian Lakeabout 17 acres of mapped outline, Kenai Peninsula Borough
  • Mill Creek-Virginia LakeWrangell City and Borough
  • Minto FlatsYukon-Koyukuk Census Area
  • Minto Lakesabout 2,677 acres of mapped outline, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area
  • Mirror Lake (Anchorage)64 acres, Anchorage Municipality
  • Mirror Lake (Big Lake Area)50 acres, Matanuska-Susitna Borough
  • Mission Lake (Kodiak)about 22 acres of mapped outline, Kodiak Island Borough
  • Moose LakeJuneau City and Borough
  • Moraine LakeJuneau City and Borough
  • Morris Cove LakeAleutians West Census Area
  • Mosquito Creek LakeFairbanks North Star Borough
  • Mosquito Lakeabout 121 acres of mapped outline, Haines Borough
  • Movie Lake115 acres, Matanuska-Susitna Borough

N

  • Nancy Lake790 acres, Matanuska-Susitna Borough
  • Neck Lakeabout 970 acres of mapped outline, Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area
  • Neil Lake119 acres, Matanuska-Susitna Borough
  • North Slope Dalton Highway roadside fisheriesNorth Slope Borough
  • Norton LakeJuneau City and Borough

O

  • Olnes PondFairbanks North Star Borough
  • Otter Lake126 acres, Anchorage Municipality

P

  • Parker Lake200 acres, Matanuska-Susitna Borough
  • Pats Lakeabout 19 acres of mapped outline, Wrangell City and Borough
  • Paxson Lakeabout 3,918 acres of mapped outline, Copper River Census Area
  • Perseverance Lakeabout 213 acres of mapped outline, Ketchikan Gateway Borough
  • Petersburg Lakeabout 180 acres of mapped outline, Petersburg Borough
  • Peterson Lake94 acres, Kenai Peninsula Borough
  • Phoebe Lake70 acres, Matanuska-Susitna Borough
  • Pike LakesYakutat City and Borough
  • Plotnikof Lakeabout 756 acres of mapped outline, Sitka City and Borough
  • Prator Lake98 acres, Matanuska-Susitna Borough
  • Pullen Pond and CreekSkagway Municipality

Q

  • Quartz Lakeabout 1,494 acres of mapped outline, Southeast Fairbanks Census Area

R

  • Rabbit LakeAnchorage Municipality
  • Rainbow Lake (Kenai)Kenai Peninsula Borough
  • Rainbow Lake (Talkeetna)150 acres, Matanuska-Susitna Borough
  • Rapids LakeSoutheast Fairbanks Census Area
  • Red Lakeabout 413 acres of mapped outline, Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area
  • Red Shirt Lake1,183 acres, Matanuska-Susitna Borough
  • Redoubt Lakeabout 3,209 acres of mapped outline, Sitka City and Borough
  • Reflection Lakeabout 1,091 acres of mapped outline, Ketchikan Gateway Borough
  • Ruth Lake (PWS)1 acres, Chugach Census Area

S

  • Salmo Lake125 acres, Kenai Peninsula Borough
  • Salmon Creek Reservoirabout 198 acres of mapped outline, Juneau City and Borough
  • Salmon Lake & RiverSitka City and Borough
  • Sand Lake (Anchorage)73 acres, Anchorage Municipality
  • Sarkar Lakesabout 718 acres of mapped outline, Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area
  • Schnieder Lake51 acres, Matanuska-Susitna Borough
  • Second Lake2 acres, Kenai Peninsula Borough
  • Sevena Lake65 acres, Kenai Peninsula Borough
  • Shell Lake1,500 acres, Matanuska-Susitna Borough
  • Shrode Lakeabout 260 acres of mapped outline, Chugach Census Area
  • Silver LakeCopper River Census Area
  • Silver Lake (KNWR)153 acres, Kenai Peninsula Borough
  • Silvis LakesKetchikan Gateway Borough
  • Sitkoh Lake/CreekSitka City and Borough
  • Sixmileabout 126 acres of mapped outline, Anchorage Municipality
  • Slipper Lake (Eska) Lake12 acres, Matanuska-Susitna Borough
  • South Rolly Lake108 acres, Matanuska-Susitna Borough
  • Spring Lake9.6 acres, Anchorage Municipality
  • Stephan Lake253 acres, Matanuska-Susitna Borough
  • Stormy Lake (Kenai)400 acres, Kenai Peninsula Borough
  • Sucker Lake (Mat-Su)230 acres, Matanuska-Susitna Borough
  • Sukoi LakeSitka City and Borough
  • Summer Bay LakeAleutians West Census Area
  • Swan Lake (KNWR)838 acres, Kenai Peninsula Borough
  • Swan Lake (Mat-Su)237 acres, Matanuska-Susitna Borough
  • Swan Lake (Sitka)Sitka City and Borough
  • Swan Lake/Falls LakePetersburg Borough
  • Swanson Lake (KNWR)298 acres, Kenai Peninsula Borough
  • Swede Lakeabout 464 acres of mapped outline, Copper River Census Area
  • Symphony Lakeabout 50 acres of mapped outline, Anchorage Municipality

