Alsek Lake

Alsek Lake: crowds and conditions

Typical pattern: usually quiet; mostly local visitors. Been there recently? Post today’s status and it shows here for the next traveller.

Status options for this lake: Full / gates open · Low water level · Entry closed.

Best time to visit Alsek Lake

Season: August to December when reservoirs are full and gates may open.

Crowd: Usually quiet; mostly local visitors.

Typical week: Mon quiet · Tue quiet · Wed quiet · Thu quiet · Fri light · Sat light · Sun light.

How to reach Alsek Lake — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 59.19764, -138.12557. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Alsek Lake

• Glacier Bay National Preserve · sanctuary · Yakutat · ~20 km · Must-see
• Alsek Glacier · viewpoint · Yakutat · ~20 km · Must-see
• Brabazon Range · viewpoint · Yakutat · ~31 km · Must-see
• Dry Bay · beach · Yakutat · ~32 km · Must-see
• Mount Hay · viewpoint · Yakutat · ~37 km · Must-see
• Fairweather Range · viewpoint · Yakutat · ~40 km · Must-see
• Unmarked Boundary Point 166 · viewpoint · Sitka · ~43 km · Must-see
• Mount Lodge · viewpoint · Sitka · ~44 km · Must-see
• Mount Watson · viewpoint · Yakutat · ~48 km · Must-see
• Mount Root · viewpoint · Sitka · ~54 km · Must-see
• Grand Pacific Glacier · viewpoint · Yukon · ~59 km · Must-see
• Mount Fairweather · viewpoint · Unorganized Borough · ~59 km · Must-see
• Fairweather Glacier · viewpoint · Unorganized Borough · ~60 km · Must-see
• Fairweather Glacier · viewpoint · Yakutat · ~60 km · Must-see
• Mount Quincy Adams · viewpoint · Sitka · ~63 km · Must-see
• Mount Turner · viewpoint · Sitka · ~66 km · Must-see
• Yakutat Glacier · viewpoint · Yakutat · ~68 km · Must-see
• Margerie Glacier · viewpoint · Unorganized Borough · ~69 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Alsek Lake

Other lakes, dams & reservoirs near Alsek Lake

• Abyss Lake · lake · Juneau · ~145 km · Must-see
• Harlequin Lake · lake · Yakutat · ~65 km
• Wood Lake · lake · Unorganized Borough · ~147 km
• North Deception Lake · lake · Unorganized Borough · ~147 km
• Lower Doame Lake · lake · Yakutat · ~8 km
• Upper Doame Lake · lake · Yakutat · ~13 km
• Tanis Lake · lake · Yakutat · ~32 km
• Square Lake · lake · Yakutat · ~43 km
• Ustay Lake · lake · Yakutat · ~44 km
• Akwe Lake · lake · Yakutat · ~49 km

All lakes, dams & reservoirs in Sitka

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