T

  • Taku Campbell Lake13 acres, Anchorage Municipality
  • Tanaina Lake110 acres, Matanuska-Susitna Borough
  • Tanaina Lake19 acres, Anchorage Municipality
  • Tangle LakesCopper River Census Area
  • Tangle Pond7.5 acres, Anchorage Municipality
  • Tanignak Lake (Woody Is.)about 18 acres of mapped outline, Kodiak Island Borough
  • The Homer ReservoirKenai Peninsula Borough
  • Thimbleberry Lakeabout 11 acres of mapped outline, Sitka City and Borough
  • Thompson Lake (Anch)7.1 acres, Anchorage Municipality
  • Thompson Lake (Valdez)26 acres, Chugach Census Area
  • Threemile Lake (Mat-Su)about 118 acres of mapped outline, Matanuska-Susitna Borough
  • Tikchik Lakeabout 14,942 acres of mapped outline, Dillingham Census Area
  • Trail Lake (W of Susitna R.)133 acres, Matanuska-Susitna Borough
  • Trapper Lake1,133 acres, Matanuska-Susitna Borough
  • Tree Lake73 acres, Kenai Peninsula Borough
  • Triangle LakeAnchorage Municipality
  • Trinity Lake319 acres, Matanuska-Susitna Borough
  • Troop Lakeabout 27 acres of mapped outline, Kenai Peninsula Borough
  • Trumpeter Lakeabout 52 acres of mapped outline, Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area
  • Tukallah Lake (Threemile Lake)95 acres, Kenai Peninsula Borough
  • Tundra Lakeabout 5,509 acres of mapped outline, Bethel Census Area
  • Turner Lakeabout 3,103 acres of mapped outline, Juneau City and Borough
  • Twin Island Lakeabout 316 acres of mapped outline, Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area
  • Twin Lake (by Big Lake)about 64 acres of mapped outline, Matanuska-Susitna Borough
  • Twin Lakes (Juneau)Juneau City and Borough

U

  • University Lakeabout 23 acres of mapped outline, Anchorage Municipality
  • Upper Dewey Lakeabout 29 acres of mapped outline, Skagway Municipality
  • Upper Russian Lakeabout 1,148 acres of mapped outline, Kenai Peninsula Borough
  • Upper Sixmile LakeAnchorage Municipality
  • Upper Skilak Lake CampgroundKenai Peninsula Borough

V

  • Vagt Lakeabout 39 acres of mapped outline, Kenai Peninsula Borough
  • Vogel Lake (KNWR)about 135 acres of mapped outline, Kenai Peninsula Borough

W

  • Waldon Lake (JBER)Anchorage Municipality
  • Walker Lakeabout 111 acres of mapped outline, Haines Borough
  • Wallace Lake54 acres, Matanuska-Susitna Borough
  • Ward Lake SystemKetchikan Gateway Borough
  • Wasilla Lake370 acres, Matanuska-Susitna Borough
  • Watson Lake60 acres, Kenai Peninsula Borough
  • West Beaver Lake103 acres, Matanuska-Susitna Borough
  • West Mackey Lake161 acres, Kenai Peninsula Borough
  • Whiskey Lake270 acres, Matanuska-Susitna Borough
  • Whitefish Lake (Hoholitna)about 8,424 acres of mapped outline, Bethel Census Area
  • Wilson LakeKetchikan Gateway Borough
  • Windfall Lakeabout 109 acres of mapped outline, Juneau City and Borough
  • Windfall Lake Outlet StreamJuneau City and Borough
  • Witsoe Lake150 acres, Matanuska-Susitna Borough
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Answers

Alaska lakes list, explained

What decides whether an Alaska lake gets a page?

ADF&G-listed lakes with four or more facts of their own do (282 here); 3,869 further named lakes sit as rows on their borough or census-area pages.

Which lake has the largest ADF&G acreage?

Chelatna Lake, listed by ADF&G at 3,906 acres.

Where do the lake acreage figures come from?

ADF&G supplies acres for 107 of these lakes; the others print the USGS hydrography polygon, labelled as a mapping figure and not an ADF&G surface-acre count.

Are lake depths printed?

No. ADF&G prints depth fields without a unit, so no depth is given or guessed.

How many lake pages carry stocking records?

89 lake pages list stocking events from the ADF&G Lakes Database; the Alaska stocking page totals the 2026 events.

Where does the access text come from?

167 lake pages quote goFishAK text as ADF&G published it; ADF&G titles that layer a draft.

How many lakes have ADF&G survey fields?

34 lake pages show fields from the ADF&G Surveyed Lakes layer, such as directions and the first stocking year.

Do species lists mean the fish are biting?

No. They are presence lists from ADF&G layers, never a catch or abundance claim.

Elsewhere on the site

ADF&G rules and Alaska directories beside the lakes list